Dan Barber writes, “From Mojolin, an Interview. The following is an interview that I took part in and which I think might be of interest to the open source community. George Dafermos, a graduate student in the Masters of Management program at the Durham Business School in the UK, wrote a thesis paper entitled ‘Management and Virtual Decentralised Networks: The Linux Project’, the goal of which is to compare the open source development and management model with more traditional approaches. The unique angle, however, is his interest in whether the methods used by the Open Source community can be applied to any and every industry, not just the software industry. The actual thesis paper will be published on Mojolin soon.”

Dirk Mueller: “I delay alpha1 release until Friday to give us more time to fix and verify
the recent regressions in KIO and khtml.”

KDE 3.0 alpha1
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 17:22:16 +0200
From: Dirk Mueller 
To: kde-core-devel@kde.org,  kde-devel@kde.org
Reply to: kde-devel@kde.org


Hi, 

I delay alpha1 release until Friday to give us more time to fix and verify 
the recent regressions in KIO and khtml. 

Once again I'll ask everybody to be a bit more careful the next few days. 
Please delay experimental commits til weekend. 


Thanks in advance,


Dirk

Kelly McNeill writes: “Japan’s giant telecommunications carrier NTT DoCoMo has launched the world’s first commercial 3G service in support of mobile videophones. The service — dubbed “FOMA,” which stands for “freedom of mobile multimedia access,” promises to deliver high-speed Internet access, multimedia downloads, games and a lot of other bells and whistles.”

DallasNews: “The list, compiled with the help of over 50 computer security experts, addresses software bugs
in Unix and Microsoft Windows operating systems, as well as many common mistakes. These
include using simple passwords and not backing up critical data.

Both the list and the fixes can be found on the non-profit Sans Institute Web site.”

Kelly McNeill writes: “Although many PC manufacturers are looking for a merger or acquisition to remain in business, Gateway is the owner of some intellectual property left over from its aquisition of Amiga several years ago that (if sold) will likely turn its fate around. This virtually unused property could significantly help Gateway’s bottom line — or potentially make it an acquisition target for another PC powerhouse that could benefit from the technology.”

MSNBC:If a Windows 98 file is missing or corrupted, the following error may be generated when installing
Symantec Norton AntiVirus (NAV) 2001: “_ins5576 has caused an error in _ins5576._MP _ins5576
will now close.” Resolve the problem using this workaround:
1) Download DCOM98 for Windows 98 (1.3) from http://www.microsoft.com/com/
resources/downloads.asp, and;
2) Install the file;
3) Reinstall NAV.

DebianPlanet: “I recently interviewed Ben Collins, Debian Project Leader (via email), on his thoughts on a number of
issues concerning Debian. Read on for the full text of the interview; this was one of the more
interesting bits:”

LinuxSecurity: “In publicizing the details of how a given security hole is exploited, are virus fighters simply providing aid and comfort to the enemy? The debate over
how much detail to release on software security gaps and when to go public with potentially sensitive security information has experts looking for a
middle ground, wherein systems can be secured without helping hackers.”

DaemonNews: “Backing up data is one of the most crucial tasks that any company must face when dealing with networks and servers. Many large companies rely on backup packages from vendors like Veritas and Computer
Associates, but not all of those packages are affordable for a company with a small network or will work with FreeBSD. Also, some companies will run into an interesting mix of Windows-based and
FreeBSD-based file servers and system administrators must figure out a way to backup both platforms. FreeBSD includes a very powerful backup utility with any installation, called tar.”

LinuxJournal: “Tuesday, September 11, the Internet stood still. Millions of users claimed over 80 per cent of internet bandwidth and caused sites around the world to choke on requests for information. As larger web sites like
CNN.com and MSNBC.com fell under the pressure, smaller sites–some run out of bedrooms and failed dot-com offices–kept news and information flowing, proving that the Internet is a resilient beast.

As the importance of the Internet has grown, the value of smaller sites providing news and opinions has become more apparent. The broadcast model of information distribution created by radio and television
no longer holds in today’s networked world, and one site in particular, Slashdot.com, proved this admirably. The site survived the onslaught of users and served up-to-the-minute information during the glut,
even as other sites fell by the wayside.” (Slashdot is a sister site to NewsForge.)