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Sun announced it is giving SunTone certification to 20 HP OpenView infrastructure management offerings. BMC Software is the only other company with certified software in the Sun program. SOURCE: eWeek http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2716182,00.html Read more about SunTone at http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-07-2000/f_swol-0728-newsbriefs.html#1. =============================================== Want help streamlining the Solaris systems management process? Then head over to the searchSolaris Tips Exchange where you can read and rate tips from dozens of Solaris administrators, or submit a tip of your own. Just click on http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid12_tax281849,00.html. =============================================== OTHER SOLARIS AND INDUSTRY NEWS =============================================== [1.] "User response slow to new B2B directory" [2.] "IT slump visible everywhere" [3.] "Torvalds replies to Microsoft on OSS" [4.] "Linux is the future, say former MS execs" [1.] "User response slow to new B2B directory" Apparently there aren't a whole lot of fingers walking, not yet anyway. About a dozen corporate users have agreed to register services in the newly-launched Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) directory. Even that handful of supporters can't agree on the business-to-business directory's value. One analyst says there's no need to play "Taps" just yet -- there's still time for IBM and Microsoft to fire up end user support for UDDI. SOURCE: ComputerWorld http://www.idg.net/ic_529230_1794_9-10000.html =============================================== [2.] "IT slump visible everywhere" The economic doldrums in the US seem to be leaving nasty bruises on IT, and IT's pain is turning into other sectors' pain. For example, layoffs and salary cuts at some Silicon Valley companies are affecting cab drivers there. The airline industry is also feeling the pain, as companies police their travel expenses more closely. SOURCE: InformationWeek http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20010504S0008 =============================================== [3.] "Torvalds replies to Microsoft on OSS" Linus strikes back -- Microsoft executive Craig Mundie's negative comments about Linux and open source stoked the ire of OSS supporters, including the father of Linux Linus Torvalds, who said basically all of modern science and technology is founded on very similar ideals as open source. SOURCE: Wininformant http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=20996 =============================================== [4.] "Linux is the future, say former MS execs" Redmond may love to roast the penguin, but some former Microsoft executives actually think Linux is a good thing! For one, Eric Engstrom, who started and led the Direct X project, was general manager at MSN, and testified on behalf of MS in the antitrust trial, is now a Linux champion. He has helped start up a Linux "pure play" called Chromium. SOURCE: The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18768.html ============================================ Did you know searchSolaris has three site experts currently taking questions on system security, Java and general Solaris administration? 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