Mikael Pawlo writes, “The TIIP (Technological Innovation and Intellectual Property) newsletter, launched today, ‘summarizes new research on technological innovation and intellectual property as an aid to both scholarly
researchers and interested non-academics.’ TIIP provides brief summaries of research in economics, law, history, management and sociology covering topics including patents, licensing, innovation, open source/free software, public goods, copyrights (non-artistic) and trade secrecy. Probably a must for Lessig readers .-)

More info and subscriptions.”

ZDNet UK reports: “Linux Labs has released a beta-test version of a Web browser for wireless-enabled Palm handhelds, seeking to fill a gap left by the recent closure of Digital Paths and its DPWeb mobile browser. The software, which includes a server-side component, is based on an open-source licence.”

Open CLI Library 0.3.0 has just been released. The new release contains significant additional implementation within the XML, Networking, and BCL libraries as defined in the ECMA CLI standard. For details, visit: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ocl.
The Open CLI Library is “Intel Labs C# implementation of portions of the CLI (Common Language Infrastructure) runtime library as defined in the draft ECMA CLI specification.”

From Extremetech.com: “Microsoft officials have resuscitated the idea that the company will move
to a subscription pricing model for versions of its next Office suite,
Office.NET or Office NGO. One of the proposals? If you don’t pay, expect
your Office features to be turned off.”

– By Jack Bryar –

It is taking a while, but Open Source opponents to Senator Fritz Hollings’ newest anti-copying legislation are starting to get traction — with a lot of help from a variety of
big business types. Unfortunately no one in Hollings’ home state
seems to care about his services to the entertainment industry or its
impact on high tech. At least one important IT ally of the Open Source
community might just benefit if the Hollings Bill goes through. And another old
enemy might help Open Source advocates fight it.
After a quiet couple of weeks there’s increasing disquiet about the
Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act in a variety of
industry circles. There is nothing quite as powerful as a “consumer”
movement underwritten by an important business sector, and the business
community is beginning to take sides.

Financial analysts are already warning major stockholders that their
investments in the electronics industry are going in the tank unless
the Hollings bill is killed. Credit Lyonnais’s Brad Beago suggested that
the CBTPA “would be negative for the entire IT/telecom industry” and that
the communications and networking hardware industry would be thrown
“into disarray.” Beago suggested that investors steer clear of the equipment
and components sector until this “ominous bill” is killed for good.

Video outlets, especially those who sell used videos to supplement
rentals, have read the fine print in the Hollings bill. They worry that the law
would overturn what is called the First Sale Doctrine. Enshrined as
Section 109 (a) of the U.S. copyright statute, it allows purchasers of
copyrighted material to “dispose of” such property as they see fit, including
renting it to third parties, and selling a used videocassette or DVD at their
discretion. Rental agencies worry that the changes in property rights envisioned by
the Hollings bill extend past restrictions on copying to restrict
resale or redistribution rights of any type — effectively putting them out of
business.

Promoters of high definition video and interactive TV likewise see
their investments at risk if high priced HDTVs are made obsolete by the bill.
Independent cable outlets are already furious about what they see as an
orchestrated attempt to force them to deploy copy restriction equipment
and to take the legal hit, should that equipment fail or be
circumvented.

As a result of these industry concerns, an array of lobbyists for
the IT industry have been buttonholing congressmen, either directly or
through sponsorship of a variety of “consumer” organizations. Industry execs
and venture capitalists active in the IT and high-definition TV industries
have joined together with Open Source activists to create Digital
Consumer.org and transform it into a high-profile, consumer
lobbying organization. DigitalConsumer claims to have sent more than 80,000
faxes to members of congress in recent weeks, all denouncing the CBDTPA and
most promoting a consumer’s “Bill of Rights.” Other industry PR types have
been busy placing op-ed pieces, such as one by Intel’s Andy Grove, into
prominent newspapers. For their part, Hollywood executives, led by Disney’s
Michael Eisner, are accusing Intel and the electronics industry of
orchestrating consumer protests while profiting from software and content piracy.

One result of the war among industry leaders is that the Hollings
bill is about to generate opposition from an unexpected source: conservatives.
The upcoming issue of the National
Review, one of America’s most influential conservative
publications, will take a chunk out of South Carolina’s junior senator for supporting
the CBTPA. Suggesting he’s “a joke” who is beholden to anti-technology
interests, the magazine mischievously suggests that Hollings has
“betrayed” his Democratic Party and its de facto alliance with the high tech
industry. Hollings once said that he would rather have BMW employing the citizens
of South Carolina than Oracle or Microsoft. The Review suggests that
his position on the Senate Commerce Committee means that he is “in a
position to do real damage” to the economy in general and high tech in particular.

On the other end of the U.S. political spectrum, liberals are already setting up roadblocks to the Hollings bill. U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) has already said he would personally make sure that the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act wouldn’t make it past his Judiciary Committee and onto the Senate floor. The Web site his Judiciary Committee set up to solicit comments has
registered several thousand hits. According to spokeswoman Mimi Devlin, the
committee has yet to receive any emails in favor of the Hollings bill.

Over in the U.S. House, leaders sympathetic to the bill are already
ducking for cover. Freshman Congressman Adam
B. Schiff (D-California) represents a district that consists of greater
downtown Burbank — home to Warner Brothers, Disney and NBC studios. He has
circulated a “Dear Collegue” letter and claims to have widespread allies for his
effort to introduce the CBDTPA on the House side. However, in
public, most congressional leaders are looking for a compromise.

House Judiciary Chairman Charles Sensenbrenner (R-Wisconsin) is believed
to be sympathetic, but he has broadly hinted that he wants to avoid a
public fight, and wants to generate a “consensus” bill. Reportedly, he wants
to introduce legislation that might meet some Hollywood concerns about
distributing bootlegged digital movies over broadband, while at the same time,
appeasing opponents by amending some of the more controversial provisions of the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act. His colleague Billy
Tauzin (R-Louisiana) is looking for a similar compromise. Tauzin suggested that
because Sony was both a movie studio and an electronics manufacturer, he
hoped it could provide him and his colleagues with objective advice on
how to proceed.

Despite all the controversy, Hollings’ home state has had
little to say about the CBDTPA or the senator’s activities on behalf of the
entertainment industry.

The media outlets in Holling’s home state are generally small, but they
represent a wide range of opinion, from the funny and liberal-leaning Charleston Daily News to staunchly conservative publications such as The
State or the Greenville
News. However, none of these publications have had much to say
about the Hollings bill, nor have Charleston
Courier, or the Spartansburg Herald
Journal. These papers are lively and opinionated, but the issue of digital
rights has not made much of a blip on their collective radar. With the
exception of a pungently written letter to The State, South Carolina’s press
have not touched the issue, or even treated it as news. As far as their
readers are concerned, the Hollings bill has been a non-event.

While most IT companies are resisting congressional pressure, some
have made it clear they would be open to creating an industry-led
“standard” that would parallel many of the provisions of the Hollings bill.
Congressmen, such as California’s Howard
Berman, are pressuring IT executives such as Cisco’s John Chambers to “find a
way” to cooperate with Hollywood and other content producers. Some of them
appear to be open to the idea.

As a result, Open Source advocates fighting the Hollings bill may
find themselves with some odd allies and opponents. One of the firms best
positioned to develop precisely the type of hardware envisioned in the Hollings
bill is IBM. The company has invested years of development work on its
Electronic Media Management System. Despite the fact that IBM’s
marketing staffers have argued against a government-mandated hardware standard,
they have voiced little objection to standards generated by an industry
consortium.

One firm that might help lead the fight against the CBDTPA — or any
“industry led” standard — could be Microsoft. Microsoft has been quietly promoting
streaming media and peer-to-peer broadband networking, and both
initiatives could be crippled by the CBDTPA or any hardware based anti-copying
scheme. It is a shocking notion, given Microsoft’s historical opposition to
file sharing and its development of proprietary encryption and copy
protection software. At least one news source has suggested that Microsoft technology
is virtually written into the bill. However, my sources suggest that
Microsoft is just as opposed to the Hollings bill as the rest of the IT
industry, perhaps even more than most. So if the company lobbies hard
against the Hollings Bill, Open Source advocates could find they they have a
temporary ally that they may have trouble getting used to.

“Here’s the riddle: If Linux is gaining more market share among big-spending corporate customers, why have sales at Red Hat — the undisputed Linux leader — been creeping steadily downward?” More at NewsObserver.

theKompany.com is pleased to announce the 1.0.2 release of Rekall, a personal, programmable DBMS system for KDE. Rekall is the only viable alternative to MS Access for Linux. With Rekall you will be able to quickly and easily build database applications using Rekall forms and reports. A full complement of widgets means that applications built in Rekall will be able to have the look and feel of any other application. Rekall applications can be extended in their functionality to perform virtually any task via embedded Python as a scripting language. Ever since the release of dBase many years ago, the idea of a programmable DBMS has become increasingly popular. Major systems have been written in applications like Paradox and MS Access. By focusing on the database, users are able to leverage their business knowledge into working applications. One of the limitations of the aforementioned products is that their native database didn’t scale well or support multiple users very well. Rekall avoids this problem by dispensing with a native database.

Rekall 1.0.2 Changes
====================

The following list summarizes the changes since 1.0.1 (including changes from xbsql-0.7 to xbsql-0.8)

* Much faster display of tables with large numbers of columns

* Much faster display of MySQL tables with large numbers of rows

* Selection (and deletion) of multiple rows in table data and form data view

* Automatic for Python 1.5.2, 2.0 or 2.1 as installed.

* Online help (in progress, more to come)

* Added Enter/Return as equivalent to Tab key

* Support for eight-bit character sets

* Added “group by” and column aliasing to query designer

* Support for insert/update/delete where table does not have a primary key.

* Various other bug fixes

* Indexing fixed for XBase/XBSQL

* Added “group by”, “having” and aggregate functions to XBSQL (note, this is under development, please verify correct operation).

Rekall 1.0.1 Changes
====================

The following list summarizes the changes since 1.0:

* In table design, control returns to first row after the table definition is saved.

* Fixed “sort ascending” spelling

* Support for boolean types added to drivers and to check box control. Note that XBase/XBSQL still has problems.

* Better keyboard navigation. Ctrl-Up and Ctrl-Down go to first/last record, and Ctrl-Left and Ctrl-Right to
first/last control. Home and End operate within text controls.

* Indexing in table design believed to work now

* More documentation including basic descriptions of control types.

* Default values now work, and can be set to script expressions.

* Tab order dialog behaves more sensibly if controls are not named.

* Entry to query design mode no longer immediately marks the query as changed.

Rekall Components and the Demo Database
=======================================

(1) RPM installation

If you are installing Rekall to run under KDE2, there are four RPMs to install:

korelib-0.8 library loader package
xbase-2-0.0 XBase routines
xbsql-0.8 SQL wrapper for XBase routines
rekall-1.0.2 Rekall itself

Pick the set appropriate to your distribution. These are built against the packages as supplied with the distributions, and use the version of QT2 supplied with the installation.

(2) QT-Only installation

The QT-only version should run on any Linux i386 X-windows system. There is not currently a demo version of this package.

Unpack the rekallqt tarball, then cd into the ‘rekallqt-1.0.2’ directory and execute the command “./install”. This will install rekallQT into the directory /usr/local/rekallqt, with an entry “rekallqt” in /usr/bin. Rekall can then be exucuted using the command “rekallqt”.

If you need to, you can change the install script to install into any directory, however you will need to edit the “rekallqt” script in the installation directory to match.

RekallQT includes its own copy of QT3 (3.0.1), plus the Korelib, XBSQL and XBase components.

The tarball RekallDemo.tgz contains a demonstration database. There are actually three copies of the database, one using MySQL, one PostgreSQL and one XBase/XBSQL.

By purchasing Rekall you are getting the source for the application and free electronic updates to the application. With the next major release of Rekall we will be adding Windows support and Mac OS X support will soon follow, you get all supported platforms for one price regardless of when they are released. Rekall is priced at $79.95 for the physical package and $69.95 for the electronic package.

Rekall can be purchased or demos downloaded from here.

About theKompany.com

theKompany.com is a California-based company with developer teams in North America and Europe. theKompany.com fills a need in the Linux community for mass-marketed, quality Linux software by producing developer tools and desktop applications. theKompany.com’s products are marketed both online and through B&M channels. Visit www.thekompany.com for more information.

“We’re very close to the finish line for 1.0. To help make Mozilla 1.0 our best release ever, mozilla.org will be creating a Mozilla 1.0 Release Candidate 1 (“RC1″) for broader testing and feedback. Depending on the results of this testing we will follow with the final Mozilla 1.0 release or an RC2.”
A few Mozilla 1.0-related steps will take place before Mozilla 1.0 is itself released,which are outlined below in order to avoid any confusion:

— As with all milestones, we will create a branch in the CVS tree to which final changes will be added and Release Candidate 1 readied for release.

— Our goal is to create this branch during the week of April 8. The user agent appearing on this branch will be “Mozilla 1.0 RC1.” The creation of the branch does */not /*mean that 1.0 has been released; it means Release Candidate 1 is being prepared. This user agent does */ not /* identify our 1.0 release, rather it identifies the Release Candidate.

— Once the Mozilla 1.0 RC1 branch has been finalized, we will release it for download, testing and feedback. That means there will be executables available from mozilla.org that contain “mozilla 1.0” as part of the “Mozilla 1.0 RC1” user agent. Again, this does */not /*mean that Mozilla 1.0 has been released, but that the Release Candidate is available.

You can contribute to the quality of the final release by downloading RC1 and sending us your feedback. We look forward to celebrating Mozilla 1.0 shortly!

Mitchell

Hello everyone,

issue #38 of the column is now online and it can – as usual – be found
on the GNU Webpage and its mirrors. Otherwise just follow the links at
the end of this posting.

Georg's Brave GNU World is a monthly column which is being released
simultaneously in eight languages (English, German, French, Japanese,
Spanish, Korean, Portugese and Italian) on the web and printed in the
German "Linux-Magazin," the "Linux Magazine" U.K., the "Microsoftware"
(largest computer magazine in Korea) and the "Linux Magazine France."
This makes it the monthly column with the widest distribution
worldwide afaik.

If you would like to receive mail about new issues directly, you can
subscribe to the "Brave GNU World" announcement mailinglist. Just
send mail to  with "subscribe" in
the *body*. The mailinglist is only for announcements that are related 
to the "Brave GNU World" and is of very low volume (between 1 and 2
mails a month).

The 38th issue covers the following topics:

 * SpamAssassin [ Die, Spam, Die ]

 * Voxximate    [ Simulating vortexes on your computer ]

 * Monica       [ Calibrating your monitor ]

 * Legal maintainability of Free Software 
                [ Shedding light on some easily neglected aspect of
                  Free Software development] 


This column intends to provide a forum for all GNU maintainers,
friends and associates and I am always open to suggestions. So if  
you 

 * have questions about the GNU Project that might be of general
   interest 

 * have a GNU Project and would like to improve its profile

 * would like to start a GNU Project you are looking for people to
   start it with 

 * think something doesn't get the publicity it deserves

 * would like to see something made public

send mail to:

        "Brave GNU World "


This column is for everyone with an interest in Free Software,
so don't hesitate to contact me if your project is under a Free
Software license (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html)
and you'd like to see it introduced here.

The 38 issue can be found at

  http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/issue-38.en.html
  [ English version ]

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  [ German version ]

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  [ Japanese version ]

  http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/issue-38.ko.html
  [ Korean version ]


or via the "Brave GNU World" homepage

  http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/brave-gnu-world.en.html
  [ English version ]

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  [ Italian version ]

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  [ Japanese version ]

  http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/brave-gnu-world.es.html
  [ Spanish version ]

  http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/brave-gnu-world.ko.html
  [ Korean version ]

  http://www.gnu.org/brave-gnu-world/brave-gnu-world.pt.html
  [ Portugese version ]

That's it for now...

Regards,

                Georg Greve


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———–IN THIS ISSUE———–
– Announcing: Red Hat Linux Advanced Server
– Success Story of the Month: Amazon.com
– How To: Using the Python database API with Red Hat Database
– Red Hat Network chat recap
– Red Hat training
– Embedded technology showcase

-----------IN EVERY ISSUE-----------
- This month's webcasts
- Upcoming events
- Red Hat in the news
- Under the Brim Contest 30: Ask Shadowman
- Under the Brim Contest 31: Know Any Jokes? 
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ANNOUNCING RED HAT LINUX ADVANCED SERVER

On March 26 we announced Red Hat Linux Advanced Server, the 
new Linux platform for the enterprise. With new features for 
scalability and application performance, Advanced Server will 
enable large companies to accelerate their migration from costly, 
proprietary UNIX to Linux running on Intel-based servers.   

A one-year subscription to Red Hat Network for managed services and
centralized maintenance through a secure Web interface is included with
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server, as well as Standard and Premium annual
service options. Red Hat Linux Advanced Server also features:

 - Enterprise-tuned release cycle
 - Red Hat Cluster Manager for high availability clustering
 - Enhanced application performance with Asynchronous I/O support for up
   to eight-way SMP
 - Key certification platform for Tier 1 ISV and OEM partners

Red Hat Linux Advanced Server and integrated services will be 
available later this month.  Pricing will be based on the level 
of services provided.

See the announcement: 

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VR

Get more information:

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VS

--> Q&A with Red Hat engineer Tim Burke

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VT

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SUCCESS STORY OF THE MONTH: AMAZON.COM: MIGRATION FROM UNIX TO RED HAT
LINUX

Amazon.com provides an excellent example of a company eager to cut
costs--without compromising customer experience. This newly released IDC
case study uncovers how Amazon.com saved millions due to a migration
from RISC/UNIX to a Red Hat Linux/Intel solution.

Get the full story:

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VU

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USING THE PYTHON DATABASE API WITH RED HAT DATABASE

We'd like to introduce a new how-to document that provides an 
overview on using the Python Database API with Red Hat Database 
(RHDB).

The Python Database API is a product-neutral interface to access data
stored in database management systems that allows developers to write
database-independent Python applications.

Read the How To:

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VW

Learn more about Red Hat Database:

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VY

Expect the Spanish Inquisition:

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VA

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RED HAT NETWORK CHAT RECAP

On March 21, Under the Brim hosted a chat with the Red Hat Network team.
More than 70 people joined us to meet the team and ask questions. For
the rest of you (around 500,000+) who must have had more important 
things to do that day, we've posted the transcript.

Last chance. We're not kidding:

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VB

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RED HAT TRAINING

--> An inside look at Red Hat training and certification

Get inside the mind of Randy Russell, Certification Manager for Red Hat
Global Learning Services. Here he discusses the evolution of Red Hat's
training program and even offers suggestions on how to study for the
RHCE exam. (Hint: bribes work.)

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VC

--> Red Hat now offers training in Indonesia

The full range of Red Hat training and certification courses now will be
offered in Indonesia, with RHCE and skills courses among the first
scheduled in April and May. Indonesia joins our other Asia-Pacific
training locations, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

Contact us for details:

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VD

--> Training Spotlight: RH133 Red Hat Linux System Administration

If you're a Linux user ready to take the next big step into learning
system administration, we have the perfect course for you: RH133 Red Hat
Linux System Administration.

RH133 is a four-day, hands-on lecture/lab class. You'll learn
installation methods, configuration and administration tools,
technologies like RPM, bootloaders, and the X Window system, as well as
how to configure, compile and install a new kernel. After RH133, you'll
have the skills to administer and maintain a multi-user, networked Linux
workstation. And you'll be well on your way to RHCE certification!

Read the full description of RH133:

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VSR

--> Find Red Hat Training Near You

**North America -- Developer courses $300 off for you and a friend:

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VSS
 
**Europe -- Red Hat Training Skills Bundle
Get skilled and save money with the Skills Bundle. Just take the RH033,
RH133, and RH253 within a three-month period and save Euro 600 or £388:

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VST
 
**Asia-Pacific -- Train with a Buddy and save! Choose your course, then
call for details:

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VSU
 
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THIS MONTH'S WEBCASTS

--> Understanding the GNU General Public License

The GNU General Public License (GPL) is the key to making open source
software work. Software protected by the GPL allows others to copy, sell,
and distribute the software, as long as the source code is included.
Mark Webbink, Red Hat Senior Vice President and General Counsel, will
explain the GPL and how it keeps open source software open.

Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2001
Time: 2 p.m. EST (US)
Speakers: Mark Webbink, Senior Vice President and General Counsel 

Register Now:

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VSW

--> An Inside Look at Top-Rated Training

Learn about the world's top-rated Linux training and certification.
You'll hear from Global Learning Services Vice President Peter Childers
and find out why experts rave,"If you're an RHCE, you most likely know
your stuff...a high-level program that tests your hands-on skills..."
(Certcities.com)

Date: Thursday, April 18
Time: 2 p.m. EST (US)
Speakers: Peter Childers, Red Hat VP of Global Learning Services

Register Now:

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VSY

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EMBEDDED TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE: Linux Low Latecy Patches

Clark Williams, Senior Architect at Red Hat, compared the performance of
two approaches to improve kernel Linux preemption latency: the
preemption patch and the low-latency patch. 

Download the whitepaper and access the recording of the March 6 webcast
(registration required):

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VSA

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UPCOMING EVENTS:

--> Techno-Security
Myrtle Beach, SC 
April 7-10, 2002
Visit Booth #57

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VSB

--> CA World
Orlando, FL
April 21-24
Visit us in the Linux Pavilion

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VSC

--> Networld + Interop
Las Vegas, NV
May 7-9
Visit Booth #5357

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VSD

FREE PASS: 

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VTR

Stop by our booth and check out our theater presentations every hour.
Look for the presentation schedule in next month's Under the Brim.

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RED HAT IN THE NEWS

--> eWeek: Red Hat rolls out Advanced Server

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VTS

--> Forbes: Wall Street embraces Linux

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VTT

--> Reuters: Red Hat aims at big business with new server product

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VTU

--> CRN: Red Hat upsets establishment

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VTW

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UNDER THE BRIM CONTEST 30: ASK SHADOWMAN

If you read the March issue of UTB, you know that Red Hat's own Shadowman now
makes a regular guest appearance in his new column, "Ask Shadowman." 

Last month we asked you to send him your questions about Red Hat
Network. You didn't disappoint. He was greeted with dozens of thoughtful
questions, and he answered as many as he could. The rest of the
responses he just wrote using big words so they didn't sound made up.

Read as "Ask Shadowman" answers: 

http://redhat.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?joQSURSVlpgHoKLLxlHuiHIHPQjjQJhuV2VUT

Join us again in May when Shadowman tackles your questions about 
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server, our new enterprise-class operating 
system.  

Got a question about Advanced Server? Send it to:
askshadowman@redhat.com

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UNDER THE BRIM CONTEST 31: KNOW ANY JOKES?

We've got one for you: Three system administrators walk into a bar. The
Linux admin steps up and says to the bartender, "I'll have a Jack
Daniels on the rocks." The UNIX admin follows suit and says, "I'd like a
margarita, and make mine on the rocks as well." Finally, the Windows
admin steps up to the bar and says, "Well, I'd like a Vodka tonic, but
no ice for me... I'm already frozen."

Your challenge for UTB Contest 31: Submit a better joke than the one
above (how hard could THAT be?) related to Linux, open source, or 
Red Hat. We'll pick the best jokes and publish them in next month's 
edition of Under the Brim. The very best joke will win the 
much-coveted Red Hat baseball cap collection (three great caps in all!). 

Send your entries to feedback@redhat.com and remember, naughty 
words score no points with the judges and may even cause you to 
lose your amateur status. Please include your name and location 
with your entry.

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