After months of increasing oil prices, the OPEC’s web page has been cracked with a demand to take care of the poor of the world and lower oil prices. The Register has the story.

On line retailer Amazon.com backed down from its testing of prices effects on demand, and will refund part of the purchase to those who paid too much, says CNet.

It’s troubles not over yet, recently battered MP3.com is being sued by another music label. The BBC is reporting that music company Zomba, of the Jive label, is adding its name to the list of music companies to sue MP3.com over music piracy.

NewsAlert tells us that RedHat is offering training with IA-64 engineering, as related to linux.

Not the most useful of ports, but linhardware is reporting that someone has ported Linux to a variety of Cisco routers.

ZDNet examines what it views as the real problem with crackers on the internet, corporate spying.

Fairfax I.T. is reporting that Linux will be the fastest growing software platform, with its market earnings tipped to increase by 33 % over the next four years to U.S. $3.39 billion. That’s according to a Salomon Smith Barney report.
The company’s September Server and Enterprise Hardware and PC Hardware Quarterly says Windows NT systems will garner 21% market growth — the second largest gain — in the period from 1999 to 2004, earning Microsoft $31.79 billion.

Heroix Corporation, a leader in eBusiness infrastructure management software, announced RoboMon V7.6. New in this release are built-in sensors that monitor the availability and performance of Microsoft Site Server 3.0 (including Commerce Edition), Microsoft Terminal Server 2000 and Windows Load Balancing (WLBS), as well as Veritas’ Backup Exec and Computer Associates’ ARCserve. Heroix RoboMon is automated software that provides problem detection, reporting, graphing and centralized monitoring for Microsoft BackOffice, Citrix, Oracle, Lotus Notes/Domino, Cisco, Insight Manager and more, as well as Service Level Agreements.
The press release is at Business Wire.

Linux NetworX, Inc., a provider of large-scale clustered computer solutions for Internet, industry and research fields, announced today that Rockwell Science Center will be using Linux NetworX clustering technology for simulating aerodynamic fluid flow in the analysis of aerospace systems. Read the press release at LinuxPR.

Copyright holders are predicting a grim battle in Congress next year
as a result of the ongoing Napster lawsuit.

“When the outcome of the Napster case comes out, the losing side is going to be all
over Capitol Hill next session and there will be your legislative battle,” said Robert
Kruger, vice president of enforcement at the Business Software Alliance. Wired.com has the story.