Upside.com features Zero Knowledge and its decision to release source code:

“When Mozilla veteran Mike Shaver joined Zero Knowledge as chief
software officer in January, one of his initial pledges was to give the
Montreal-based security startup more of an open source development style.

Monday, both Shaver and Zero Knowledge finally lived
up to that pledge when the company released the source
code for the Linux version of its Freedom 2.0 client.”

From Business Wire: Coventive Technologies and Metro Link have announced the
formation of a strategic partnership that will combine Coventive’s embedded Linux operating
system kernel and Metro Link’s graphic display technology to create a complete embedded
Linux solution for Information Appliance manufacturers. Together, the companies intend to
develop and offer the industry’s smallest footprint Linux operating system and graphics solution
for new IA’s, such as hand held computers, set top boxes and web pads.

From The Associated Press: “Frustrated consumers lined up at retail
stores across the nation Thursday in what for
many was a vain attempt at obtaining what is
expected to be one of holiday’s hottest toys —
Sony’s new PlayStation 2 video game console.
Scuffles broke out at some locations. In Minot,
N.D., police were called to a Wal-Mart store
after receiving reports of people were
threatening others waiting in line for the console.”

From news.gnome.org: “The GNOME Foundation elections committee is proud to announce the
final list of 33 candidates for election to the initial Board of Directors of the GNOME
Foundation. If you are registered to vote, be sure to read the following summary of the
election procedures and each of the candidates’ background (mailed to foundation-list
and all registered voters, and included below). If you are a GNOME contributor and
have not yet registered to vote, read on to read how you can register — the deadline is
Monday, October 30.”

From LinuxDevices: For those in the Boston area, you have a unique opportunity to see the “amazing” IBM Linux
wrist watch Friday (Oct. 27) and meet the leader of the IBM Linux Wrist
Watch Project (Alex Morrow). It’s at the Embedded Linux Expo & Conference, at the Wyndham Westborough Hotel, 5400
Computer Drive, Westborough, MA.

CNet has a followup story on an earlier press release about LynuxWorks filing for an IPO. “LynuxWorks changed its name from Lynx Real-Time Systems to emphasize its embrace of Linux, but
the company continues to sell its proprietary embedded operating system, Lynx, and has yet to make
any significant money off Linux. Embedded operating systems are used to run all manner of devices,
from computer networking equipment and airplane radar systems to handheld computers and cell
phones.”

ZDNet News article asks, “should all software be open sourced?”

Reuters on Forbes, Urging against delaying the December
auction of valuable wireless airwaves, Federal Communications
Commission Chairman William Kennard said on Thursday that a delay
would likely push back other auctions of airwaves.

Today, Business Wire reports, SuSE Linux, the
international technology leader and solutions provider in open source operating system,
announced the availability for download of the latest version of the Linux desktop KDE and the
forthcoming release of an update package for KDE 2.0.

In this Technology Review from MIT Magazine of Innovation,
Joe Jacobson contends printed logic
could give rise to an open-source hardware movement where chips are
custom-designed via the Internet and printed by the consumer in about the same
time it takes to print out a Web page. You could, says Jacobson, “download the
chip design from the Web, tie in some modifications from some guy in India, and
boom—out comes the device.â€