February 2000, Vol. 17, No. 2 Table of Contents Cover Story — A Tale of Two Patents Continues: HNC and Nestor shift strategies in ongoing litigations News Briefs Recent business news from the intelligent computing industry Business Op-Ed Of Davids, Goliaths and cute, cuddley penguins Supplement Editorial: The Duality of Microsofts' Position on Linux by Mark Bolzern, CEO LinuxMall.com Expert Systems ComGenex and CompuDrug announce success for EMIL Biometrics Have "smart gun," will travel     Calendar Upcoming conferences focusing on intelligent computing and applications Data Mining Virtual molecular screening to speed drug discovery Bioinformatics Java software allows access to bioinformatics resource Robotics Autonomous robot finds meteorites in Antarctica Pattern Recognition Virtual images at the Winter Goodwill Games Electronic nose gets patent to sniff out disease Product Profiles Web Site © Copyright 2000 by Lionheart Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Lionheart Publishing, Inc. 2555 Cumberland Parkway, Suite 299, Atlanta, GA 30339 USA Phone: 770-431-0867 | Fax: 770-432-6969 E-mail: lpi@lionhrtpub.com Web: www.lionheartpub.com