CNet has the Gartner Group commentary about IBM donating $40 million worth of developer tools to the public domain. “Eclipse is an ambitious project and an ambitious product foundation. If it succeeds, it will revive
the concept of best tools combined in a single workbench — an application developer’s dream.
Eclipse must guarantee the real partnership of many company and make components a key
aspect of participants’ tools to make them ‘pluggable’ into the workbench.”

Infoworld has a short story suggesting users embrace both operating systems. A related story explains the strengths of BSD, especially for use with ISPs.

Slashdot readers discuss a Python program
that connects to the Gnutella network and maps out connections
between nodes in real time, written by a group of students at Berkeley. The original page is at http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~rachna/courses/infoviz/gtv/.

Posted on LWN.net: “OpenSSH 3.0 has just been released. It will be available from the
mirrors listed at http://www.openssh.com/ shortly.

OpenSSH is a 100% complete SSH protocol version 1.3, 1.5 and 2.0
implementation and includes sftp client and server support.”

It’s posted at Abisource.com. Among the items: “This week we got Win32 dialogs for the features added last week and menu strings were moved
into files loaded at runtime (for an even slimmer executable). We also gained another feature,
namely “normal mode”, and finally I’d like to emphasize on our (desperate!) search for someone
to host a weekly BugDay on IRC.”

Slashdotters talk about a story at CNet saying chip-maker Transmeta faces serious problems, including buggy chips and leadership
shake-ups.

IDG News Service reports that the family and trust of HP
co-founder William Hewlett says
they would vote against the HP/Compaq merger if it’s put to
a stockholder vote.

njcajun writes “I was reading a couple of reviews, but they all seemed to be really geared toward the end user. This one is a little bit more in tune with system admin concerns, like kickstart and printing services (and broken stuff) and a bit less on GNOME and KDE and the latest graphics card supported (not that that’s not cool) ;)” Check it out, at Linux Laboratory“

November 2001 — RackSaver has combined all the speed and stability of Intel’s 2Ghz+ Pentium 4 processor with the space-efficient, versatile RS-1100 chassis in another breakthrough solution for cluster computing.
Intel’s Pentium 4 is well known for its capabilities. But RackSaver has taken the P-4 to a new level of density and performance in the RS-1100 server. Available in custom or turnkey packages, the 19-inch rack-mounted high-density server utilizes Rambus memory and can use up to three hard drives, even with CD-ROM or floppy variations. The RS-1100’s density allows up to 44 P-4 2GHz+ processors to be stacked in a standard seven-foot cabinet. Each unit employs the highest quality fans and a super-efficient cooling system that offers high reliability. Exhaust ports can be designed to fit your situation.

The RS-1100 has a 64-bit/66MHz expansion slot and is ready for high-speed interconnects such as Dolphin SCI, or Myricom Myrinet. It can be configured for almost any application.

In the past, constructing a supercomputer was cost prohibitive for most users. When cluster solutions emerged, the technology became available to a wider market. But RackSaver has brought the cost down even lower and extended usable life. Because the RS-1100 is scalable, you can never outgrow your system. It can be expanded one component at a time as your needs change and grow. The RS-1100 uses standard components, allowing RackSaver to keep prices low. Log on to www.racksaver.com to get a quote for your specific application.

The RS-1100 can also be configured with AMD or other Intel processors, as well.

San Diego, California,-based RackSaver is a leading provider of low-cost, high-density servers and clusters. The firm’s products are popular in the Beowulf and ISP/ASP communities. RackSaver is a Dolphin Partner, a Myricom Partner, AMD and Intel Partners, as well as a Linux House, an IBM Partner, a Compaq Partner, a Hewlett Packard Partner, and a 3COM Networking Partner. Contact: (858) 874-3800

CBS reports on the Comdex over-reaction: “Bags – including laptop cases and briefcases – will be banned on the trade show floor and at all keynote speeches. Exceptions will be made for exhibitors and members of the media.

If attendees absolutely must take their laptops, the equipment may be allowed on a case-by-case basis – but not with their cases.

Purses and fanny packs will be allowed, but will be subject to security checks.”