Request for Help

["Madhu M. Kurup" <madhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

	I'm doing some of the co-ordination work for the "Development -
Powered by Linux" section at IT.COM. I just got this suggestion from Biju
Chacko and I'd like some help on this. Hey says

> Make sure you have some standard business type development demoed. That
> is,  some kind of multi-tier app: back end Oracle (preferably), C++
> middle ware, and Perl/Python/whatever front end.
> It may not be the most glamourous stuff around, but you'd be astonished
> by  the sheer size of the market there is for this stuff.

Now the problem really being that for me atleast, for a long time
middleware == vapourware. What I'd like to know from the community really
is 

a) What are the kind of middleware products that are useful and available
b) How many of them are Linux oriented / centric
c) Which of them would be optimum to install / demo

	I'm really out of my depth here and I'd like all the help that I
could get. TIA.

Cheerio,
Madhu
  
   Madhu M Kurup /* Nemo Me Impune Lacessit */ madhu@xxxxxxxxxxx