As part of Installfest 2000, the Linux Users of Victoria will be holding their fifth Linux Installfest on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2000. An Installfest is an event to which you bring your computer and we help you install Linux, or assist you with the configuration of your existing Linux system. The full announcement is at linuxtoday.com.au.

ZDNet’s Linux Opinion column goes to the annual SCO Forum, finds a positive mood (and some uncertainty) in wake of SCO’s recent acquisition by Caldera.

At ZDNet: story about new studies by Shop.org and Boston Consulting Group that say online retailers “moved closer to profitability” in the first six months of 2000.

idg.net article about large companies outsourcing email security to specialized service companies. (Open Source isn’t mentioned, but this could be a nice business opportunity based on Open Source software.)

ZDNet writes about a survey that shows young respondents are less likely than old ones to think Napster is or should be illegal.

Not the first media mention of the new Linux co-op venture backed by a bunch of major IT companies, but a particularly nice one by John G. Spooner on ZDNet. Similar take from idg.net here.

idg.net story – Joshua Drake is surprised to find himself singing the praises of a not-quite-open-source product: Sendmail’s latest release, Multi Switch.

“One problem I had with Kmail was that I share an account with my wife, so how could we both see the mail if we logged on as different users and downloaded our mail at different times?” Sound confusing? Get it figured out at LinuxNewbie.org.

Network World Fusion reports that Washington state has seen its subscriber base for
targeted electronic communication quadruple in size since
first being introduced in April.

The Doobie Brothers and imix.com, today
announced that 15 newly recorded live greatest hits from The Doobie Brothers,
including the classic songs “Black Water,” “Listen To The Music” and “Long
Train Runnin,'” will launch a new Internet promotion. From PRNewswire.com.