Novell's quiet but effective rival to Lotus Notes
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Novell Inc's Groupwise work group software is a relatively unknown package that nevertheless offers serious competition to the well-known Lotus Notes software. Lotus Notes has been receiving an inordinate amount of attention recently because the company is being pursued for acquisition by IBM. Microsoft's development of a workgroup solution called Exchange is also getting a lot of attention. Novell's groupware has a significant advantage in the marketplace because the company's NetWare network operating system is the dominant operating system for networks. Groupwise is estimated to have 3.3 million customers while Lotus Notes has only 1.5 million, although Notes' marketing has resulted in greater name recognition for the Lotus product. Groupwise runs on a number of different operating systems while Microsoft's Exchange will be limited to the Windows platform.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1995
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Sorry Ma'am, no listing for 'enry 'iggins; voice recognition is improving, but don't stop the elocution lessons
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Voice recognition technology is developing quickly but computers will have to be taught to recognize all the different methods that people use to say different words. Not only will these computers have to account for static on communications lines but also the myriad dialogs and accents that people have. The Linguistic Data Consortium is collecting and studying linguistics data in order to compile the data on CD-ROMs that can be used to configure voice recognition systems to recognize irregular speech and language patterns. Voice recognition technology will have to be able to distinguish between various regional accents. Some companies, such as IBM, Kurzweil Applied Intelligence and Dragon Systems Inc offer commercial software programs that allow the user to turn their PC into a dictation machine.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1995
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In a child's tiny bricks, the logic of computers
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The Lego Mindstorms Robotics Invention System is a toy for both adults and children. Based on a program developed at MIT, the user can construct a robot, then, using a computer, assemble an instruction set for it made up of 'blocks' of programming. On the Web, more information is available at www.legomindstorms.com, www.lugnet.com, and www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1999
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