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 Commercial Software

  • Just because the operating system and many applications are free, doesn't mean there isn't a wide range of commercial software available.

  • Enterprise server solutions:
    • Oracle's Oracle 8 is available now.
    • Sybase's Adaptive Server Enterprise available now for free.
    • Informix has many products available now, including INFORMIX-SE, INFORMIX-ESQL/C, Informix® Dynamic Server and Informix Dynamic 4GL.
    • Interbase Software's InterBase 5 available now.
    • IBM's DB2 is being ported.
    • Netscape's Internet servers available now. Netscape Messaging Server and Netscape Directory Server available Q1 1999.

  • Desktop applications:
    • Corel's WordPerfect 8 available for free for personal use. Beta available now.
    • Applixware's Linux Office Suite 99.
    • StarDivision's StarOffice 4.0. Free to use.
    • Netscape Communicator 4.07, 4.5.
    • RealNetworks' RealPlayer
    • Adobe's Acrobat Reader
    • Microsoft's Netshow / Netmeeting.
Copyright 1998 Chris Halsall and the Victoria Linux Users Group. Reuse permitted for OSS promotion.