IntnsRed writes, “According to this CNET article, IBM has nearly recouped the $1 billion its spent on GNU/Linux during 2001.”

Anonymous Reader writes, “eDonkey2000 has become an unlikely hero in the P2P world. Few anticipated this once humble network would achieve a userbase in excess of 100,000 users. eDonkey has been able to grow at a substantial rate and avoid legal wranglings with the RIAA due to its unique, OpenNap/DirectConnect style network.”

http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2002/eDonkey.html

OpenLinux 3.1.1 is here. MozillaQuest Magazine (mozillaquest.com) reports: “Caldera International released minor, yet important, upgrades to its OpenLinux Workstation 3.1 and OpenLinux Server 3.1 today. The upgrades are OpenLinux Workstation 3.1.1 and OpenLinux Server 3.1.1. Along with Mandrake, Red Hat, and SuSE, Caldera is one of the four leading Linux OS distributions
”
Story at http://www.mozillaquest.com/Linux02/Caldera_3-1-1_ released_01_Story01.html. Also, check out the press release at Businesswire.com.

Ben Martin writes: “A new paper
by the Ferris guy “monkeyiq”.
Abstract: An XSQL like solution for exposing a relational database through server side parameterized SQL queries invoked through XSQL like CGI roundtrips. Ferris is used as the underlying tool to mount SQL queries and expose the results as a Filesystem or DOM.”

“I wanted to say thank you very much for letting me test drive a version of Microsoft Office for the latest Apple operating system, OS X. Office X has a really nice interface, and it looks like it has lots of nifty tools. But after playing around on it for a couple of days, I have to conclude that I’m not interested.” More at BusinessWeek.

PCWorld: ” A security flaw in Netscape Communications’ Navigator Web browser can let malicious Web site operators view the information stored in cookies on a user’s computer, according to a security note published on Netscape’s Web site.

The vulnerability affects Navigator versions 6 through 6.2, as well as version 0.9.6 and earlier versions of Mozilla, the open-source version of Navigator, according to an analysis written by Marc Slemko, who discovered the bug.”

Newsfactor Network writes: “Thanks to advancing technology and the growth of high-speed Internet service, home computer systems have become faster and more powerful. But they remain a favorite target of hackers and virus writers who are looking for easy prey with less fear of prosecution. Experts say that while home user security — primarily the use of antivirus and firewall software — is getting better, computer hackers are still taking advantage of home users’ overall lack of expertise and security resources to make “launching pads” out of their systems.”

vmlinuz writes: “After reading an article in Linuxjournal about radioparadise, a open-source radio station “non-commercial” I thought to myself, this place I must visit. A great radio station, and it even has a special program for the GNOME panel. Let’s listen to open-source radio.”

– by Tina Gasperson –
If vendors don’t have products to sell, they shouldn’t
be on the show floor at LWE, says an IDG World expo
official. And, he says, if you’re only coming for the
free stuff, you should probably stay home, too.

The mood at LinuxWorld Expo in New York City is much
more business-like than in previous years. There won’t
be any big shindigs upstairs with robotic servers, ice
sculptures, and flowing booze. Whether there’ll be free
T-shirts remains to be seen. One thing is for sure:
The one-show wonder vendors that were sipping the
mother’s milk of venture capital last year are gone.

What’s left is a leaner, meaner collection of serious
players in the growing Linux enterprise arena. And
that’s not just on the vendor side, says Rob
Scheschareg, IDG World’s v.p. of sales, marketing and
product development. “The demographics are changing.”
He says that the percentage of attendees coming from
businesses with 1,000 or more employees has jumped from
10 to 12% last year to 33% this year, and that’s more
attractive for vendors who really want to sell things
and not just give away schwag.

LinuxWorld is working to bring extra value to conference attendees and to
exhibitors, says Scheschareg. For example, IBM, Compaq, HP and AMD are
sponsoring “Customer Days” with special conferences and face-to-face meetings on
the exhibit floor that feature product demonstrations, tutorials and
first-person testimonials from happy buyers. “It’s a more intimate way to market
to specific customers,” he says.

The “Taste of Linux” series is new this year and features topics for newbies,
like “Linux 101” and “All About LUGs.” The sessions are included in the exhibits
pass and will be held right on the show floor. “Taste of Linux is modeled after
MacWorld’s Mac Beginnings sessions,” says Scheschareg. MacWorld is the only
other show produced by IDG that emphasizes the community, according to
Scheschareg, although LinuxWorld tops MacWorld when it comes to grassroots
support.

Even with all the concentration on getting down to business,
“LinuxWorld is still a community-based event,” he says. “We’ve had a good
relationship with the Linux community.” IDG still sponsors the .org pavilion,
which gives free booth space to non-profits; this year there are 24
.org booths. And now there’s “The Rookery,” a program IDG is using to help new
Linux businesses by offering a special turnkey exhibitor’s package deal.

“We can’t control the economy,” says Scheschareg. “But we can ask ourselves,
‘does the show keep getting better?’ And if the answer is yes, then we’re really
doing the best that we can.”

Open3.org Community writes, “Open3.org, the open source community building a complete platform for enterprise integration, is pleased to announce the availability of the open source Open3.org JMS Messaging Server v2.1. This software, based on the Java programming language, compliant with the Java Message Service (JMS) 1.0.2 specification, and natively supporting XML, marks a major release for the open source community.

Those interested can download the software at www.open3.org. The Open3.org community also features more than 20 other projects for integration. These projects include an adapter framework for rapidly building database and application adapters, and several adapters that connect to popular applications.”