Anonymous Reader writes “Emmett Plant, the well known editor and Linux bon vivant explains why licensing software can be good for everyone. He uses his own project, Ogg Vorbis, as a case in point.”

GdA writes “www.portazero.info – the Italian portal for network security interviews Andreas Hasenack,
security expert from Conectiva (well known for kernel development thanks to Marcelo Tosatti
and Rik van Riel), the brazilian company which is promoting the “Conectiva Linux distribution”.
Conectiva is a very important project for an emerging economy as is Brazil and is a great
opportunity for the open movement in the Latin America area.

http://www.portazero.info/modules.php?name=Section s&sop=viewarticle&artid=21“

Anonymous Reader writes “Apr. 12, 2002

LinuxDevices.com founder and executive editor Rick Lehrbaum offers an exclusive sneak preview of Musenki’s new wireless access point which is slated to ship to beta customers on Monday, April 15. In this interview, Musenki founders Jim Thompson and Kem McClelland describe the young company’s soon-to-be shipped products, discuss the company’s vision, and credit Linux and other open source software with helping speed development.

” . . . Austin, TX based Musenki (“musenki” means “small wireless gadget” in Japanese) is poised to ship beta units of its first product — the M-1 wireless access point. The devices, which are scheduled to ship to customers next Monday (April 15, 2002), will be sent to developers, strategic technology partners, VARs who want to start integrating their own features, and some prospective major customers. Among the significant customer prospects being sent beta units are several regional wireless ISPs and mobile operators, according to McClelland . . .”

http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT6271269832.html.”

Anonymous Reader writes “From this article: “Lindows has become something of a ’cause celebre’ on Linux sites and discussion boards, yet it seems as though very few people have actually met anyone who has used the product.

This, coupled with a pay-for-play beta agreement with a comprehensive non-disclosure clause, must inevitably pose the question: ‘Are these guys for real?'””

Kelly McNeill writes “I think the time has come for Apple to create an office suite of its own. The ideal product would be compatible with Microsoft’s Office suite but would only generate open file formats in an effort to beat Microsoft at its own game. I say close the book on Microsoft. I simply think the time has come to show the world that this can be done — and Apple, in my opinion, is the company to do it.”

JigSaw writes “OSNews features an interesting review of Gentoo Linux 1.0 and they call it ‘the fastest loading, fastest-operating Linux distribution to date.’ Gentoo may be the fastest Linux for a workstation today, but according to the review, it still has some problems, most notably, annoying bugs. However, it still manages to score a glowing 8.2 out of 10 overall.”

– By Grant Gross –

It was another interesting week for fledgling desktop OS company Lindows, which has been sued by Microsoft for alleged trademark violations. This week, Lindows heard from the other side of the software philosophical spectrum, with the Free Software Foundation asking where the source code is for its first two beta releases.
It all started with our own Tina Gasperson reviewing the second preview release of Lindows, Linux desktop OS that’s supposed to run Microsoft applications. Later in the week, the Free Software Foundation began asking questions about why Lindows hasn’t released its source code. Lindows CEO Michael Robertson said the source code will soon be released, and he criticized the FSF for “eating its young.” That story, also by Tina, has 150-plus comments and counting.

Robertson’s comments prompted an open letter from Open Source/Linux advocate Bruce Perens, who told Robertson releasing the source code was part of the partnership agreement that developers of Free Software make with each other. Perens’ letter has 40-plus comments itself since we published it Saturday morning.

Still, the Lindows project can’t beat the attention it’s been getting over the past several months. Whether that’s the sign of a worthwhile project and solid business plan, or 15 minutes of fame for the latest technology fad, it may be too soon to tell.

Marching on D.C.

Generating less controversy, at least in the Open Source/Free Software community is two veteran Linux advocates’ plan to start a lobbying organization as a way to combat the huge lobbying budgets that companies like Microsoft and Disney throw at the U.S. Congress. The effort is just getting started, but it’ll be interesting to see how the plan for the American Open Technology Consortium works out.

Mozilla 1.0: Coming shortly

A couple of stories noted the imminent release of the 1.0 version of the Mozilla browser suite after project leaders announced Release Candidate 1.

More Loki trouble

As Linux gaming company Loki Software makes its way through bankruptcy court, LinuxandMain.com tries to explain what went wrong.

Newly released

The openMosix clustering platform Open Source project was announced.

The Linux Test Project test suite LTP-20020408.tgz was released.

The Linux distro tomsrtbt version 2.0.9, what’s being called a major release, was made available this week.

Enterprise Volume Management System 1.0.0, was also released.

Linux Labs released a beta version of an Open Source browser for Palm devices.

Version 1.0.2 of Rekall RAD DBMS tool for Linux was also released.

Newly reviewed

LinuxPlanet found a bumpy install but smooth ride for KDE 3.0.

MSNBC “raved about” Lycoris Desktop/LX. Monolinux.com also ran the second part of its Lycoris review.

Success story of the week

A Crossnodes story notes how a school district in British Columbia is saving money using Linux.

New at NewsForge/Linux.com

Among the other stories we reported first this week:

In a mid-week commentary, Professor Sandeep Krishnamurthy advocates more marketing, and less selling by hate tactics, for Linux.

A new survey of Linux developers by Evans Data Corp. found that 78% of them weren’t aware of any unwanted attacks on their systems and 94% said they’d never been hit with a virus. What are we always saying about Linux being more secure than Windows?

Stock news

The Nasdaq ended the week at 1,756.19, down from 1,770.03 April 5. Our list of Open Source-related stocks had a mixed week, with five posting gains for the week. One of the big losers for the week was IBM, which had its stock fall more than 5% Thursday upon a report of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation. The stock partly rebounded Friday when an SEC spokesman said the investigation was closed shortly after it was opened.

Red Hat this week named CEO Matthew Szulik chairman of its board of directors. Its stock was up 9 cents for the week. Meanwhile, NewsObserver.com made a case for Red Hat being “bitten” by Linux’s low cost.

Here’s how Open Source and related stocks ended this past week:

Company Name	Symbol	4/5 Close	4/12 Close
Apple	AAPL	24.74	25.06
Borland Software Int’l	BORL	11.78	12.27
Caldera International	CALD	1.32	1.03
Hewlett-Packard	HWP	16.99	17.80
IBM	IBM	97.25	85.60
MandrakeSoft	4477.PA	e2.25	e2.65
Red Hat	RHAT	5.01	5.10
Sun Microsystems	SUNW	8.71	7.97
TiVo	TIVO	5.00	4.91
VA Software	LNUX	1.43	1.25
Wind River Systems	WIND	12.88	12.64

LPH writes “TuxReports has published a few more snapshots of the CodeWeavers CrossOver Office product. You may see them here.”

Anonymous Reader writes “The Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) now
forbids paper submissions which violate the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) via its new copyright form available at
www.ieee.org/about/documentation/copyright/NewCRfo rm101901.pdf. The
copyright form, which all authors must sign as a condition of
publication, requires the signer to warrant that the “publication or
dissemination of the Work shall not violate any proprietary right or
the Digital Copyright Millennium Act” [sic].

According to their web site at www.ieee.org, the IEEE is a non-profit,
technical professional association of more than 377,000 individual
members in 150 countries. The IEEE produces 30 percent of the world’s
published literature in electrical engineering, computers and control
technology, holds annually more than 300 major conferences and has
more than 860 active standards with 700 under development. Hence, the
IEEE’s decision to require authors to adhere to the DMCA has the
potential to restrict research and discussion of security matters
worldwide due to the 1998 U.S. law.”

malony writes “From LinuxDevices.com:

A sneak preview of Musenki’s new wireless access point
Apr. 12, 2002

LinuxDevices.com founder and executive editor Rick Lehrbaum offers an exclusive sneak preview of Musenki’s new wireless access point which is slated to ship to beta customers on Monday, April 15. In this interview, Musenki founders Jim Thompson and Kem McClelland describe the young company’s soon-to-be shipped products, discuss the company’s vision, and credit Linux and other open source software with helping speed development.”