The Slashdot community debates a claim that a Windows 2000 IIS based machine can handle more hits than a Linux 6.2 Apache based machine.

Jabber.com, a subsidiary of Webb Interactive
Services, today announced it has reached a
multi-faceted instant messaging (IM) training and certification agreement with
Kaivo, a leading open source solutions provider. The agreement creates the
first Jabber Instant Message Training Program and Certified Developers
Network. Check out the press release at LinuxPR.

Cyberconcepts, Inc. today announced the
opening of OpenSource Solutions (www.opensource-solutions.net ). The
company’s newest division will specialize in supporting the ever-popular
Linux operating system and other free open-source software systems. The press release is at LinuxPR.

Frpm a CNet story: “Linux long has been criticized for not being able to tap into the potential power of large
servers, but programmers have begun taking early steps to push it onto these high-end
machines.

The next version of the core of Linux, the 2.4 kernel, is up and running on Sun Microsystems’ top-end
E10000 server with 24 processors, Linuxcare chief technology officer Dave Sifry said today.”

KDE Dot News reports that KDE has won the Linux
Community Award 2000 at LWE in Frankfurt, Germany. Pictures are available, including a shot of the KDE team with none
other than Linus himself.

From a column at LinuxNews.com: “We think that Middleware is best described as the glue that will bind all components of the
information delivery chain into a single cohesive entity. That definition pragmatically
describes the threat that Middleware will pose to not only Linux but the Open-Source
movement and the very tenet of independent decision-making in the field of IT architecture
development. Domination of Middleware poses the specter of being able to control access
to information delivery, whether it be through a PC, a wristwatch, a hand-held device or a
cell-phone. As the networked delivery of information becomes more mobile, the threat of
Middleware domination grows as well.”

MathSoft Data
Analysis Division, a provider of solutions for statistical data mining
and predictive modeling technology, today introduced S-PLUS 6 for UNIX,
a major enhancement to the company’s statistical data mining software.
S-PLUS 6 provides a software platform for business intelligence
and decision support applications that leverage state-of-the-art statistical
analysis and visualization methods. The press release is at LinuxPR.

The RIAA’s Hilary Rosen responds to an earlier ZDNet article: “Our concern is with those who consistently and intentionally fail to recognize that theft is theft simply because the method is new and their immediate benefit is great — and then argue that stealing from a successful industry somehow justifies their actions.”

Slashdot readers discuss a claim by OpenTV that its one-click technology predates Amazon.com’s by three years.

Reuters reports that music-swapping site Napster had 6.7 million unique users in August 2000, up from 1.1 million users in February 2000.