IT world interview with Todd Bradley, director of support services for Jabber.com, talks with forum
members about instant messaging, Jabber Tcl, open standards, and more.

In a combined push to bring
more Web-enabled electronic devices to market faster, MontaVista, a
leading provider of the Linux operating system, will offer 30-day support
services to users of DevelopOnline, an online product development center, from All LInux Devices.

Sun Microsystems is moving toward making its Java technology fully open source, a company executive said Tuesday, addressing an audience of programmers here at ApacheCon Europe 2000, reports IDG News Service on InfoWorld.

Linux.com states “For months, the Intel-Rambus relationship has been a hot topic in the
computer arena. Rambus’ serial-bus memory technology began
promisingly, but hasn’t been a strong performer. High production costs and
a lack of acceptance by the industry made many question Intel’s judgment
in agreeing to this partnership.”

Red Hat, Inc., today announced that the Internet
Audio Division of 3Com Corporation, uses Red Hat
Linux to power its Web and database servers, reports All Linux Devices. These servers power the
Kerbango Tuning Service–the heart of 3Com’s forthcoming Kerbango
Internet Radio, which will provide easy access to thousands of worldwide
Internet audio streams without a personal computer.

LinuxCertified.com, a leading provider of Linux training, will offer its next weekend bootcamp on November 18-19th in San Francisco bay area (south bay), announces Linx PR. These workshops are designed for busy information technology
professionals and prepare them for Linux Certification exams.

The Linux Community of India is pleased to announce the TechTracks part of
the community’s participation at the prestigious Bangalore IT.COM 2000. Linux TechTracks is a series of almost 30 talks delivered by Linux
Community members about various aspects of Linux and its usage, from Linux Weekly News.

PRNewswire: Jabber.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Webb
Interactive Services, Inc., today announced that it has reached
a strategic distribution agreement with OSDN, a division of VA Linux Systems,
Inc., to prominently feature Jabber open source instant
messaging on two of its key websites — SourceForge (sourceforge.net), the
world’s largest Open Source development center, and OSDN.com, the gateway to
the Open Source Development Network. (Full disclosure: NewsForge is owned by VA Linux.)

According to customer surveys, Toyota perennially produces some of the world’s most reliable cars.
When the auto giant decided to create a comprehensive network to communicate with its 1,200
American car dealers, it wanted the same reliability in its operating system — and chose Linux, from Enterprise Linux Today.

Canada Computes reviews Emacs and proclaims, “Emacs is perhaps the ultimate open source project.”