======================================================== SEARCHSOLARIS.COM - SOLARIS OPERATING SYSTEM AND IT INDUSTRY NEWS July 13, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid12,00.html ======================================================== SPONSORED BY: whatis?com =============================================== Visit the Web's most comprehensive online technology encyclopedia! Whatis.com defines more than 2,700 of the most important tech terms in plain English. Search for a term or navigate by category. Check out Fast Reference guides for a quick summary of everything from connection speeds to online color palettes. And don't miss Every File Format in the World, the Web's largest list of file extensions and the programs that use them. It's all free at http://whatis.com. =============================================== LEAD STORY "HP pricing program could pull Superdome from doldrums" Customers and analysts suggest that Hewlett-Packard's Pay Per Use utility pricing program could be a differentiator for customers hedging between HP technology and that of a competitor. SOURCE: searchHP http://searchhp.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid6_gci754701,00.html Superdome has taken its share of knocks. Read more at http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4438072.html?tag=st.ne.ron.lthd. =============================================== OTHER SOLARIS AND INDUSTRY NEWS =============================================== [1] "Is Itanium now an Oracle-Intel-Unix play?" [2] "Microsoft Outlook vulnerable to new attack" [3] "Microsoft settles antitrust allegations with New Mexico" [4] "Microsoft concessions considered meager" [5] "Congress considers slew of bills that will affect IT, e-commerce" [1] "Is Itanium now an Oracle-Intel-Unix play?" Microsoft finds itself miles behind Hewlett-Packard, Compaq and IBM in the Itanium server space. The three competitors already have their own Itanium-based Unix machines ready for enterprises and Oracle's decision to include Compaq's TruCluster technology in its 9i database erases much of Microsoft's leverage over Intel and puts Oracle in the driver's seat on several fronts. SOURCE: the451 http://searchhp.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid6_gci754450,00.html =============================================== [2] "Microsoft Outlook vulnerable to new attack" A glitch in an ActiveX control shipped with Microsoft Outlook could let an attacker take over your computer. The bug affects all versions of Outlook, including Outlook 2002, which comes with Office XP. MS plans to get a patch out ASAP. SOURCE: Newsbytes http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/167906.html =============================================== [3] "Microsoft settles antitrust allegations with New Mexico" New Mexico has settled its antitrust case against Microsoft. The company will pay the state's legal costs, and New Mexico will still be able to collect any future remedies in the case, which is still in federal court. This could get the ball rolling for other states to settle their scores with Redmond. SOURCE: The Associated Press http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/038435.htm =============================================== [4] "Microsoft concessions considered meager" It may be one small step for Microsoft, but it's not exactly a giant leap forward for the antitrust case. Legal experts say Redmond's loosening of its Windows licensing requirements is a weak concession because the company still has left plenty of room to change the changes through other arrangements, such as co-marketing deals for promoting Windows XP. Also, the licensing changes let Microsoft push other potentially anti-competitive business practices. SOURCE: CNET http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6555787.html?tag=lh =============================================== [5] "Congress considers slew of bills that will affect IT, e-commerce" Pending legislation in the U.S. Congress could have a deep impact on the way many companies conduct their IT business. For example, if proposed privacy laws are passed, customers would have the right to inspect and correct their personal data. That would mean companies would have to make significant changes to enterprise systems that span multiple databases and business units. 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