Guardian Digital, Inc., the open
source security company, has today released the enterprise edition of its
highly successfuly EnGarde Secure Linux server operating system. EnGarde
Secure Professional is a comprehensive software solution that provides all
the tools necessary to build a complete online presence.

The EnGarde Secure Professional integrated software solution offers
unsurpassed levels of security, ease of use, and the most sophisticated
Open Source Web-based management system available. The EnGarde Secure
Workgroup Suite, also today released, accompanies EnGarde Secure
Professional to form a complete intranet and collaboration environment.

Capable of supporting thousands of virtual Web sites, e-mail and DNS
domains, this proven enterprise-ready solution marks EnGarde Secure
Professional as the reliable and robust platform for building a complete
corporate Internet presence.

“The ability to quickly and securely get online without requiring a Linux
administrator or security engineer on staff, combined with the ability to
build a robust intrusion detection device or firewall, marks EnGarde
Secure Professional as a cost-effective enterprise solution for business,”
states Benjamin D. Thomas, Guardian Digital Project Manager.

Building on the versatility and security of the EnGarde Secure Linux
Community version released in March, 2001, EnGarde Secure Professional
offers enterprise features and support that combine to deliver the most
powerful multi-purpose Internet communication platform.

Using the integrated Guardian Digital Secure Network service, first
offered as a free trial for EnGarde Secure Linux Community users, is a
means for providing software distribution and product updates, the ability
to quickly communicate with technical support resources, and download
security and product information alerts. Never before has it been easier
to maintain a high level of security and confidence that an organization’s
servers are operating efficiently.

EnGarde Secure Professional offers the following features:

• Web, e-mail, database and DNS services, pre-configured for
  ISPs, ASPs, and fast-growing enterprises.
• Sophisticated Web-based management system enables organizations to
  build an online presence quickly and securely.
• Guardian Digital Secure Network provides access to the latest
  software updates, security notifications, technical support, and
  more.
• Security Control Center for configuring access control, SSL
  certificate and SSH key management functions, and more.
• Gateway firewall including Network Address Translation (NAT) and
  port forwarding to keep out cybervandals.
• Secure by default ensures that only authorized users are permitted
  access to your corporate assets.
• Integrated network and host intrusion detection provides
  inherent protection from Trojan horses and protection from
  unauthorized system access.
• Comprehensive hardware support, including ISA, RAID, SCSI and USB.
  Increased internationalization supports global environments.

For a complete list of new features, visit
http://www.GuardianDigital.com/products/engarde-features.html.

The EnGarde Secure Workgroup Suite, also today released, brings intranet
and collaboration features to small organizations and IT workgroups. This
secure and easy-to-use collection accompanies an existing EnGarde Secure
Professional installation and includes WebMail, Windows file and print
sharing, Windows Domain Controller support, Virtual Private Networking
(VPN) using PPTP, user and filesystem quotas, and more.

EnGarde Secure Professional and the EnGarde Secure Workgroup Suite are
available for ordering immediately from guardiandigital.com and through
distribution channels. EnGarde Secure Professional is available for $549
and EnGarde Secure Workgroup is available for only $49.95. All products
include installation and configuration support within 60 days of purchase.
Registered customers also receive a free trial to the Guardian Digital
Secure Network.

EnGarde Secure Professional is also available in pre-configured turnkey
rackmount Internet servers from Guardian Digital. The Guardian Digital
Linux Lockbox is a highly reliable complete eBusiness solution, configured
to address space-saving considerations at co-location facilities, ISPs,
and ASPs.

Guardian Digital offers comprehensive support options for organizations
choosing EnGarde as their Internet platform. Guardian Digital can help
bridge the support gap between the fast-paced nature of the Internet, open
source software development, security, and commerce. Guardian Digital
offers Professional Consulting for organizations requiring customization
assistance. Guardian Digital Enterprise support is available for
authoritative answers to the most difficult questions.

About Guardian Digital, Inc.

Guardian Digital, Inc., the first full-service open source security
company, is dedicated to providing secure Internet infrastructure
solutions for business. Guardian Digital produces software to securely
manage all Internet operations, perform intrusion detection and firewall
functions, conduct eBusiness, as well as secure turnkey server appliances.
Guardian Digital products address the increasing demand for cost-effective
and standards-based platforms for developing a secure Internet presence.
To learn about Guardian Digital’s products and comprehensive service
offerings, visit Guardian Digital on the Web at
http://www.GuardianDigital.com or call 1-866-GD-LINUX.

Posted at DebianPlanet.com: “Richard Stallman of GNU fame, has entered the the NM
process for Debian … I’m sure
he will be warmly welcomed into the Debian community.”

From PR Newswire: Toshiba America Electronic
Components, Inc. (TAEC) with its parent company Toshiba Corporation (Toshiba)
today announced development of a new 64-bit MIPS(TM)-based microprocessor
(MPU) to enable a new-generation of cost-effective digital consumer products
that can benefit from 64-bit processing power and specialized peripherals.
Designated the TX4925, the new chip joins the TX4927 in Toshiba’s TX49 lineup
and scheduled to sample in February 2002 at $25 in 10,000 piece quantities. Development tools that are planned for support include YDC AdvicePLUS(TM)
and Macraigor’s Raven(TM) real-time emulators and debug systems, debuggers
from RedHat (Cygnus), GreenHills, and Macraigor, and C/C++ compilers from
Redhat (Cygnus) and Green Hills. Toshiba provides evaluation and PCI
backplane boards. Application specific reference models are provided by
Toshiba and third-parties. Real-time operating systems that are scheduled to
be supported include embedded Linux(TM), Wind Rivers Systems’
VxWorks(R)/Tornado(R) II package and ATI Nucleus(TM).

ZDNet reports that
Sendmail, a company hoping to profit from the widespread use of the Open Source email
software of the same name, has named C’Quest as its distributor in Korea.

– By John Lettice of The Register –

Dell has published an open letter to its Linux customers “clarifying” its position as regards the insurgent OS. Actually, the letter is headed “Clarifying Dell and Linux”, but either of these would be a massive task, and we think we know what they meant to say. In any event, the letter reads like it’s an apologia from a company that has been taking heavy fire from mullahs … er … enthusiasts and is making a desperate but futile effort to salvage its position.

Weirdly, the letter has banners saying “Linux is everywhere” above and below, whereas it not being everywhere is the problem that caused the outrage that caused the letter. Dell pulled the plugs on Linux preinstalls on desktops and notebooks back in August, citing lack of demand. The Register has no experience of buying from Dell, but our experience a little earlier this year over an IBM ThinkPad gave us an indication of how “lack of demand” works in the PC business. We asked for one with with Linux on-board, and the vendor said he’d check availability. We asked him to check availability on the Win2k version at the same time.

When he got back to us it was three weeks for the Linux machine, the Win2k one we could have tomorrow. So guess which we bought? This is how lack of demand builds up in the Windows world.

But back to the letter. “Dell continues [Memo to marketing: stress continuity of Dell Linux offering] to support Linux customers on a variety of client and server products [make it sound like a lot] both through factory installation and Linux vendor certification [lob it back into Red Hat’s lap]. Dell offers the latest release of Red Hat® Linux 7.2 on its Precision Workstation and PowerEdge Server lines to customers who range from corporate professionals to performance computing enthusiasts [don’t mention home users] through multiple ordering mechanisms, including over the internet. For customers who develop their own Linux image using Red Hat or another Linux distribution, Dell will install their image on OptiPlex desktop and Latitude portable computers through Dell’s custom factory integration services [don’t piss off the big customers who want Linux]. In addition, Dell has Linux available across its other product lines (Dimension and Inspiron) through DellWare to support the many Linux user’s who are installing the operating system themselves [lob it back to the users].”

Our itals and annotations throughout, naturally. Amazingly, this whinge from Dell in no way contradicts a posting we’ve just noted from the Cleveland Linux User Group, made at the time Dell pulled the plugs:

“I’m pissed off. I just tried to order a workstation from Dell’s ‘Home’ division and I don’t have the choice to have Linux installed on it. Last year, when I ordered a box, I was able to get RedHat with it. This was good. It meant that I wasn’t forced to by a license for MS software that I wouldn’t need or use. Now, Dell has removed that choice. I do NOT have the choice of ordering a system unless it comes with Windows, which means I have to line Microsoft’s pockets despite the fact that Windows will never run on this PC.”

So there. Even if you were feeble-minded enough to believe Dell’s protestations through most of the letter, you might well change your mind (we use the term advisedly) when you get to the bottom. “Dell believes that Linux enables an excellent migration platform for customers with applications previously restricted to proprietary Unix platforms, such as workstation and internet applications. As such, Dell will continue to support Linux as outlined above.”

So there you go. It’s not an alternative to Windows at all, it’s a “migration platform” for customers who need to get their apps away from “proprietary Unix platforms.” All it needs is for Dell to precede it with “And now for a word from our sponsors.”

All Content copyright 2001 The Register

“A new 1.0 Release Candidate for Evolution hit the wires today. Thanks
to the help of the several users who tested the first Release
Candidate and reported bugs about it, this release fixes all the major
known problems and is really close to being “the” 1.0 release.”

Despite the impending 1.0 release, you shouldn't stop looking for
bugs.  If you find a problem, we still want to know about it!  You can
submit a bug report at http://bugzilla.ximian.com or with the GNOME
Bug Report tool (Programs->Utilities ->Bug Buddy).  Prizes will be
awarded to those reporting the nastiest and strangest bugs, and of
course for the greatest number of reports.

Every Thursday, developers and users of Evolution gather to find,
isolate, and destroy bugs.  To participate, open your IRC client and
visit the #evobugs channel, located on the irc.gnome.org server.
Ximian QA master Luis Villa will be in attendance between 9 AM and 9
PM Eastern Standard Time.


AVAILABILITY

If you use Ximian GNOME, you can install this version by subscribing
to the Ximian GNOME channel in Red Carpet (System -> Get Software).

If you do not have Ximian GNOME installed, you can download Evolution
binaries from our FTP server at:

        ftp://ftp.ximian.com/pub/ximian-gnome/

or visit our Source Code page at:

        http://www.ximian.com/devzone/source.html

to get the latest source tarballs.


KNOWN ISSUES

(Numbers refer to bug listings in the Ximian Bugzilla,
bugzilla.ximian.com.)

* #14611: Syncing with nationalized Czech Palm-OS handhelds doesn't
  work because of problems with the character set conversions.

* #1183: Alarms that you create on a Palm-OS device are not moved to
  Evolution during synchronization.

* #14715: Outlook Express fails to recognize Evolution's iTIP
  attachments although they work fine with Outlook 2000 and Outlook
  XP.

* In some cases, the tail optimization feature of the Reiserfs file
  system can negatively affect the performance of the mail component.
  If you use Reiserfs and encounter this problem you can turn off the
  tail optimization feature specifying the option "notail" in your fstab
  entry.


BUGS FIXED SINCE RELEASE CANDIDATE 1

Misc:

* #14783: killev does not check for system type properly.
* #14630: HTML docs refer to missing gifs in stylesheet-images.
* #15027: Typos in the docs.
* #15028: Corrections to the user documentation.
* #15056: Spelling Error.

Shell:

*  #6295: Go to folder dialog should have the e-tree focused.
* #13872: Crash.

Summary:

* #13478: Summary hangs at startup.
* #14518: Crashing while starting the program.

Mailer:

* #10560: Messages in Korean charset displayed as blank.
* #10735: Extra cruft at bottom of Compose window's View menu.
* #11177: Closing main window while dialog up, hangs.
* #11647: "Body contains" and "Body does not contain" searches are
          matching strings in the message header.
* #13996: Searches not available in IMAP in offline mode.
* #14351: pgp 5.5.8 not supported, recognized as 2.6.x.
* #14361: IMAP/SSL APPENDs hang.
* #14542: Crash pressing ctrl-a ctrl-k.
* #14569: Crash when moving a folder.
* #14620: Weird font issue in Mdk 7.2.
* #14659: GPG messages are truncated.
* #14672: evolution-mail crashes on startup.
* #14794: PGP signing problem, complaining about 2.6.x when 6.5.1
          is installed.
* #14826: Crashed the editor by using Alt-C (capitalize word).
* #14838: Saving passwords dosen't work.
* #14848: Forwarding wrong email in separate window when using prev/next
          buttons.
* #14861: DnD a message from a folder with a space in the name fails.
* #14951: Cancelling before IMAP connect causes IMAP to loop forever.
* #14965: Message copy fails with space in folder names.
* #15038: Can page up or page down off of table.
* #15154: Long line rendering bug.
* #15267: Outgoing filter move/copy to folder crashes Mailer.
* #15296: Mailer hangs when fetching mail.
* #15324: Table handling code not rendering centered content when
            it should.
* #15374: "___" in autogenerated name of vfolder created by sender of message.
* #15393: Pointer grab when shift-double clicking.

Addressbook:

*  #9501: Appointment Editor has "Save changes?" confirmation but
          Contact editor does not.
* #14107: Crash: Address auto-complete pop-up appears after sending mail.
* #14646: Doesn't handle failure in default_book case.
* #14743: Contacts crashes when saving a List.
* #14780: Pushing categories in Contact editor crashes Contacts.

Pilot conduits:

*  #9465: Palm Addressbook sync corrupts character set.
* #14562: Crash.
* #15355: Bogus warning in calendar conduit.

Calendar:

* #10285: Problem printing the calendar.
* #13631: Left-over debug print.
* #14021: Problems entering a task.
* #14335: UTF-8 Error in schedule meeting.
* #14337: Meeting is added to calender even when selecting decline.
* #14362: Appointments (public or private) don't show in the Day
          view of the calendar.
* #14392: Event editor removes wrong pages when object updated.
* #14524: Meeting page dragging broken for all day events.
* #14655: evolution-alarm-notify crash on start.
* #14687: load_uri failures are not noticed by the client talking
          to the wombat.
* #14704: Free/busy info not in UTC.
* #14765: Schedule page timezone problems.
* #14842: EWeekView - typing in event & day incorrect.
* #14845: Crash assigning category to new task.
* #14941: Crash.
* #15137: Crash when double clicking on empty appointment.

-- 
Ettore

BÃ¥rd Farstad writes, “This release removes dependency to libXml and QDom, eZ publish now uses the eZ xml DOM parser instead. eZ publish 2.2.2 is also ready configured for eZ publish desktop edition. Reported bugs are also fixed. You can download eZ publish 2.2.2 from http://developer.ez.no/filemanager/download/272/ez publish_2_2_2.tar.gz. The eZ publish installer can be downloaded from http://developer.ez.no/filemanager/download/273/ez publish_2_2_2_install-1.3.tar.gz. For changelog go here.”

Anonymous Reader writes, “Vivendi Universal announced in a press release today that it is consolidating its Web properties into a single entity to be called USA Group, Inc. The new division will report to the company’s Paris-based Internet division Vivendi Universal Net and includes; MP3.com, EMusic.com, Get Music.com, RollingStone.com, InsideSessions.com, and several game, education, and entertainment sites.”

http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2001/vunet.html

JoeUser writes. “OSNews features an interview with Zac Woodall, software design engineer at Office Data and Developer Services at Microsoft. Zac talks about the new Office, .NET, WindowsXP, NTFS, the WINE project, the GPL and open source movement and much more. Descriptive quote: ‘Open Source can be a good thing, but we have concerns with the GPL.’“

AUSTIN, Texas–Nov. 19, 2001–Dell (Nasdaq:DELL – news)
today announced that it will offer factory installation of Red Hat®
Linux 7.2 on its entire line of Dell Precision(tm) workstations and
Dell PowerEdge(tm) servers, including the PowerEdge 1500SC server,
which was introduced today for small business customers.

Dell Precision workstations running Red Hat Linux are an ideal
production and development platform offering the most popular desktop
user interfaces, and development compilers and interpreters. Red Hat
Linux on Dell PowerEdge servers offers a cost effective networking
infrastructure and development option for many of today’s most common
business applications. Dell also has worked closely with Red Hat to
provide support in Red Hat Linux 7.2 for Broadcom’s Secure Sockets
Layer (SSL) accelerator card, available as a low-cost security option
on most PowerEdge servers.

For customers who develop their own Linux image using Red Hat
Linux 7.2 or another Linux distribution, Dell offers Custom Factory
Integration to install the software on Dell OptiPlex(tm) desktop and
Dell Latitude(tm) notebook computers.

Red Hat Linux 7.2 is immediately available on Dell PowerEdge
servers and will be available on Dell Precision workstations later
this year. For more information on Red Hat Linux on Dell systems, go
to www.dell.com/linux. More information on Red Hat Linux can be found
at www.redhat.com.

About Dell

Dell Computer Corporation (Nasdaq:DELL – news) is the world’s No. 1
computer systems company and is a premier provider of products and
services required for customers to build their information-technology
and Internet infrastructures. The company’s revenue for the past four
quarters totaled $31.8 billion. Dell ranks No. 48 on the Fortune 500,
No. 122 on the Fortune Global 500 and No. 7 on the Fortune Global
“most admired” lists of companies. Dell, through its direct business
model, designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to
customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software
and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained
on the World Wide Web at www.dell.com.

Dell, PowerEdge and Precision are registered trademarks of Dell
Computer Corporation.

Fortune and Fortune 500 are registered trademarks, and Fortune Global
500 is a trademark of Time Inc.

Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of
others.

Contact:
Dell Computer Corporation, Austin
Media Contacts:
Bruce Eric Anderson, 512/723-0975
bruce_eric_anderson@dell.com
or
Tom Kehoe, 512/725-0281
tom_kehoe@dell.com
or
Investor Contacts:
Lynn A. Tyson, 512/723-1130
lynn_tyson@dell.com
or
Robert Williams, 512/728-7570
robert_williams@dell.com