From a column at Upside.com: “I’m still amazed at the open source phenomenon. This unlikely method of developing software works amazingly well for a process that seems to resemble nothing so much as a form of voluntary socialism. I have never seen a business model operate this way. Certainly not in a capitalist country like the United States, where Linux is extremely popular and Linux companies are being funded with the faith that we can somehow make money off it.”

Ian Clarke, founder of the Free Network Project and copyright critic, has been slotted to deliver the closing speech at the 2000 NXNW Music and New Media Conference, scheduled September 20-23 at the Embassy Suites in Portland, Oregon, according to a press release on Internet Wire.

Caldera Systems, a “Linux for Business” provider, and the Server Software Division of SCO have
announced a joint initiative to combine and offer Linux and UNIX server solutions and services worldwide. The new offerings include the Linux Kernel Personality for UnixWare 7 — the first technology developed to bring UnixWare 7 into the Linux business market, according to PRNewswire.com.

Linuxiso.org gives a straightforward, step-by-step review the second edition of Corel Linux.

Commercial opportunites abound during the music-sharing service’s legal problems, but there are some pitfalls companies should watch out for, TechWeb reports.

Red Herring follows up on chip-maker Transmeta’s decision to file for an IPO last week, predicting a huge stock offering. “Having Linux creator Linus Torvalds on staff doesn’t hurt the hype factor either.”

From OSopinion: “If the Linux community is to survive, it must educate these new users in etiquette. They must be taught to appreciate the fact that much of the software they take for granted came to them for free. Just as are forefathers sacrificed for our freedom, new Linux users need to be reminded that thousands of man-hours were spent perfecting the software they are now using; they should thank Linus Torvalds, Alan Cox, Richard Stallman et al in their /etc/cron.daily prayers.”

Searching for SDRAM? The Duke of URL reviews several flavors while running Linux.

“As Compaq, Dell, HP, IBM and Sun, along with other high-tech heavyweights such as Motorola and Silicon Graphics Inc., throw their weight behind the operating system created by Finnish programmer Linus Torvalds, Linux may be in its best position yet to challenge Microsoft and its OS’ dominance.” That’s from a story on Inter@ctive Week.

From a Government Computer News story: Linux does not meet the Defense Information Infrastructure’s Common Operating Environment Kernel Platform Compliance requirements for a Posix-compliant application programming interface, Posix-compliant commands and utilities, the Motif X Window System interface, the Common Desktop Environment and Network File System sockets.