From C|Net: “When asked to discuss his management mistakes–and what he learned from them–Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of wireless highflier Research In Motion, thought for a bit and then declined the invitation to confess. ‘We’ve made very few mistakes,” Balsillie said.'”

“I dropped some config bits to keep stuff simpler and a few files that definitely didnt follow CodingStyle…”

Linux 2.4.9-ac6
From: Alan Cox 
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 02:50:47 +0100


ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/alan/linux-2.4/

                 Intermediate diffs are available from
                         http://www.bzimage.org

2.4.9-ac6
o        Update compiler requirements doc                (me)
o        Fix module count leak (I hope) in cs46xx        (me)
o        Fix sx.c warnings                               (Christoph Hellwig)
o        Fix seagate.c prototypes                        (Christoph Hellwig)
o        Remove non-modular stuff from mod builds        (Christoph Hellwig)
         and fix warnings
o        Fix missing return value on xirc2ps             (Christoph Hellwig)
o        Fix atmtcp MODULE_LICENSE                       (Christoph Hellwig)
o        Remove various unused code                      (Christoph Hellwig)
o        Switch drivers/fc4 to use module_init           (Christoph Hellwig)
o        Config file fixes                               (Christoph Hellwig)
o        Fix AX.25 digipeat crash                        (Thomas Osterried)
o        DECNET update                                   (Steven Whitehouse)
o        Fix UNUSUAL_DEV entry for eUSB SmartMedia       (Andries Brouwer)
o        Remove spare maxinefb setup                     (Paul Mundt)
o        Add USB MODULE_LICENSE tags                     (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o        Update the irq fix for the i810 audio based     (me)
         on further analysis by Doug Ledford
o        make rpm target bug-fixes                       (Eli Carter)
o        Fix missing export-objs in acpi                         (Keith Owens)
o        VIA ide update (support 82c576, other small     (Vojtech Pavlik)
         fixes)
o        Fix tulip bug when using MWI experimental bits  (Jeff Garzik)
o        Add MODULE_LICENSE tags to telephony            (Robert Love)
o        Add MODULE_LICENSE tags to drivers/video        (Robert Love)
o        Fix z2ram tag                                   (Robert Love)
o        Ask for 255 bytes of header on scsi pages       (Matt Dharm)
         | Lots of USB crap can't even get truncating right

o        Fix ver_linux for e2fsprogs 1.23                (Albert Cranford)
o        Add MODULE_LICENSE tags to zorro                (Robert Love)
o        Make __module_license static                    (Keith Owens)
o        Merge some of the PPC64 submission      (Peter Bergner, Anton Blanchard, Mike Corrigan, Dave Engebretsen,
                                         Tom Gall, Todd Inglett, Paul Mackerras,
                                         Pat McCarthy, Steve Munroe, Don Reed, 
                                         and Al Trautman)
         | I dropped some config bits to keep stuff simpler
         | and a few files that definitely didnt follow CodingStyle

o        Merge updated gdth scsi raid driver             (Achim Leubner)
o        Remove escaped debug code from ni5010           (Frank Davies)

From the Seattletimes: “I took a trip to Palm headquarters recently to play with Bluetooth, a new wireless technology the handheld computer maker wants to put in its products. After playing with it for a few minutes, I’m convinced Palm still has a big problem to solve.”

From The Register: “Columnist and author of The BeOS Bible Scot Hacker has published a valedictory for BeOS here at Byte which has some intriguing input from Be Inc founder Jean Louis Gassée. One of the reasons for the failure of BeOS, Hacker identifies, was the inability to induce OEMs to provide true dual-boot machines.”

From TheDot: “If you did not heed our warning from six months ago and are still using KMail

The September 2001 issue is out, with articles such as “How to use an Atari ST machine as a Linux terminal” and “GNOME Programming in Linux using GTK+.”

From Slashdot: “I just ran across a very cool homemade emulation console . It emulates multiple machines, plays movies, plays mp3s, and uses Intel’s new wireless gamepads to control everything. It’s also cased in plexiglass and uses its own menuing software. The best I’ve seen yet!”

From UnixReview: “This month, I thought I’d take a slight detour to talk about security. The Code Red worm and its sequels have been in the news a great deal, and admins running *Nix servers and Apache might be getting a little complacent in the security department, figuring that all is well as long as they’re not running IIS.”

From ZDNet: “It’s been nearly a year since CNET Networks acquired John Rowell’s directory of Linux distributions and other open-source software. We’re proud to have brought this excellent site to our ZDNet audience during a time when open source became a key consideration for IT decision makers everywhere. It is with regret, therefore, that we announce the closure of AppWatch.com.”

From InternetWeek: “Careful, the hype machine is back on full throttle. Everywhere I turn, folks are touting wireless as the breakthrough technology of 2002. From broadband to local applications, wireless networking is expected to change the way connected users can work–all in a few short months.”