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
                                      

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    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
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