======================================================== SEARCHSOLARIS.COM - SOLARIS OPERATING SYSTEM AND IT INDUSTRY NEWS July 27, 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 "Sun expands developer discount program's hardware line" There's more stuff available through the Sun Developer Hardware Program. Discounts on Sun Blade 1000 and Sun Fire 280R servers as well as the Cobalt line of server appliances are now part of the program. SOURCE: IDG News http://www.idg.net/ec?content_source_id=25&idgnet_page=1&page_id=1773&channel_id=1-3921&remote_addr=63%2E31%2E76%2E82&doc_id=658981&site_id=366&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fsearchsolaris%2Etechtarget%2Ecom%2FnewsItem%2F0%2C289139%2Csid12_gci757840%2C00%2Ehtml Read more about the Sun Developer Hardware Program at http://www.sun.com/developer/tools/hw_details.html =============================================== OTHER SOLARIS AND INDUSTRY NEWS =============================================== [1] "Terra Lycos signs IBM for exclusive hardware, support" [2] "META report: Java keeps brewing, but .Net looms" [3] "HP adds XML to process management" [4] "Justice Department asks court to deny Microsoft rehearing" [1] "Terra Lycos signs IBM for exclusive hardware, support" Sun is out; IBM is in at Terra Lycos. The Internet company has enlisted Big Blue to supply hardware and support for the next two years. Terra Lycos is switching from Sun and Compaq products, saying it would rather deal with one vendor. SOURCE: ComputerWorld http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO62565,00.html =============================================== [2] "META report: Java keeps brewing, but .Net looms" Some fresh data from META Group show Java will keep growing as an e-business standard, but it will feel the breath of .Net down its neck. SOURCE: EarthWeb http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/appdev/article/0,,11963_809161,00.html =============================================== [3] "HP adds XML to process management" So many people, applications and services; so little time. HP's new version of Process Manager, driven by an XML engine, manages to take potential enterprise chaos and turn it into order. A Solaris version should be ready within three months. SOURCE: searchHP http://searchhp.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid6_gci757382,00.html =============================================== [4] "Justice Department asks court to deny Microsoft rehearing" Uncle Sam's lawyers along with the 18 state attorneys general facing off with Microsoft have officially asked the U.S. Court of Appeals to shoot down Redmond's request for a rehearing. Last week, Microsoft asked the court to have another listen to the part of the case that involved the relationship between Internet Explorer Web browser code and Windows. SOURCE: IDG News http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/07/26/010726hnmsappeal.xml ============================================ GET YOUR PROBLEMS SOLVED in our Ask the Expert and Discussion Forums!! SearchSolaris has on-site experts currently fielding your questions about General Solaris Administration, Solaris on Intel and Solaris Security. 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