What is the one thing that Microsoft¹s monopoly will
never give you? True freedom. That¹s why a pioneering band of quirky
software rebels has been fighting to create an alternative computing
universe that no one controls and everyone is free to use. Taking the
viewer inside this twenty-year struggle, J.T.S. Moore¹s new documentary film
REVOLUTON OS, tells the personal stories of the hackers and programmers who
rebelled against Microsoft by creating the Linux operating system and the
Open Source movement.

Microsoft fears this freedom. In June of 2001, Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer
went so far as to say, “Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an
intellectual property sense to everything it touches.” Linux and the Open
Source movement currently represent the greatest threat to Microsoft’s way
of life. Beyond Microsoft, Wall Street and the rest of the computer
industry has taken notice. Even IBM has tried to get in front of this
revolution, and is spending over a billion dollars a year on its Linux
efforts.

Shot in cinemascope on 35mm film in Silicon Valley, REVOLUTION OS depicts an
unusual group of characters that are three-parts libertarian, two parts
communist, and one-part bad garage band. REVOLUTION OS features Linus
Torvalds – the creator of Linux, and Richard Stallman – the ideological
godfather of the movement, and contains interviews with high-tech luminaries
like Bruce Perens, Eric Raymond, Brian Behlendorf, Michael Tiemann, Larry
Augustin, Frank Hecker, and Rob Malda.

www.revolution-os.com

Miami Film Festival screenings with J.T.S. Moore in attendance
February 1, 2002 – Regal Cinemas – 5:30pm
February 2, 2002 – Gusman Center – 1:30pm

Revolution OS opens February 15, 2002 at Cinema Village in NYC.

For more information about “Revolution OS” contact: Sarah Jo Marks at
Seventh Art Releasing, 323.845.1455, sarah@7thart.com

From Internet.com: “Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP) CEO Carly Fiorina Wednesday turned to the pulpit of open source
and preached a perfect penguin world with the help of her vision of a merged HP and Compaq.”

From PRNewswire:

Prentice Hall PTR,
publisher of Hewlett-Packard Professional Books, is proud to announce with HP
the creation of a new HP Series imprint: The Bruce Perens’ Open Source Series.
This series is to be created and edited by Bruce Perens, a founding father of
the open source community. The Bruce Perens’ Open Source Series will focus on
Linux and a broad variety of Open Source topics including BSD, Open Source
languages, network programming and web tools.

John Gowin writes, “John Gowin at Linux Orbit reviews Galeon 1.0.2: “Recently, while upgrading several packages via Red Carpet under Ximain GNOME, I installed the latest version of the Galeon web browser (1.0.2). As a steadfast Mozilla user, I thought I’d give Galeon a test drive. I was quite surprised and pleased with the results.
If you use Red Carpet and Ximian GNOME, be warned: when you install Galeon through Ximian’s handy package management utility, it becomes your default browser for GNOME. For the better part of the last year, I’d grown accustomed to using Mozilla as my default browser. Needless to say, I was a bit chagrined when I clicked a link in an email newsletter and Galeon launched instead of Mozilla. After a few minutes, I got over it.” Read more at LinuxOrbit.com.

Anonymous Reader writes, “HP picks up a 3-year multi-million dollar partnership from Dreamworks Animation due to their past assistance in Dreamworks’ conversion from IRIX to Linux. Everyone has been hearing about how the movie industry is increasingly using Linux. This is the first time that a movie studio has publicly signed up to spend millions of dollars with a vendor based upon the vendor’s commitment to Linux.”

The HP press release is here.

vmlinuz writes, Blackbox is yet another addition to the list of window managers for X.

Some fixes have been made:
* added Chinese nls
* support srcdir in all makefiles
* multibyte support is only enabled when the locale actually needs it
* cleaned up the ignore lock modifier code

NZheretic writes, “The first recorded keynote speech from LinuxWorld 2002 NYC is available from Dr Dobbs Technetcast. Hewlett-Packard Company Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina discussess the current course and what’s ahead for Linux in enterprise and consumer applications.
The content of the speech easily makes up for lack of quality in the live recording, which will be remastered Friday.”

Today, senior officials of Bynari, Inc. say they released a third party plug-in for
Microsoft® Outlook which will change the way organizations communicate and deliver software to the desktop while reducing costs
as much as 70 percent. Bynari sees that peaking the interests of corporations’ top management. Bynari’s CTO, Tom Adelstein says,
“I see this going right past the IT bottleneck and into the corporate bank account and bottom line.”

The makers of InsightConnector intend to significantly replace Microsoft(R) Exchange with Internet class mail servers including their
own. InsightConnector and the growing popularity of SMTP provide the enabling technologies for what Adelstein calls the Internet
mail segment. The market for SMTP mail servers has grown exponentially over the last two years on Linux and Microsoft servers.
Bynari sees its product allowing their market segment to grow faster while grabbing a chunk of Microsoft’s market and their .NET
strategy.

“In the early planning stages,” says Tom Adelstein, “we intended to only bundle InsightConnector with our Linux messaging and
collaboration server. As we began testing we found that it also worked with a number of our competitors’ offerings. With such a large
installed base of Outlook, we feel the faster our space grows, the more we will benefit. Competition validates product entries.”

Unbundled, InsightConnector provides a far reach into the messaging and collaboration space. Instead of using a proprietary
alternative, such as someone else’s Calendar server, Bynari uses objects generated by Outlook. InsightConnector bundled with
Bynari’s flagship product, InsightServer(tm), allows the install base of Outlook to remain in place while improving scalability,
availability and significantly reducing costs. Migration requires little, if any, help desk support.

Freedom of Choice

“We see a large addressable market for our products, especially now that we can offer Outlook users a true alternative,” says
Adelstein. “Many IT departments have searched for a way to replace Exchange while keeping Outlook. They’ve had little luck.
Other developers have tried to fancy solutions while getting only part of the answer. Those IT departments and developers now have
the technology they need.”

Bynari’s InsightServer Running on Linux and IBM®

Bynari’s InsightServer surfaced last year on an IBM mainframe compiled for Equant, Inc., the largest global provider of IP
networking. On June 12th 2001, IBM announced that Winnebago Industries, Inc implemented Bynari InsightServer on an IBM
eServer mainframe for messaging and collaboration. Winnebago Industries, Inc. chose Bynari Insight Server after learning it could
save significantly on software licensing costs while benefiting from the unmatched reliability of the IBM mainframe.

“After the Winnebago articles,” says Adelstein, “we heard from many of the Global 2000 wanting to put their mail and messaging on
reliable IBM S/390 and zSeries mainframes. They wanted and in some cases required centralized control over their data. They had
large installed user bases of Outlook. They needed to centralize their data, control their growing server farms while maintaining their
messaging capabilities. We’ve found this dilemma surfacing over and over.”

Bynari’s success working with IBM customers led Bynari to make their product available to the IBM eServer xSeries in “Value
Bundles” which include Red Hat 7.2 or SuSE 7.2, a Bynari Insight Mail Server, and two xSeries (one primary, one backup). Bynari
Inc. will work with IBM and its business partners to sell, deliver, and support Bynari Insight Server 3.0 which includes
InsightConnector.

“We see IBM making Linux the workhorse of the messaging infrastructure,” says Adelstein. “I just don’t know how we could have
climbed the hill before we made InsightConnector available. The plug-in completes the equation and finally provides a cost efficient
solution for small to medium sized businesses or SMB’s as well as global enterprises.”

About Bynari Inc.

Bynari is a privately held company headquartered in Dallas. The company designs, develops and markets Open Standards-based
software products based on Linux servers for Microsoft desktops, providing advanced messaging, e-mail and workgroup
collaboration capabilities. For more information about Bynari, visit http://www.bynari.net.

Bynari’s InsightConnector(tm) Version 1.0 whitepaper can be found at http://www.bynari.net.whitepapers.html

– By Mike Newlands –

IBM and Japan’s three largest computer manufacturers, NEC,
Hitachi, and Fujitsu, have announced the first concrete results of a 20 billion yen ($165 million USD) partnership formed last May to develop an upgraded Linux operating system designed specifically for large corporate computing systems.

In a press statement, the four partners say they have developed software to swiftly detect operating system errors and prevent similar problems from recurring. This, they say, is key to the goal of developing a Linux-based operating system that can be used in corporate computing systems demanding the highest levels of reliability. “It is considered
essential in monitoring operating systems for malfunctions and boosting
security,” the statement read.

The new software, which was unveiled in Japan last week, is the first
result of the company’s combined efforts involving more than 500
software engineers. It will be incorporated in the upgraded Linux OS the
partners are developing and hope to offer has a commercial version in 2003.

All four firms had been developing their own operating systems for
enterprise computing separately, but announced in May 2001 they would
instead jointly develop a new Linux-based operating system. By pooling their
efforts, they aimed to cut the cost and development time.

“Linux needs some re-tuning in order for it to be used in the
enterprise area. Currently it is mostly used in the network area,” said NEC
spokesman Kosuke Yamauchi at the time of the announcement. “Availability, reliability and other mission-critical aspects need to be improved.”

He said the project would initially focus first on improving the
reliability of Linux so that it can better compete with the various types of
Unix-based operating systems. The breakthrough announced last week was
the result of this initial focus.

“In the enterprise area, there are three or four operating systems,” Kosuke said.
“Proprietary systems are used in mission-critical applications, then Unix and then
Linux and others like it. Linux needs to be enhanced step-by-step,
first to Unix level and then maybe the higher level.”

The companies will also offer all their new technology to the Open
Source community, in the hope it will become an industry standard, as well
as lower the cost of developing peripheral software.

When the four companies announced their partnership last May, they were
careful to reassure the Open Source community that it would be part of
the development plans. Linux founder Linus Torvalds has consistently
rejected any involvement from businesses trying to push the course of
Linux development to just their own commercial interests.

“The Open Source Community shall never be neglected,” said an official
with IBM Japan. “We have no intention of complaining about the latest
version of Linux, much less of having a great impact on the next
version.” He said all results of the joint development by the four companies will be
reported to the Open Source community “and we will leave the community
to decide if the reported technology should be adopted.”

An executive of one of the Japanese companies (not identified in the report) was quoted by Nikkei Systems Provider as saying: “IBM approached us about making this tie-up.
They said in order to develop the enterprise-use Linux market so that
large-scale corporate users could adopt Linux more easily, the Linux
kernel must be modified. And the actions of four large vendors would be more
likely to motivate the Open Source community to act than IBM standing
alone.” An executive with one of the other Japanese firms said: “IBM’s
passion really dragged us into this partnership, as worldwide it is
investing $1 billion in Linux this year alone.”

That executive was also quoted as saying the Japanese companies were motivated by becoming major players in the server software market: “In the 1990s, just like IBM, we
took a back seat to the software offensives of Microsoft Corp., Sun
Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., EMC Corp. and others. But in the 2000s we hope
we will be the leaders by leveraging our services. This kind of change
symbolizes the history of IT industry. Linux open-source software is a
tactical tool.”

The four companies are playing for big stakes in the rapidly-growing
Japanese server market, according to data and forecasts recently released
by technology research firm International Data Corp.

IDC says the Linux operating system is increasingly being used in
personal computer servers in Japan and is threatening the dominance of the
Windows operating system in the field. By 2004, IDC estimates 24% of all PC
servers in Japan will have Linux operating systems, more than triple the 7.4%
in 2000.

The report also notes that corporate clients have been calling for
Linux-based operating systems for large enterprise systems, which it says
is what prompted IBM, NEC Hitachi, and Fujitsu Ltd to get together and
jointly develop one.

As of now, it says, Linux is only slowly being adopted in operating
systems for large enterprise systems, which traditionally have been the
domain of large mainframes. Major computer firms consider their in-house
developed variants of Unix as their mainstay product for large
data-processing jobs, the report notes, but he four-firm partnership is planning
on changing that.

The IDC reports points out Linux enables users to develop data systems at about half
or even one-third the cost necessary to develop systems otherwise, which
is a major advantage in today’s troubled economic times.

Linux is also making inroads in other Japanese market sectors,
including PDAs, where market-leader Sharp Corp. and other makers have recently
introduced products with embedded Linux operating systems. The latest
Linux-powered product, from Laser5 Co., is a business-card-sized Linux
server that sports 16MB each of flash memory and DRAM, eight times the
main memory capacity of its predecessors. The extra memory eliminates the
need to use compact flash cards to store data, opening up the compact
flash slot on the device for wireless LAN, digital camera and other
expansion cards. The card’s main use is expected to be in remote monitoring
equipment and measuring instruments.

BMC Software, Inc. [NYSE: BMC], a leading
provider of enterprise management, today announced the expansion of its
Linux management initiative with new offerings that enable customers to
manage the entire Linux lifecycle. With today’s announcement, BMC Software
will now provide Linux customers with solutions to address their
performance management and planning, provisioning and configuration
management, infrastructure management and service management needs for
Linux. Furthermore, customers now have the ability to manage Linux
application components on Intel and IBM eServer zSeries platforms from a
single console.

This complete platform support provides Linux users with
optimal performance and availability of their environment while enabling
customers to migrate to Linux with minimal business impact, resulting in a
faster return on their investment.

“Companies are looking to drive IT infrastructure costs down and increase
the productivity of their environments. Linux is a cost-effective
environment and when paired with BMC Software’s enterprise management
solutions, it can be managed effectively in complex IT environments,” said
Calvin Guidry, vice president and general manager, responsible for Linux
Initiatives, BMC Software. “Through BMC Software’s Linux solutions,
customers can now manage the entire Linux lifecycle, enabling a quicker ROI
on their environment while being assured their performance and availability
requirements for mission-critical applications are met.”

Performance Management and Planning Support
Included in today’s announcement is the extension of BMC Software’s
Performance Assurance® solutions to assist customers with understanding the
system resource requirements for their Linux deployments. The products
that support the performance management and planning phase include PATROL®
Perform and PATROL Predict. These products enable a customer to reliably
invest in the right computer resources at the right time, proactively
managing performance. In addition, PATROL Performance Assurance allows
users to effectively consolidate Web servers to optimize current assets and
quickly reduce total cost of ownership (TCO).

Provisioning and Configuration Management Support
Building on its recent joint development initiative with Aduva, BMC
Software today introduced Deployment Manager for Linux. This management
solution allows BMC Software to leverage Aduva’s leading technology to
extend its provisioning and configuration management offerings for Linux on
the zSeries platform. Deployment Manager for Linux facilitates transparent
remote deployment and management of thousands of dissimilar Linux systems
from a central location. Through the automation of many administrative
tasks relating to the deployment and provisioning of Linux servers,
Deployment Manager for Linux is able to reduce the cost of managing Linux
images, even in high-density environments.

Infrastructure Management Support
BMC Software’s Linux Server Management solution combines PATROL and
MAINVIEW® management solutions in order to provide customers the ability to
manage their Linux servers from the perspective of their operations staff ?
distributed- or mainframe-based. Linux Server Management automatically
monitors and manages the Linux operating system and related resources,
saving time, reducing costs and maximizing performance. This simplifies
the management process by allowing IT administrators to monitor Linux
servers from a single console, delivering identification and problem
correction before they impact the business ? ultimately adding value to the
company’s bottom-line. Through a holistic view provided by MAINVIEW,
administrators see an aggregate view of how all Linux systems are running,
and then can drill-down to a specific Linux system for detailed analysis.
This enables BMC Software customers to proactively plan for potential
system outages, giving users complete control of the enterprise server.
The MAINVIEW component of Linux Server Management is available now and the
PATROL component will be available for zSeries in March.

In addition, BMC Software also announced that its Business Integrated
Scheduling solution, CONTROL-M®, is now available for Linux on zSeries.
CONTROL-M for Linux for zSeries provides the advanced infrastructure and
technologies required to successfully meet critical business requirements.
CONTROL-M integrates the batch processes running on Linux as well as on
diverse systems into a unified, manageable business process, thus ensuring
smooth operations for the end-user. Moreover, the CONTROL-M solution
offers a focal point of management for the entire business flow including
Linux. This comprehensive solution allows customers that run
business-critical applications on Linux to exploit CONTROL-M’s strengths,
including extensive and sophisticated scheduling capabilities, a unified
business process view, and automatic failover.

Service Management Support
As any executive or IT administrator knows, down systems result in lost
customers and lost revenue. Through BMC Software’s Linux service
management solutions, customers can manage their architecture from an
application perspective, provide an end-to-end perspective of the
environment and consolidate management information to a central console.
These solutions offer customers the ability to keep ecommerce applications
up and operating seamlessly with minimal downtime.

BMC Software service management support solutions for zSeries Linux
introduced today and scheduled to be available the first half of 2002
include:

·

• PATROL Internet Server Manager offers a comprehensive management
  solution for Web servers and other Internet servers such as DNS, FTP, and
  SMTP, by assuring service availability, monitoring server performance, and
  validating content.
• PATROL for WebSphere Application Server monitors the health and
  availability of production Web applications that are deployed on the
  WebSphere Application Server infrastructure.
• PATROL for BEA WebLogic monitors server-side operations, performance
  and availability of production Web applications for optimal performance and
  provides developers with the ability to monitor the state of services as
  they build, test and deploy new WLS business components.

What Others Are Saying
“BMC Software’s breadth of management solutions exemplifies their
commitment to the Linux operating system and supports IBM’s Linux
strategy,” said Joann Duguid, Director of Linux zSeries Marketing, IBM.
“Our collaboration with BMC Software will result in providing customers
management capabilities on Linux for zSeries which will enhance their Linux
e-infrastructure and help them achieve a rapid ROI.”

“BMC Software’s move to provide enhanced management functionality for Linux
in both distributed and mainframe environments convincingly demonstrates
their market vision and commitment to customer success,” said Richard L.
Ptak, analyst, Hurwitz Group, Inc.

Pricing and Availability

For pricing and availability, please contact BMC Software’s sales
department at 1-800-793-4262.

About BMC Software
BMC Software, Inc. [NYSE: BMC], is the leading provider of enterprise
management solutions. Through its Assuring Business Availability® approach,
BMC Software delivers control over infrastructure management costs, control
of market advantage and differentiation via service management, and growth
of business value with solutions for business optimization. BMC Software is
a member of the S&P 500, with fiscal year 2001 revenues exceeding $1.5
billion and offices worldwide. For more information, please visit the BMC
Software Web site at http//www.bmc.com.

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