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To: Eric Wells who wrote (1090)	9/9/1999 8:50:00 AM
From: Jenne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1794

Unify Extends Strategic Developer Partnership with Red Hat; Unify To Add Unify WebNow! and Unify eWave Engine to its Red Hat Linux 6.0 Product Portfolio BUSINESS WIRE - September 09, 1999 06:20 SAN JOSE, Calif., Sep 9, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Unify Corporation (Nasdaq:UNFY), a leading provider of software solutions for e-commerce, today announced that it is extending its strategic developer partnership with Red Hat Software by certifying its two recently announced Internet products, Unify eWave Engine and Unify WebNow!, for Red Hat Linux 6.0. Red Hat Linux certification of Unify WebNow!, a dynamic Web page engine that provides Web access to databases, is planned for the end of September. Unify eWave Engine for Linux, the company's high-performance Java application server, is scheduled to follow. The commitment to port its latest products to Linux affirms Unify's unrivaled support for the Linux operating system. In May 1999, Unify and Red Hat announced a strategic developer partnership to collaborate on product offerings for Linux solutions certified on Red Hat Linux and to develop co-marketing initiatives that further extend market opportunities. "We are encouraged with the increased interest for Unify products that run on the Linux operating system. By leveraging our partnership with Red Hat, we're able to offer customers complete and comprehensive solutions on Linux for their Internet and e-commerce needs," said John Davis, vice president of business development for Unify. "With Unify eWave Engine and Unify WebNow! for Linux, we enhance our position as a leading e-commerce company providing Linux-based solutions." "Unify's Internet application solutions, its comprehensive offerings in data storage systems, and its development and e-commerce solutions are a welcomed addition to the rapidly growing Linux user base," stated Paul McNamara, vice president of business development for Red Hat Software. "The developers partner agreement with Unify strengthens and improves the choices developers have when creating solutions that operate on Linux." With Unify eWave Engine and Unify WebNow! available on Linux, Unify completes its entire product portfolio for the Linux operating system, including the Unify VISION and Unify DataServer families. About Unify Corporation Unify Corporation is a leading provider of Internet application server solutions that enable businesses to deliver their Internet and e-commerce applications quickly and cost effectively. Unify's professional services organization provides a full range of services to help customers successfully deliver their application initiatives. Unify's product line includes the Unify VISION, Unify eWave, Unify WebNow!, ACCELL/SQL and the Unify DataServer product families. Headquartered in San Jose, California, Unify has direct sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Japan, with a global network of distributors, OEMs, and over 400 vertical application partners delivering software solutions to millions of users in telecommunications, financial services, healthcare, commercial industries and government agencies. Unify product and service information is located on the World Wide Web at unify.com.

To: Eric Wells who wrote (1090)	9/9/1999 10:38:00 AM
From: Mitch Blevins	Respond to of 1794

Truly free-form development could potentially lead to chaos. Again, I have no exposure to the Linux development community - so I have no idea how dispersed developers go about handling the sharing and integration of their code into Linux. But there must be some rules. Are there not? Thanks for your courteous reply despite not getting the same from me earlier. :) Yes, there are rules for coding standards and such. Of course these rules emerge locally for each project. Large projects will codify this and publish them on a web page for potential contributors. Smaller projects might (or might not) have rules that are communicated informally, as people send in patches and other code. Many open source projects adopt the coding conventions of GNU, which you can probably find by digging around on gnu.org Since nobody works on a Free software project that doesn't want to, there is a strong desire to cooperate and see the project succeed. So, in practice, rules are self-forming and self-enforcing, with no need for a large bureaucratic structure. -Mitch

To: Eric Wells who wrote (1090)	9/9/1999 11:08:00 AM
From: Pink Minion	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1794

Truly free-form development could potentially lead to chaos. This is about Darwinisn. The strongest code lives. You really need to read the Dilbert comic strip. It's so funny because it is so true. I've had a secretary, accountant, business major, ex-musician tech school grad, as managers for groups developing Unix Oracle database applications. Is there any wonder why half the IS projects end in failure. And I work for a high tech company. You should see the Bell operating company information systems. LOL!!! fax city. The current method I would call chaotic when half the projects don't make it. Microsoft "Bob" are only the ones you hear about. MH