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          INFORMATION AGE MAGAZINE - Focus on Linux - July edition

                Available at: http://www.infoage.idg.com.au/

TOP STORIES:

IT News Review - Weeking ending July 21, 2000 Open-source community
welcomes StarOffice release...MS scrambling to fix new Outlook security
hole...NEC researchers break light speed barrier...Visa, Sun, Cisco team
up on universal commerce...French company stakes claim to term 'B2B'...A
room with a view to making a killing...Microsoft fixes 'most dangerous'
Internet Explorer flaw..Big brother is watching most of you:
Symantec...GST delays hit reseller cashflow...Judge sets aside network
sabotage verdict...IIA seeks to axe internet streaming review...ICANN
green-lights new top-level domains...Biometrics meet wireless
internet...Analysts mixed about IBM's future

From the desk of the CEO
Linux adds value to the enterprise -- but not as much as IT
professionals, salary survey shows

From the President
Karl Reed reflects stature of Autralian IT professionalism

ACS Remuneration Survey
ACS report shows IT salaries outstrip CPI

Focus on Linux - Cover story
No longer stuck in the shadow of big brother Unix, Linux is finally
coming of age. But while Linux has street cred and a groovy mascot, does
it make the grade when it comes to e-commerce? What are the implications
of the rise of Linux for IT professionals and educators? Caitlin
Fitzsimmons reports.

Focus on Linux -- Opinions: The Pro and the Con While Linux is gathering
momentum, not everyone is totally convinced that its position in the
enterprise is unassailable. In this two-sided local overview, LinuxWorld
editor Gavin Sherry takes a positive stance, while Ian Yates, editor of
The Industry Standard is less accepting.

Focus on Linux - Inching Nearer to the Data Centre While not everyone
agres that Linux is ready for the big-time, many are pushing there
anyway

Focus on Linux - Water-cooled, air-cooled, now Linux cooled It's
official: The mainframe is 'cool'; S/390 supports Linux.

Focus on Linux -- Opinion -- Linux's open source: advantage or
liability?

Profile: Karl Reed
IEEE-CS recognises his major contribution to global IT

Society news - Election notice
Nominations are due by September 30, 2000

Technology - Let a Hundred Search Engines Bloom Never mind the unlikely
name, Google leads the charge towards smart search technology

IT management - To Keep Your Best IT People, Keep Them Learning

Opinion: Education, not immigration
Education, not immigration, is the only durable answer to the skills
shortage.

Technology -- Opinion -- A Tale of Two Terrors Will computers bring
about mankind's demise? Help the ultra-rich become a new species? That
depends on how good our software gets

Education - IT students offered new entrepreneurial skills at Macquarie
Students to get the skills to explore and plan commercial exploitation
of information technologies

Emerging technology - Squeeze this...
New compression tools can help ease the bandwidth crunch

Legal issues - Australia Drags Its Feet On E-commerce Law Australia
needs a legal environment to support global e-trading

It management - Data Defragmenting Hailed Defragmenting used to be a
regular housekeeping item; getting it back on the task list can mean big
savings in disk upgrades.

Technology - Banking Industry Hops on Wireless Bandwagon


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Comments to: Peter Davidson, Editor: Peter_Davidson@idg.com.au


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Visiting Fellow, Computer Science,  Australian National University
Publications Director & Past President,  Australian Computer Society
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