======================================================== SEARCHSOLARIS.COM - SOLARIS OPERATING SYSTEM AND IT INDUSTRY NEWS August 30, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid12,00.html ======================================================== SPONSORED BY: Rave Computer Association ========================================== Rave Computer provides Real World Solutions with Sun Technology. We specialize in providing value-added solutions around Sun's UltraSPARC technology operating on Solaris. We'll work with you to better understand and resolve your unique application requirements. Rave Computer also provides direct attached storage solutions. Go to http://www.rave.com for more details about Rave Computer and our services. ========================================== LEAD STORY "Sun updates Forte for Java" Forte for Java Release 3 is ready to go. Check out Sun's Web site for your free download. The full shrink-wrap version with documentation and support should be available Sept. 10. SOURCE: CRN http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=29411 Check out our Featured Topic section on Java at http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid12_gci561228,00.html. The pot is full and fresh. =============================================== OTHER SOLARIS AND INDUSTRY NEWS =============================================== [1] "Sun predicts another loss" [2] "Superdome Unix server sales on upswing, says HP" [3] "Feds thwart Code Red mutant" [4] "EU widens its probe of Microsoft" [1] "Sun predicts another loss" Sun is seeing more red. The company has predicted another losing quarter thanks in part to a dearth of demand in Europe and Asia. Sun says it is not losing deals to IBM or HP, although this week Big Blue has scored a deal at Sun's expense. The NYSE and the American Stock Exchange will move their e-mail systems to IBM servers running Linux -- giving 180 Sun servers the heave-ho. SOURCE: Mercury News http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/depth/sun083001.htm =============================================== [2] "Superdome Unix server sales on upswing, says HP" HP's top-shelf Unix server has a healthy sales pulse. A company official says Superdome sales are picking up after a slow start out of the gate. Why the slow start? One analyst blames a marketing letdown and a fat price tag. SOURCE: ComputerWorld http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO63349,00.html =============================================== [3] "Feds thwart Code Red mutant" The FBI is trying to catch a virus. The Bureau says someone is trying to spread a mutated version of Code Red -- some 6,000 computers could have caught it. Agents have warrants for arrest and hope to catch some culprits before they do more damage. One agent says to be vigilant about keeping IIS patched and antivirus software current. SOURCE: Network World http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/0829redthwart.html =============================================== [4] "EU widens its probe of Microsoft" The "eastern front" of Microsoft's legal battle is making news this week. The European Commission is taking a closer look at the Media Player/Windows relationship to see if the bundle is illegal. The EU also thinks Microsoft may have not told vendors about other companies' server software that would work with Redmond's products. SOURCE: Reuters http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1447271l.htm =============================================== This week's searchSolaris Featured Topic is "Sun and the storage market." See all of our storage resources at http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid12_gci755010,00.html. 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