Subject: Fw: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute
To: None <current-users@netBSD.org>
From: Gerry Simmons <gerry@darykon.cet.com>
List: current-users
Date: 06/04/2001 09:04:49
Look!   Now we've made the big time!

I really think that we all need to be more careful about how things are
said, and how they could potentially be taken on this list. Obviously, other
people are listening.

Gerry Simmons
simmons@darykon.cet.com


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From: <Computerworld_Daily@Computerworld.com>
To: <gerry@darykon.cet.com>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 2:17 PM
Subject: JavaOne Expected To Focus On Web Services


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> ___________________________________________________________
>                   Computerworld Afternoon Update
>                       June 1, 2001
> ___________________________________________________________
>
>
> In this issue:
>
> * JavaOne expected to focus on Web services
> * Palm sets plans for more layoffs
> * Alcatel shuts three U.S. facilities, cuts 900 jobs
> * OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute
> * PSINet slides into bankruptcy
> * Union Pacific to provide voice-activated technology for customers
>
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> JavaOne expected to focus on Web services
>
> Sun Microsystems is expected to highlight its new strategy for developing
> Web-based computing services at next week's JavaOne conference, but some
users
> said they're still trying to tackle older technology issues.
>
> http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV47_STO61035_NLTpm%2C00.html
>
> ____________________________________________________________
>
> Palm sets plans for more layoffs
>
> Handheld device maker Palm Inc. said it will lay off an undisclosed number
of
> workers later this month due to slowed sales caused partly by a delay in
the
> release of its wireless personal digital assistant.
>
> http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV47_STO61055_NLTpm%2C00.html
>
> ____________________________________________________________
>
> Alcatel shuts three U.S. facilities, cuts 900 jobs
>
> Three days after scrapping merger talks with Lucent Technologies Inc.,
Alcatel
> SA announced plans to shut down three facilities and lay off 900 employees
in
> the U.S.
>
> http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV47_STO61036_NLTpm%2C00.html
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> OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute
>
> A firewall application that's included in the open-source OpenBSD
operating
> system will be left out of future releases because its author tightened
the
> licensing restrictions on the code to require that any changes receive his
prior
> approval.
>
> http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV47_STO61038_NLTpm%2C00.html
>
> ____________________________________________________________
>
> PSINet slides into bankruptcy
>
> The struggling Internet service provider and 24 of its U.S. subsidiaries
and
> four Canadian operations are included in the bankruptcy filings. Its
businesses
> in Asia, Europe and Latin America aren't affected.
>
> http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV47_STO61037_NLTpm%2C00.html
>
> ____________________________________________________________
>
> Union Pacific to provide voice-activated technology for customers
>
> Beginning in August, Union Pacific Railroad will broaden its e-commerce
> offerings by providing speech-activated technology to its customers that
will
> enable more efficient release of rail cars once they're unloaded.
>
> http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV47_STO61034_NLTpm%2C00.html
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