The attached note has 2 articles about oracle and linux. In both of the articles, there is a link to the full story. Enjoy. Stephen Dawes B.A. B.Sc. Web Business Office, The 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: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:36 AM To: sdawes at gov.calgary.ab.ca Subject: THE INFOWORLD SCOOP A.M. EDITION, Wednesday, January 31, 2001 ======================================================== THE INFOWORLD SCOOP A.M. EDITION ======================================================== Wednesday, January 31, 2001 Advertising Sponsor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Notes from an Insider Two ways to be an IT know-it-all: do it yourself, or just read "Notes From the Field" by InfoWorld columnist Robert X. Cringely. Read his column and get the latest inside scoop on computer industry gossip, information you can use to dazzle your colleagues and impress your friends. E-mailed to you every Tuesday. To subscribe, go to http://www.iwsubscribe.com/newsletters - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TOP NEWS STORIES * Amazon beats street but warns of heavy layoffs * LinuxWorld: Oracle offers free Linux starter pack * Oracle offers free Linux starter pack * High-tech group gives advice to president and Congress Scroll down for more on these articles - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AMAZON BEATS STREET BUT WARNS OF HEAVY LAYOFFS Posted at January 30, 2001 02:27 PM Pacific AMAZON.COM BEAT ANALYSTS' expectation by a penny for its fourth fiscal quarter, while at the same time issuing word that it will cut 15 percent of its workforce, or 1,300 jobs. For the quarter ending Dec. 31, Amazon reported a pro forma net loss of $90.4 million, or 25 cents per share. Analysts polled by First Call/Thomson Financial predicted Amazon would lose 26 cents per share. For the same quarter last year, Amazon lost 55 cents per share. For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/01/30/010130hnamazonearn.xml?013 1weam - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LINUXWORLD: ORACLE OFFERS FREE LINUX STARTER PACK Posted at January 30, 2001 02:17 PM Pacific ORACLE ON TUESDAY announced a promotion to get developers started on Linux using the Oracle9i application server and the latest version of Oracle8i database. The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based company's Oracle Fast Start kit is free and includes technical overviews of Oracle's application server and database products on Linux, a free trial sampler of Oracle9i Application Server for Linux, and access to the Oracle Technology Network Linux member forums. It also includes MySQL-to-Oracle Migration Workbench on the latest version of Red Hat's Linux OS. Oracle estimates that more than 4,000 customers use Oracle products on Linux. For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/01/30/010130hnlinuxoracle.xml?01 31weam - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ORACLE OFFERS FREE LINUX STARTER PACK Posted at January 30, 2001 02:05 PM Pacific ORACLE ON TUESDAY announced a promotion to get developers started on Linux using the Oracle9i application server and the latest version of Oracle8i database. The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based company's Oracle Fast Start kit is free and includes technical overviews of Oracle's application server and database products on Linux, a free trial sampler of Oracle9i Application Server for Linux, and access to the Oracle Technology Network Linux member forums. It also includes MySQL-to-Oracle Migration Workbench on the latest version of Red Hat's Linux OS. Oracle estimates that more than 4,000 customers use Oracle products on Linux. Related Articles: Oracle adds Linux 2.4 support to 9i application server For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/01/30/010130hnorlinux.xml?0131we am - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HIGH-TECH GROUP GIVES ADVICE TO PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS Posted at January 30, 2001 02:02 PM Pacific THE AEA HIGH-TECH trade association submitted a report to U.S. President George Bush and Congress Tuesday detailing the group's list of public policy priorities for 2001, including education, privacy issues, taxation, broadband deployment, and international trade. "You may be aware that the AEA is predominantly a grassroots, member-driven organization," Richard Martin, AEA's chairman, said in news conference following the report's release. "This past fall, we held a series of town hall meetings around the country. Out of those meetings we bubbled up what were the major concerns of our member companies. I don't think you will find that there are any surprises here." For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/01/30/010130hnaea.xml?0131weam - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I'd bet the only reason anyone refers to XML as a technology is because Microsoft has promoted it as a replacement for Java. I assume Microsoft hopes that by the time people notice that XML to Java is such a crackbrained comparison, Microsoft will have shoved Java out of the picture and replaced it with its C# language." -- InfoWorld columnist Nicholas Petreley http://www.infoworld.com/supplements/2000toy/010129oppetreley.html?0131weam - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SUBSCRIBE To subscribe to any of InfoWorld's e-mail newsletters, tell your friends and colleagues to go to: http://www.iwsubscribe.com/newsletters/ To subscribe to InfoWorld.com, or InfoWorld Print, or both, go to http://www.iwsubscribe.com UNSUBSCRIBE If you want to unsubscribe from InfoWorld's Newsletters, go to http://iwsubscribe.com/newsletters/unsubscribe/ CHANGE E-MAIL If you want to change the e-mail address where you are receiving InfoWorld newsletters, go to http://iwsubscribe.com/newsletters/adchange/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Watch Out for Intruders Do you worry about uninvited visitors hacking into your network? 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