IBM is expanding its Java “development days” program in Australia because
of high demand. Australian IT reports.

The Free Software Foundation’s George Greve writes: “Welcome to the 22nd issue of Georg’s Brave GNU World. The 2 year anniversary is slowly coming up and as a kind of appetizer I
got two special features that kind of explain what I have been working on the last year. But first let me come to the technical part.”

Enterprise Linux Today has posted this original report by John Wolley: “Porting DB2 to Linux and porting Linux to its mainframe took care of much of the technical end of IBM’s Linux strategy.
The latest DB2 Linux/mainframe announcements, combined with the Small Business Suite thrust, create a coherent
marketing strategy designed to get businesses to start using Linux — on the low end, the high end, and in the middle.”

Like legendary sports dynasties, four technology titans — Microsoft,
Intel, Cisco Systems and Dell Computer — have lorded over their sectors for years.

“The so-called Four Horsemen are bellwether stocks of Nasdaq, which often rises and
falls with their fate.

But as the economy sputters and tech stocks struggle, they no longer seem
unconquerable. Some even doubt that the juggernauts will lead Nasdaq in the new
decade.” Silicon Valley news has the story.

Linux Today has posted the latest update news from Linus.

CNET reports: “VA Linux (owners of Newsforge) confirmed that authorities asked for documents related to its public offering, including
correspondence between the company and Credit Suisse First Boston. Other Wall Street firms have
also received requests from the SEC for detailed information on how they allocated offerings, and to
whom, during the past two years. The companies have until Monday to respond, the newspaper said,
citing Wall Street executives.”

From Businessweek: “Jack Gao, the 42-year-old president and general
manager of Microsoft China, knew he was stepping
into a difficult job when he took the helm on Jan. 1,
2000. After all, his predecessor, Juliet Wu, had left
Microsoft only to write a scathing account of the
company’s China operations. And the
state-controlled press was frequently beating up on
Bill Gates & Co.”

MSNBC clues us in: “Across all platforms, Proxy servers may foil Web packaged pieces from
working correctly in Macromedia Authorware 4 and above.”

ZDNET reports that Oracle chief executive
Larry Ellison hinted Monday the company will
announce strong quarterly financial results on
Thursday.

The LinuxNews Team wrote to tell us: “Since we have received information about the LinuxNotes project, we started to investigate the case of hidden linux projects in big companies. Opinions like the one presented by Toby Haynes from IBM on LinuxToday suggested that there is some big underground in IBM!
Read more!”