March 1997 / Features

Superfast Peripherals Universal Serial Bus (USB) Serial Storage Architecture (SSA) Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) SCSI Firewire	SCSI is out, serial is in. How will the battle among USB, FireWire, Fibre Channel, and SSA end? - by Mike Hurwicz
Linux in a Gray Flannel Suit Selected Linux Distributors Some Companies Running on Linux A Tip of the Red Hat to Linux Some Linux Distributions	It's powerful. It's open. It's free. That's why this Unix is entering corporate IS. - by Jim Mohr
Global from Day One Coding Practices That Make Localization Easier Globalization Glossary Six World Views Split Personalities	Internationalizing code from the start minimizes costs and leads to big payoffs. - by Holly Hubbard Preston and Udo Flohr
Unicode Evolves Localize Content, Not the Interface Diacritics Are Critical System Support for Unicode Does Your Browser Support Unicode?	Worried about localization problems? Content-enabled software, through Unicode, may be what really matters. - by Ken Fowles
Encryption for a Small Planet More Bits, More Security Strategies and Loopholes International Cryptography Framework	How developers can cope with U.S. export restrictions on encryption technology. - by Thom Stark

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