“Open Source Unified Process?” is the title of a Linuxpr.com release which talks about some of the problems of OpenSource, and mentions one particular solution.

First Monday for November looks at the Linux kernel project as a model for distributed workgroups and its success at the individual, group, and community levels. Essence of Distributed Work by Jae Yun Moon and Lee Sproull compares the successful distributed development of Linux with the management of other distributed collaborative projects. –garym

The heat of the PDA war would put most corporate competitions to shame, and the PocketPC is the latest round. ZDNet explores what the PocketPC has, and where it goes overboard.

ZDNet reports on Microsoft’s preparations for the next round of court hearings in their anti-trust suit by the US Department of Justice.

LinuxWorld has a review of Win4Lin v2, a Linux programme allowing you to install Windows as you would install any other application.

The new issue of Apache Week is up. Among the items: the status of Apache. “Apache 1.3.14 is the current stable release. Users of Apache 1.3.12 and earlier on Unix and Windows systems should upgrade to
this version. Read the Guide to 1.3.14, the Guide to 1.3.12, the Guide to 1.3.11 for information about changes between 1.3.9 and
1.3.11 and the Guide to 1.3.9 for information about changes between 1.3.6 and 1.3.9.”

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.”