NewsBytes: “The FBI has not yet issued any warrants for the arrest of individuals suspected of authoring the Code Red Worm, a spokesperson for the agency’s National Infrastructure Protection Center said.”

ZDNET: “Microsoft has spent a lot of time attacking Linux recently, but the company has learned and
benefited from the rival operating system.

Linux’s success in low-end servers led the company to revise its server product line, said Doug Miller, director of
competitive strategy for Microsoft’s Windows division. And Microsoft learned that it needs better interactions with the
programmers who use Microsoft products.”

From Slashdot: “Readers have sent in quite a few links to stories wrapping up this year’s LinuxWorld. The most interesting thing I saw was the HP MP3 stereo component which looks a lot like a tivo, but for sound. I’m not sure if they’re going to get it right, but it looks close. Hopefully the code will be available. If it is, I’m buying one. Hit the link to read a bunch of other links related to the show compiled by Timothy.”

From ZDNet: “Migrating file and print sharing services from a Windows machine to a Linux box is time consuming and often prone to error. To perform such an endeavor manually, an Administrator must set up hundreds (if not thousands) of user accounts, then create file and print shares, and then copy files from the Windows environment to Linux. This manual work can take hours, if not days, to complete properly. DAS Technology?s LSP is a utility that automates the entire conversion process.”

From TheDot: “This week’s issue of KC KDE is devoted to the exciting events surrounding the start of KDE3 development and the Qt3 porting efforts. Topics include new applications such as Cookbook, KTouch and Kompare; large file support; S/MIME, EMail templates and KNode/KMail integration; advanced web shortcuts; KMenu plugins; new KDE email lists and websites; KRegExpEditor; KWinTV and more.”

From C|Net: “Linux lovers joined computing giants and smaller specialists this week at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo to discuss the future of the open-source operating system. IBM argued the relatively new operating system has begun fulfilling its potential as mainstream customers build serious servers with it. Big Blue, which has pledged to spend $1 billion on the Unix clone this year, announced several new Linux customers and said that its Websphere e-commerce software now works on a mainframe running Linux.”

From InternetWeek: “The 800-pound database gorilla Oracle will need to shed a few pounds in order to stay ahead of both proprietary and open-source rivals. One open-source offering, Great Bridge PostgreSQL, shows much promise in being able to hold and leverage a company’s greatest assets — its data.”

From DebianPlanet: “I posted the install script I used to force IBM’s Web Sphere Application Server trial version on my Debian 2.2 system. It’s in the comments of the “IBM Linux Stuff & Debian” article.”

From ZDNet: “The biggest development in Linux in the past year has been a more refined user interface, Linux founder Linus Torvalds said Wednesday, deprecating the deeper work that remains his own domain.”

From Slashdot: “randolph reports the drop of yet another shoe in the ongoing @Home tale. Cox and Comcast are ready to stop providing @Home’s internet service, replacing it with some unnamed internet service.”