CNet is reporting on IBM’s sale of 15,000 Linux-running computers to Lawson, a Japanese convenience store chain.

Linux PR is carrying an announcement from LinuxCertified.com about bringing Linux into the mainstream of IT professionals.

TechWeb discusses the case of Knosys in dealing with Microsoft. The company developed a piece of software designed to work in Windows and Microsoft decided it liked the idea and started work on its own version of the product forcing Knosys to work on a client for the software.

Dallas News tries to keep pace with the increasingly large community we call the Internet, browsing the planet’s largest library.

Linux Weekly News reports that PythonLabs is moving to Digital Creations.

Linux World has a column on PMFax. “Over a year ago, I was surprised to hear a friend say fax on Linux was so poor that he couldn’t
use Linux in his small office. The reason for my surprise was that there are not many people
who want to use Linux more than my friend does. He found various fax programs for Linux, but
none of them worked to his satisfaction in his office environment. He was very unhappy about that
state of affairs. My friend is a cofounder of the Austin LUG, so it was definitely not just a case of
newbie-itis.”

From PR NewsWire: ELSA has announced the ELSA GLADIAC Ultra 3D graphics accelerator will now ship. Based on the recently
announced GeForce2 Ultra from NVIDIA, ELSA GLADIAC Ultra delivers amazingly realistic rendered images with
stunning lighting effects, textures and speed. Priced at $549 ERP, ELSA GLADIAC Ultra is available at all online and
offline retailers today. The retail version of ELSA GLADIAC Ultra will be standard with 64B of DDR memory, Windows 9X, Windows 2000,
Windows NT and Linux drivers as well as ELSA’s suite of desktop utilities and ELSAmovie 2000, a software DVD
player.

The Register reports: “IBM’s decision to dump its planned Crusoe-based ThinkPad 240
had nothing to do with benchmarks, and everything to do with Intel,
according to sources close to Transmeta. Quanta, which was to
build the machines, was surprised when the project was abruptly
cancelled; one Transmeta partner who declined to be named told
The Register: ‘It was on schedule, fully functional, and IBM were very
happy with it.’ ”

The Duke of URL looks at Linux components: “Lately we’ve been seeing faster and faster components emerge, but very little happening in ‘new’ technology. This may not be seen
as a good thing, but it does help the Linux community catch up. Lately, have they ever caught up. It’s getting harder and harder to
find hardware that won’t work on Linux.”

eWeek reports on the Software Developers 2000 Conference: VA Linux execs told the crowd that “companies need to develop an open-source strategy if they want faster access to better software.” Disclosure: VA Linux owns NewsForge.