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MAY 1998

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Books Index of the 43 Etexts recently completed

For the first time in years we are two months ahead of schedule, having completed the first releases of all the June Etexts. The list is appended above, with the first 6 July Etexts, since this is being prepared on May 6th.

My thanks to all who have helped us get this far!

I would also like to thank Peter Graham for pointing out that in the last Newsletter there may have been some errors. . .I forgot to put in how to send us donations. . .so that is appended above the list of the 43 Etexts recently completed.

We have a new site at:
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This site will also soon be accessible via the Web.

Requested:

From: Mike Menzel
Subject: Ludendorff's War Memoirs

And a few clippings from Edupage:

13 STATES TO FILE ANTITRUST SUIT AGAINST MICROSOFT
Thirteen states are preparing to file a joint antitrust action against Microsoft to prevent the company from shipping its new Windows 98 operating system software. The attorneys general said they would rather have coordinated a federal-state action against Microsoft, but that they were concerned over the slower time frame within which federal government operates. Microsoft plans to begin shipping Windows 98 to computer makers next month and to release it to the general public in June, and the states felt taking any action after the PC makers began installing it on their machines would be significantly more complicated. Microsoft's VP for law and corporate affairs says: "This case invol>ves a fundamental principle for us, the freedom of high-technology companies to continue to innovate on behalf of our customers. Part of innovation has to be integration. We are going to continue to integrate products." (New York Times 30 Apr 98)

DON'T BLOCK WINDOWS 98, SAY VENDORS
Twenty-six computer industry executives, including the chairmen of Intel Corp., Micron Electronics, Dell Computer, Compaq Computer and Hewlett-Packard, have signed a joint letter urging the Department of Justice not to block the planned release of Microsoft's Windows 98 operating system. "Interfering with the release of Windows 98 would drag down the entire industry's efforts to deliver value to customers and returns to shareholders," said the letter. The executives were careful to point out that they weren't expressing "any opinion on the merits of the investigation of Microsoft." The upgrade is expected to be shipped to computer makers in mid-May and hit retail shelves on June 25. "Th>e bottom line is, no computer manufacturer can afford to harm their relationship with Microsoft," says the president of the Software Publishers Association. "When Microsoft calls and asks them to write a letter to Justice, they're hard-pressed not to." (Los Angeles Times 1 May 98)

U S WEST TO OFFER TV, INTERNET ACCESS OVER PHONE LINES
For a cost "comparable" to the monthly fees charged by Cox Communications (the primary cable company in Phoenix), U S West plans to offer its Phoenix customers a video and data services package via "variable digital subscriber lines," or VDSL. U S West says its service will include some 120 TV channels and Internet access. In the past year, cable companies have begun to offer Internet access as part of their monthly service, and an analyst with International Data says, "If you're a phone company, you're going to want to roll out a package of services that will blunt the attack from the cable companies, which are trying to take away phone customers." (Wall Street Journal 20 Apr 98)

SCIENTISTS DEMO INTERNET EXPRESS LANE
Scientists at two national laboratories demonstrated a new "differentiated service" technology that gives certain types of electronic data higher priority for transmission over the Internet. In the demo, two streaming-video signals were sent -- one with a high-priority mark and one without -- over an especially busy Internet route. The video marked high-priority arrived at a speed of eight frames per second, versus one frame per second for the unmarked video. Within a year, it may be possible for research labs and universities that need more dependable Internet connections to pay a higher cost for prioritized delivery. (Chronicle of Higher Education 1 May 98)

[This is something we have written about before. . .it basically is like a railroad system in which efficiently sendable text files are held over to sidings to wait for movies and sound files to pass on express lanes-- the idea is that it is more important to move huge audio/video files for entertainment than to move books for education. Huh?? Michael S. Hart] This is my own personal comment, not associated with Edupage. . . . mh

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