From the NewsForge.net article - “Here's the scenario: I sit down to my desktop computer and plug my Sharp Zaurus Linux-powered handheld into its base station. An applet in my panel starts flashing the word “syncing” and a progress bar starts creeping — 1%, 2%, 10% … Without giving the syncing operation another thought I click on the devices folder in Nautilus. “
Associate Editor Steven Hatfield takes a look at how his mother, who uses
much of the same functionality on her computer as an office worker, migrated
to Linux. Was the switch-over successful? Read on to find out.
LinuxDevices.com is running an article on Sun Microsystem's recent pro-Linux announcements. “In a major Linux strategy announcement, Sun Microsystems today aligned itself with Linux stalwarts IBM and Hewlett-Packard by throwing its weight behind Linux. Specifically Sun said it will … dramatically expand its line of Sun Cobalt Linux appliances and will introduce a new family of low-end general purpose Linux/x86-based systems.”
Linux storms the Enterprise Telephony market with the merger of it's two leading telephony projects.
In a professional environment, automation of system installations is a means to secure efficiency and reproducible quality. So far, the Linux world lacked this tool. This has changed since ALICE, the Advanced Linux Installation and Configuration Environment has been made widely available by SuSE.
LINUXWORLD NEW YORK-[January 30, 2002]— California Digital Corporation today announced the launch of its Linux server business. Founded in 1994, California Digital is now shipping ultradense Linux servers and clusters as part of the total Linux solutions it provides to its enterprise clients.
From the Linux Journal article:
'This year's LinuxWorld New York, while not sporting an unusually high number of vendors, was very high in attendees…'
Appgen, Inc. announced the release of MyBooks 6.0, a QuickBooks
like accounting package available for Linux and most other
popular platforms. According to the company's press release,
“MyBooks simplifies the accounting function for small to mid-size
business users and gives them the option to simultaneously
conduct higher level eBusiness by plugging into the enterprise
applications of larger companies like Wal-Mart.”
Mixed in with an array of other announcements today, storage system software vendor Veritas said it would release its high-end “Foundation Suite” for Linux. “The Foundation Suite, which long has existed for Unix servers, lets administrators more easily manage how a server communicates with multiple storage devices.”