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From: Douglas G. Danforth <"Douglas>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 16:47:52 -0400

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Folks,
Since BlackBox runs under Windows and earlier version run (ran) under
MacOS it would seem the current push (shift) toward Linux would make it
more desirable also have it run under Linux.

When it comes to looking for jobs in the engineering and science fields
they inevitably use some form of Unix and frequently have a Linux box.
My knowledge of Component software is useless on those platforms and
only combinations of Ofront and a great deal of work allow me to
function well in those environments. Unfortuanely I push my supervisors
to the brink by doing so. They tolerate the effort but are not happy
with it. Having a BlackBox/Linux system would be much more acceptible.

-Doug

IBM Shows Faith in Linux
By Darryl K. Taft

IBM demonstrated its commitment to open source and the Linux platform by
highlighting developer successes at the company's annual
DeveloperWorksLive conference last week in New Orleans.

IBM also announced several initiatives involving the company-sponsored
Eclipse open-source, Java-based application development platform.

"We're seeing an increase in momentum in developers using Linux and
writing for Linux," said Adam Jollans, Linux strategy manager for the
IBM Software Group, in Armonk, N.Y. "Both in terms of developers writing
applications for Linux and others writing applications for Windows but
developing on Linux."

Jollans said more than 5,000 Linux applications have been registered on
IBM's systems.

Warren Postma, a developer from Toronto, said Linux represents a key
area for IBM. "Developers are always the 'alpha' geeks," Postma said.
"Wherever they go today, the market goes tomorrow. When Microsoft
[Corp.] introduced Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and NT, they paid particular
attention to developers. IBM didn't. OS/2 died. It is the developer mind
share Microsoft has lost to Linux and open source."

At the show, IBM introduced a packaged hardware and software solution
available through partners.

IBM Integrated Platform Express will enable resellers, ISVs and other
partners to deliver business applications on top of an integrated
hardware and software offering consisting of IBM's WebSphere Application
Server and DB2 database and the IBM eServer x225, x235 or x345 systems,
officials said.

IBM also announced Version 2.1 of the Eclipse platform. A new feature in
Eclipse 2.1 is support for Apple Computer Inc.'s Mac OS.

Other new features include workbench navigation enhancements, user-set
key bindings, new support for The Apache Software Foundation's Apache
Ant build tool and flexible project layouts. The Eclipse editor and
debugger have also been improved, officials said.

Jollans said there have been 7 million Eclipse downloads. The Eclipse
consortium consists of 34 members, and more than 260 Eclipse-oriented
projects have been recognized by Eclipse.org, officials said.

Meanwhile, Eclipse.org announced that Hyades, a project to automate
software quality that is being led by New York-based Scapa Technologies
Inc., will release an open-source implementation of the U2TP (Unified
Modeling Language 2 Test Profile) specification, which was submitted to
the Object Management Group last month. U2TP is scheduled for OMG
approval as a standard in June.


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