Slashdot readers talk about a report on FreeBSD.org saying the project’s 5.0 release has been delayed from November 2001 to November 2002.

“IDG: “The U.S. education system could benefit from adopting the Linux operating system over proprietary software and help boost the open-source software’s share of the computing market along the way, a top Linux executive said at LinuxWorld Expo.”

Mozilla: “After many hours of banging heads against brick walls and
much imbibed caffeine, the Bugzilla team is proud to
announce Bugzilla 2.14.”

LogError writes: “The Internet and interoperable intranets are a vast and complex dimension of both enabling and inhibiting data flows. Current generation intrusion detection (ID) systems are not technologically advanced enough to create the situational knowledge required to manage these networks. Next generation ID system will fuse data, combining both short-term sensor data with long-term knowledge databases, to create cyberspace situational awareness. Read more at Help Net Security.”

Internetwire: “KDE was today recognized by the Open Source
community as the “Best Open Source Project”. The KDE Project debuted the newest enterprise-ready version of its Open Source
desktop for Linux/Unix, KDE 2.2, two weeks ago, and a stable version of its office suite, KOffice 1.1, yesterday. The award recognizes
KDE’s continued success and rapid progress as a free, complete solution for the desktop.”

LogError writes: “The point is that I really appreciate the work of bughunters. Of course I would like to know as soon as possible whether the programs I use have security flaws. I’m honestly thankful for every bug that someone finds in my programs. I also understand the greed for being the first to report a bug. Read more at Help Net Security.”

BBC: “A Russian software programmer and his Moscow-based employer
have pleaded not guilty of violating a controversial US copyright law.

Dmitry Sklyarov and the Elcomsoft company are charged with
selling and conspiring to sell technology that allowed readers to
bypass certain restrictions imposed by electronic-book publishers.

He was formally arraigned on Thursday after negotiations to reach a
plea bargain broke down. He is free on $50,000 bail, but must stay
in northern California.” (ed. note: nice picture of Dmitry.)

“After what seems like an interminable wait, the newly formed Xandros Corporation announced that it has signed a strategic licensing agreement with Corel Corporation,
giving it access to Corel’s Linux desktop OS and related technologies. (The desktop applications, such as WordPerfect Office for Linux, remain with Corel.)

Xandros was staked with US $10 million in venture capital by its founding parent, Linux Global Partners. Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, and staffed with several of
the former lead developers from Corel, Xandros is boldly targeting the market in which other distributions fear to tread: the typical desktop user in the home, school,
corporate, or educational setting.” More at ConsultingTimes.com.

LinuxSecurity: “This week, advisories were released for sendmail, telnet (who’s still using this?), xloadimage, Mandrake kernel, xinetd, openldap, apache, openssl, and
lpd. The vendors include Caldera, Conectiva, FreeBSD, Immunix, Mandrake, and Slackware. The recent sendmail problem has prompted many vendors
to act quickly. If the distribution that you use is not listed, be watching for further updates.”

LinuxPlanet: “Welcome to a new feature of Linux Planet, where every other week we’ll focus on things related to the business aspects of Linux. But, we hope,
this feature will be different from most Linux business coverage, which is either rewritten PR pieces or articles bemoaning the presence of filthy
lucre in our pristine little community. There is much to talk about, and there are serious questions to be asked.”