[Am-info] EXCLUSIVE READING FOR OPEN MAGAZINE SUBSCRIBERS

[Fred A. Miller]

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EXCLUSIVE READING FOR OPEN MAGAZINE SUBSCRIBERS

The ease-of-integration pitch for IT-buying business customers has had 
just one word: BackOffice. Microsoft attracted IT buyers and channel 
partners by offering an integrated one-stop solution for information 
access and sharing. Now the same game's afoot in the Linux world as 
SuSE and IBM join forces in a broad distribution action for Linux & IBM 
software solutions. This week, SuSE and IBM executives measure the IT 
impact from a deal where SuSE gets to distribute IBM's entire line of 
software for Linux.

OpenBench Labs goes beyond what easily looks like a 'PDA on steroids' 
to discover quite significant implications for vertical IT 
applications. Terapin's pocket data server (PDS), the Mine TX200, runs 
Linux and shares data on a LAN; exchanges data over the Internet via 
FTP; sends and receives POP3 e-mail; and synchronizes its information 
store with Terapin's web-based archive service. It also doubles as a 
full-function digital audio player and photo album system in less 
stressful moments.

And in the heated-up search for advice on e-mail architecture and MTAs, 
senior consultant Kris Buytaert reports what he sees as best solutions.


If you're not using Internet Explorer 6.0, click 
<http://www.open-mag.com/eopen13.pdf> to download this week's e-Open. 
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click  <http://www.open-mag.com/download.htm> and follow the 
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PS: Remember to pass along a copy to friends.


Regards,
The editors of Open magazine
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Fred A. Miller
Systems Administrator
Cornell Univ. Press Services
fm@cupserv.org

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