Some interesting news in the attached note about IBM and LINUX. Enjoy! Stephen Dawes B.A. B.Sc. Web Business Office, City of Calgary PHONE:? (403) 268-5527. FAX: (403) 268-6423 E-MAIL ADDRESS:? sdawes at gov.calgary.ab.ca -----Original Message----- From: The_InfoWorld_Scoop@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:The_InfoWorld_Scoop at bdcimail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 10:21 AM To: sdawes at gov.calgary.ab.ca Subject: ---THE INFOWORLD SCOOP A.M. EDITION : Tuesday, June 13, 2000 ======================================================== THE INFOWORLD SCOOP A.M. EDITION ======================================================== Tuesday, June 13, 2000 Advertising Sponsor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Paradyne How well is your service provider performing? Paradyne offers a 30 minute online presentation describing the latest tools to ensure Service Level Management in frame relay networks. For Enterprise WAN managers responsible for service up-time and NSPs looking for a key service differentiation, this presentation offers a short Executive Overview plus detailed segments on SLAs, Service Level Management Systems, and Product Overviews. Click here to watch now: http://www.paradyne.com/cgi-bin/return?url=page523.pl - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TOP NEWS STORIES * Apple partners with RealNetworks * Top talent tackles Internet infrastructure * IBM further boosts Linux * Help wanted in IT Scroll down for more on these articles - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - APPLE PARTNERS WITH REALNETWORKS Posted at Jun 12, 2000 03:02 PM Pacific REALNETWORKS WILL LICENSE technology from Apple Computer for streaming audio and video content over the Web, and support Apple's QuickTime format in its RealServer 8 software product, officials at the companies announced Monday. The licensing deal means that content providers who use RealServer will be able to distribute audio and video that can be played back by users who have installed Apple's QuickTime player, RealNetworks officials said. For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/06/12/000612hnreal.xml?0613tuam - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TOP TALENT TACKLES INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE Posted at Jun 12, 2000 02:52 PM Pacific JUDY ESTRIN -- who stepped down from her post as CTO of Cisco in April, along with her husband and a team of top technologists -- on Monday announced the formation of a new company focused on solving Internet infrastructure challenges such as scalability and ease of use. Packet Design's mission is to develop IP technologies to enhance the performance, scalability, and ease-of-use of the existing Internet infrastructure. Estrin said key design criteria behind IP -- openness, disturbed architecture, and the fact that applications run independently of the infrastructure -- have allowed the Internet to go through explosive growth. For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/06/12/000612hnpacket.xml?0613tua m - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - IBM FURTHER BOOSTS LINUX Posted at Jun 12, 2000 10:55 AM Pacific A GREATER NUMBER of IBM's servers, laptops, and desktops will now come with the Linux operating system, company officials said Monday. "There appears to be enormous demand in the marketplace [for Linux]," said Buell Duncan, general manager of IBM global business partners. "It comes back to e-business. As e-business is taking off, much of the application development is being done on Linux. We want to be there early and stronger than anyone else." For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/06/12/000612hnibmlinux.xml?0613t uam - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HELP WANTED IN IT Posted at Jun 12, 2000 09:58 AM Pacific TAIPEI, TAIWAN -- Eliot Norman, a Richmond, Va.-based immigration attorney, arrived here this weekend for the World Congress on Information Technology but like many of the 1,300 attendees, he did not come for the scheduled speeches by people such as Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. Norman was there to drum up business. "I'm prospecting," said Norman, who is searching out foreign companies that can help his U.S. clients with their high-tech worker needs or do offshore software development. His clients need both. For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/06/12/000612hnlabor.xml?0613tuam - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "...this is striking new thinking. It's small and powerful and very flexible. 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