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Should software security experts publicize security flaws or quietly tell the offending software’s authors about the problems? This is the question asked in a (non-technical) abc.go.com story

…Cisco’s CDN system is comprised of five technologies: content distribution and management, content routing, content edge delivery, content switching, and intelligent network services.Full scoop at InfoWorld.

The conference is a collaborative effort by Linux Australia, the
Sydney Linux Users Group and affiliated organisations. It is
supported by the School of Computer Science and Engineering,
University of New South Wales, and is a successor to the
Conference for Australian Linux Users (CALU) held in Melbourne in
July, 1999. More at linux.conf.au.

Cute title, but the story’s substance is about Microsoft’s failure to provide software for AT&T’s planned 10 million “interactive TV” settop boxes by the promised date, and how AT&T may need to look at other software vendors. Read about it at ZDNet.

Keon 5.5 will soon be available from RSA Security for both Windows and Unix, according to a story at nwfusion.com.

New German publication covers Linux happenings and news. LinuxPR has the story.

eWeek columnist Stan Gibson ruminates about whether GPL software will ever take off, and wonders if there will ever be enough Linux users willing to pay for software to be worth developing commercial programs for Linux.

Inter@ctiveWeek interview with Tim O’Reilly in which he talks of peer-to-peer sharing, seti@home, how Palm fits in, and fraud in online commerce. Not deep, but worth reading.

ZDNet eWeek editorial about how the GPL is gaining “traction” among non-Linux companies, and why this is good news.

Many of our favorite Slashdot buxzzwords in one discussion: Apple, Linux, ESR, Microsoft, Open Source, and Gnome. (Hundreds of reader comments – may load slowly for dialup users.)