News from PANUG/BizNix - August 8, 2002
http://panug.org - http://biznix.org


BIZNIX MEETING

The monthly BizNix meeting is tonight at 6:30 pm. The location
and detailed directions are on the BizNix web site at:

http://biznix.org

The main presentation will be Debian Linux presented by David
May. Emphasis will be on Debian-unique features such as the
easy to use package management. A second presentation will be
about authenticating downloaded software to ensure it doesn't
contain Trojan Horse programs or is hacked in any way.


USA TODAY DISCOVERS LINUX

An article in USA Today tells how Linux is saving companies
lots of money. The writer appears to think that Linux is just
now being discovered by Corporate America - he's a year or
two behind. He also describes Sun Microsoystems as having a
Microsoft-like attitude towards Linux. That's not/no longer
the case. Otherwise a good article.

http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020805/4333165s.htm


IBM, LINUX, & INTEL

Here's a snippet from an article that appears on IBM's web site
that helps explain IBM's committment to both Linux and Intel:

 The Intel platform is the fastest-growing hardware platform in the 
 server business, and with IA-64 we're beginning to see greater
 penetration of Intel servers into enterprise computing. This comes
 at a time when Linux has moved out of the universities, away from
 just doing file, print and other basic infrastructure work, and into
 the enterprise. Linux is showing growth that's about four times that
 of Windows, and its adoption rate far surpasses that of any other
 operating environment.

http://www-1.ibm.com/linux/news/michos.shtml


NOTICE FOR NEW SUBSCRIBERS

We've had many new subscribers to this list in recent weeks.
If you're new to this list, you need to know some things that
existing members already know. This is a combined mailing list
for the Portland Area Networking User Group (PANUG) and the
BizNix user group. PANUG's focus is on anything related to
computer networking. The BizNix focus is on things related to
Linux and Unix.

The contents of these periodic broadcasts are created by
and influenced by the members of these two user groups.
You're welcome to contribute as well - even if you're
not a paid-up member.

You're likely to observe that the content of this list tends
to be pro-Linux and is often critical of Microsoft. This is
a reflection of the attitudes of the people who contribute to
the list, but a relatively small number of the list members
contribute content. In recent years we've had about 20 people
contribute content yet there are about 600 people subscribed
to the list. Though it's rare, we do get some hate mail and
we've been called "Linux weenies" (and worse) before.

If you think the list should have more diverse content and
varied opinions expressed, then it's up to you to make that
happen by contributing that content and those opinions. Send
your article, news story, or opinion to info@biznix.org or
info@panug.org.