Linux World has a story about the firs annula Federal Linux Users’ Conference held a whole two weeks ago. The conference “focused on early or test-stage Linux applications that would ‘likely evolve into
enterprise-level deployments.’ Exhibitors, however, showed products already on the market, and most of the
government projects that won awards were already live. It appears that Linux and the government are, if not falling over
each other, then at least coming to terms.”

Internet Week via TechWeb reports on Microsoft delivering the first test versions
of software that will let developers build applications based
on its.Net architecture. “It remains to be seen how committed Microsoft is to
making .Net work across other platforms, said Meta
Group analyst Will Zachmann.

‘Whether the runtime environment is going to be on Linux
or Unix remains to be seen,’ Zachmann said. ‘If they’re
smart they will do that.’ “

The Standard reports that after MP3.com settled a copyright case with Universal Music to the tune of $50 million, at least two other major labels want sweeter deals.

From CNet: “A man widely regarded as one of the Internet’s founding fathers
will lead the international oversight board for online addresses, bringing a technical focus
to an organization often accused of straying into social policy and governance.

Vinton Cerf, 57, was selected chairman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN) following its annual meeting Thursday.”

Maximum Linux posts the winners of the Linux Business Expo at Comdex’s best of show awards.

Oreillynet.com has a column: “It seems it would be possible to run programs in
Linux mode using the existing Linux partition, rather than installing linux_base.

This column heads off into uncharted, unsupported territory. Don’t play with this on a
production system. Bring aspirin, patience, and lots of Band-Aids. Here be dragons.
Bridge Out Ahead. Beware of Postal Workers. You have been warned.”

From Canada Newswire: Megawheels Inc., a global application
provider of e-solutions for the automotive publishing and retail sectors today
announced its 2001 business plan. The plan charts a clear path to
profitability for the Company and the roll-out of the company’s inVision
product and industry unique Net2Print publishing software. Specifically, the
Company said it will focus on the establishment of media partnerships that
expedite the growth of its global automotive dealer network and improve
profitability. Financial highlights of the plan project a cash-positive
position by calendar year-end 2001. Drive, the company’s LINUX based, server-based or Application
Service Provider delivered DMS solution, optimizes automotive retail
management processes to deliver improved profitability and efficiencies in
automotive retail stores.

Inter@ctive Week has a start story about VA Linux’s latest earnings report, detaling the numbers. (VA Linux owns NewsForge.)

From InternetWire:
Continuing its commitment to open internet standards and support for all
major software platforms, MATRAnet, Inc., a leader in e-business solutions,
has announced the availability of M>WebTouch 3.0 on Linux and Oracle
8i(TM) release 2. M>WebTouch 3.0 provides businesses with an unrivaled,
integrated suite of powerful tools that enables them to interact via their web
sites in real-time with potential customers.

Oreillynet.com has an article on FreeBSD processes. “Like any other Unix system, FreeBSD is a multitasking, multiuser operating system. This
means that a number of users can each be running a number of programs at the same time. It
is the kernel’s responsibility to ensure that each of these programs gets a fair turn at your
computer’s CPU and that each user receives the correct results from their program’s
execution.”