The March 1999 issue of Linux Journal (#59) will be mailed from the printers in Waseca, Minnesota on February 11, 1999. TABLE OF CONTENTS LINUX JOURNAL March 1999 _________________________________________________________________ Features * Alphabet Soup: The Internationalization of Linux, Part 1 by Stephen Turnbull A look at the problems faced when including different character sets into Linux. * Autonomous Vehicles by Massimo Bertozzi, Alberto Broggi and Alessandra Fascioli Let Linux drive your car. * Internationalizing Messages in Linux Programs by Pancrazio de Mauro An introduction to the GNU gettext system. * Mediated Reality: University of Toronto RWM Project by Dr. Steve Mann What you see is what you get, or is it? * Polyglot Emacs 20.4 by Jon Babcock A look at multilingual Emacs. Forum * Smart Cards and Biometrics by David Corcoran, David Sims and Bob Hillhouse * Linux for the International Space Station Program by Guillermo Ortega * LJ Talks to Chris Brown of Learning Tree International by Marjorie Richardson Reviews * LinuxPOS, An Opportunity Waiting to Happen by Brian Walters * Red Hat LINUX Secrets, Second Editon by Duane Hellums Columns * Focus on Software by David M. Bandel * Linux in Education: Linx in a High School by Andrew Feinberg * The Cutting Edge: The Linux Router Project by David Cinege * Linux Means Business: Cost Effective Services for the Office by Kim Henderson * At the Forge: Creating a Web-Based BBS, Part 3 by Reuven M. Lerner Departments * Letters to the Editor * Best of Technical Support * Stop the Presses: Partners--Pacific HiTech and Panasonic by Marjorie Richardson * From the Editor: Internationalization and Emerging Markets by Marjorie Richardson * New Products + ENVI Version 3.1, Research Systems, Inc. + FTLinuxCourse, Future Technologies + Alexandria 4.50, Spectra Logic Corporation + Applixware for Linux, Applix, Inc. + c-tree Plus V6.8A, FairCom Corporation + AFS Server and AS Client, Transarc + Hamilton, Microstate Corporation + Cat5 Reach, Raritan Computer + TclPro 1.1, Scriptics Corporation + Wingz Professional 3.0 for Linux, IISC + WordPerfect 8 for Linux, Corel Computer + NUOPT for S-PLUS, MathSoft * Advertisers Index * Linux Consultants HOWTO Strictly On-line * The K Desktop Environment, Version 1 by Bill Cunningham * Linux Network Toolkit by Russell J. T. Dyer * Linux and the EURO Currency: Toward a Global Solution by Guylhem Aznar _________________________________________________________________ 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***