Focus

• Standards  by Marjorie Richardson
  

Features

• The Past and Future of Linux Standards  by Daniel Quinlan
  The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. --Professor Andrew S. Tanebaum (author of MINIX).
  
• The Distributions Take a Stand on Standards  by Norman M. Jacobowitz
  Mr. Jacobowitz talks about standards with representatives of the various distributions by e-mail and at the LinuxWorld Expo.
  

Reviews

• WordPerfect 8 for Linux  by Michael Scott Shappe
  
• Metro Link Motif Complete!  by Liam Greenwood
  
• TclPro v1.1  by Daniel Lazenby
  
• The Linux Network  by Duane Hellums
  
• Developing Imaging Applications with XIElib  by Michael J. Hammel
  

Forum

• Minivend—the Electronic Shopping Cart  by Kaare Rasmussen
  If you need a catalog system for your web page, this product may be just what you are looking for.
  
• Introduction to Sybase, Part 1: Setting Up the Server  by Jay Sissom
  Sybase comes to Linux—here's how it works.
  
• CORBA Program Development, Part 2  by J. Mark Shacklette and Jeff Illian
  This month, the more advanced techniques of naming and event services are discussed.
  
• Stephen Wockner of the TAB of Queensland  by Bob Hepple
  A mission-critical application for 580 Linux computers.
  
• Linux Clusters at NIST  by Wayne J. Salamon and Alan Mink
  NIST is using Linux clusters for research, benchmarking them against supercomputers.
  

Columns

• At the Forge   Sending Mail via the Web, Part 2  by Reuven M. Lerner
  Sending Mail via the Web, Part 2 Mr. Lerner continues his look at building a simple, integrated mail system that can be accessed using a web browser.
  
• Focus on Software  by David A. Bandel
  
• Linux Means Business   Making Money in the Bazaar  by Bernie Thompson
  Making Money in the Bazaar A look at the business models in use today and how they work.
  
• Kernel Korner   IP Bandwidth Management  by Jamal Hadi Salim
  IP Bandwidth Management A look at the new traffic control code in the kernel and how it aids in bandwidth management.
  
• System Administration   Root File System on RAID  by Martin Schulze
  Root File System on RAID What should you do if it is unacceptable to use a single disk or partition for the root file system? Use two or three. This article provides a solution for this problem.
  
• Take Command   The awk Utility  by Louis J. Iacona
  The awk Utility This column presents an introduction to the Linux data manipulation tool called awk.
  

Departments

• Letters  by Marjorie Richardson
  More Letters to the Editor
  
• linux.com  by Marjorie Richardson
  
• The Other Shoe  by Doc Searls
  
• New Products  
  
• Best of Technical Support  
  

Strictly On-line

• Pro-Lite Scrolling Message Signs  by Walter Stoneburner
  A review of the Pro-Lite Tru-Color II PL-M2014R, an affordable multi-color LED scrolling message board that is capable of being controlled by a standard RS-232 serial port.
  
• PPR: PostScript Printer Spooling  by Olivier Tharan
  Mr. Tharan tells us how to use the PPR spooler for large networks.
  
• Linux in Schools  by Rob Bellville
  How a K-12 school system is using Linux to supply a myriad of stable network services to its students and staff.
  
• Linux for Enterprise-Resource Planning  by Uche Ogbuji
  Mr. Ogbuji takes a look at enterprise resource planning and Linux's place in this market.
  
• Linux Web Server Toolkit  by Keith P. de Solla
  A review of the LINUX Web Server Toolkit, a book that takes the reader completely through the procedure of building a web server.