Awk is a scripting language for Unix/Linux systems. It has a GNU counterpart, called gawk, which is fully compatible with awk. Awk is very useful for parsing text files, and it can also be used to simplify maintenance tasks.

One area that is bound to benefit greatly from open source software, is the Education field. With nearly 50 million students enrolled in US public and private schools nationwide and huge demand for adult and continuing education is there not a market for low cost, reliable and efficient software? Who better to meet this need than the open source industry?

Years ago, Microsoft announced a strategy called Windows Open Services Architecture (WOSA). The crowning jewel of WOSA was and is Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), a model in which the Windows platform provides a general set of database-access services, and database vendors provide adaptors for their products.

Many new users of Linux think that their system, in contrast to DOS or Windows, is immune to viruses. Rado shows how Linux and Unix systems in general are vulnerable to viruses, too. In fact the first viruses infected Unix systems.

Informix Corporation, the technology leader in enterprise database powered solutions, announces it has signed a Developer Partner agreement with Red Hat Inc., the leading developer and provider of open source software solutions.

THE Linux operating system is being used by almost 50 per cent of all Compaq's server customers, according to internal company research.

Linux aficionados who are applauding US District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's bitter denunciation of their archrival Microsoft might want to read the fine print first.

WorkSpot, Inc. chooses Debian because we feel they and the GNU Project provide a stable, powerful and cost effective web solution.

If you have ever wondered: Hey, why doesn't some sharp corporation use BSD or Linux as one of their default operating systems, you can stop wondering. SGI is nearing completion of the development of its Merced-based multi-CPU box with Linux.

The grep utility is a handy little tool with which every Unix programmer should be familiar. grep easily matches simple strings, and uses a variety of wild cards and special symbols to create a regular expression to search for more complex strings.