The November 1998 issue of Linux Journal (#55) will be mailed from the printers in Post Falls, Idaho on October 9, 1998 TABLE OF CONTENTS LINUX JOURNAL November 1998 _________________________________________________________________ Features * FastCGI: Persistent Applications for Your Web Server by Paul Heinlein Run and manage CGI-like scripts with FastCGI. * An Introduction to JDBC by Manu Konchady A description of the basics and the benefits of using the Java Database Connectivity toolkit. * Perl Embedding by John Quillan An overview of embedding Perl code into an existing application. * LJ Interviews Guido van Rossum by Andrew Kuchling A talk with the creator of Python. * The Python HTMLgen Module by Michael Hamilton An easy way to generate HTML-formatted text. News & Articles * Xforms Marries Perl by Reza Naima * The Quick Road to an Intranet Web Server by Russell C. Pavlicek * XML, the eXtensible Markup Language by Andrew Kuchling * More Flexible Formatting with SGMLtools by Cees de Groot * TCL/TK: The Swiss Army Knife of Web Applications by Bill Schongar * Corrections by Marjorie Richardson Reviews * Product Review + QuickStart: Replication & Recovery v1.2 by Daniel Lazenby + Informix on Linux: First Impressions by Fred Butzen * Book Review + Structuring XML Documents by Terry Dawson + Linux Kernel Internals, Second Edition by Karl Majer Columns * Letters to the Editor * Best of Technical Support * Stop the Presses: Caldera Splits by Phil Hughes * From the Publisher: Open Source Developer Day by Phil Hughes * Guest Editorial: Open Source's First Six Months by Eric Raymond * Linux Apprentice: Beginner's Guide to JDK by Gordon Chamberlin * Take Command: init by Alessandro Rubini * Linux Means Business: Linux for Internet Business Applications by Uche Ogbuji * System Administration: High Availability Linux Web Servers by Aaron Gowatch * Linux Gazette: The Roxen Challenger Web Server by Michel Pelletier * New Products + GO-Global 1.5, GraphOn Corp. + InterBase 5 for Linux, InterBase Software Corp. + ObjectTeam for Linux, Cayenne Software, Inc. + NetWare for Linux 1.0 and KDE, Caldera, Inc. + 264DP Screamer Dual Alpha 21264, Microway, Inc. + NetBeans Developer 2.0, Beta 3, NetBeans, Inc. + Metro Link Motif Complete!, Metro Link Inc. + Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 "Hamm", Debian GNU/Linux + Journyx Webtime Version 2.0, Journyx LLC Directories & References * Advertisers Index * Linux Consultants HOWTO _________________________________________________________________ Linux Journal is carried by some newsstands (including all Computer Literacy stores) and is delivered to newsstands by a newsstand distributor. If you know a place that sells magazines that you feel should stock LJ, send e-mail to dist@ssc.com or have them call SSC at 206-782-7733. Getting LJ on newsstands is one of the best ways we can show the non-Internet crowd that Linux is for real. Subscriptions are: US$22/year U.S. US$27/year Canada & Mexico US$37/year Foreign US$39/2 years U.S. US$49/2 years Canada & Mexico US$64/2 years Foreign Linux Journal P.O. Box 500 Missouri City, TX 77459-9903 USA Fax: +1 281-261-5999 Tel: +1 888-66-LINUX E-mail: subs@ssc.com URL: http://www.linuxjournal.com/ Our public key (for encrypting your credit card number) is available by fingering linux@ssc.com. Subscriptions begin with the *next upcoming* issue. Back issues are available (except for Issues #1, #3, #4, #5, #30 and #44, we're out) for $6 each or $8 each non-North American airmail. ***Note: All funds should be in U.S. dollars*** Other questions/comments can be sent to: linux@ssc.com