From Canada NewsWire:
Mikotel Networks Inc. announced today that the
Company has retained Lightstream Technologies Inc. of Markham, Ontario to
manage the beta program for Mikotel’s plug & play rack mount network appliance
prior to commercializing the technology.

Mikotel manufactures network appliances based on the Linux open source,
open architecture operating system.

From BusinessWire: As part of its continuing commitment to open standards, Evans & Sutherland
Wednesday announced that the company’s PC-based image generator, simFUSION, now has the capability to
run SGI’s IRIS Performer software.
Using Linux drivers that access the OpenGL API, E&S has made it possible to run this popular software on E&S simFUSION PC hardware.

From a column at LinuxPlanet: “On the ride to Washington for Thanksgiving, my wife and I were amused by the fact that my company
(which comprises: me) has actually made money from Linux. I write books about it, the occasional
article, this column. These things cost me less to do than I am paid to do them. Ergo, I make money
from Linux.

Which caused me to wonder if maybe I’m turning more profit from Linux than is, say, Red Hat Software,
which, when it posts earnings next month, is expected to lose 2 cents per share, according to the
analysts …

I ended up with no evidence that any of the Linux companies that are publicly traded is turning a
nickel’s profit. The non-public companies I’ve talked with are facing hard times as well. One or two are
just about out of money, with not much coming in. There may be some others — companies that resell
books and T-shirts and distributions at discount — who are doing okay.” (VA Linux, mentioned in the article, owns NewsForge.)

From Canada NewsWire: ATI Technologies Inc. today unveiled its set-top box Technology Access Program, which is
designed to enable third party software and hardware system integrators with
the necessary technology to support ATI’s set-top box components.
The initial TAP partners are Metro Link and BSQUARE. Metro Link is a
specialist in embedded Linux and VxWorks, while BSQUARE specializes in Windows
CE and Microsoft TV.

Slashdotters discuss this request: “I am a senior Linux developer/system/network guy at a
rapidly growing startup. Part of my resonsibilities is to help educate new
aspiring Linux folks and otherwise evanglize the use of Open Source within
our company. I thought a great way to do this would be with informal brown
bag sessions, once or twice a week. The only thing I’m missing is some generic Linux class
education material that I can talk to … I’ve been searching the net for weeks
now and the only stuff I’ve found is online tutorials (that can’t be downloaded) and Linux
materials that people are actually charging for! In the wonderful world of open source software,
where are the open source education materials?”

From a column at LinuxPlanet.com: “On the ride to Washington for Thanksgiving, my wife and I were amused by the fact that my company has actually made money from Linux. I write books about it, the occasional
article, this column. These things cost me less to do than I am paid to do them. Ergo, I make money
from Linux.” (VA Linux, mentioned in the story, owns NewsForge.)

“Thanks to the US’s currently being gripped by its unprecedented and seemingly endless case of EDS
(electoral dysfunctional situation), I find myself feeling more and more like I’ve slipped into a parallel
universe or a really bad science fiction story where everything is reversed and the abnormal has become
commonplace. This frame of mind has me pondering some of the big “what if” questions about Linux and
the computer industry in general, and how a change here or there could have resulted in a whole different
story–or could still do so. Call it a new-found respect for the whims of probability and chaos, if you will.”
Lou Grinzo, editor of Linuxprogramming.com, posted this story at Linuxtoday.com.

“As first reported in August, Yahoo! is providing its email
encryption option through a deal with Zixit, a Dallas-based email
encryption firm. Yahoo! will rout encrypted email through Zixit’s
SecureDelivery.com Web site. Yahoo! and Zixit representatives
declined to comment on the public availability of the service and
would not say whether it was an across-the-board launch or a
temporary test.” From ZDCOUK.

From Prnewswire: “The center provides a focal point for best practices, reference
architectures, and product expertise to help customers build and deploy
innovative, customized Internet solutions for the digital marketplace.”

ZDCOUK reports that “a computer virus that’s smart enough to block its victims from
getting help is steadily spreading around the Internet. The bug,
called MTX, was discovered in August and initially labeled a low
risk.

But in recent weeks, infections have been growing and last week it
was the most prevalent virus in the world, according to one
antivirus firm. The bug has one very sinister feature: once it infects
a user, it’s programmed to stop the victim from visiting antivirus
Web sites and sending “mayday” emails to antivirus companies.”