Kelly McNeill writes “Sendmail Inc., the company founded by the man who wrote the code for the first e-mail program 20 years ago, on Monday said it will release a version of its e-mail server software for Linux-Powered IBM mainframe computers. Launching its product line on IBM’s zSeries mainframe converts Sendmail into the world’s largest mail server program. IBM has pushed the Linux operating system on its mainframes for financial reasons — common software packages like Sendmail are much cheaper than expensive “mainframe-specific” software.”

Gunnison Carbone writes “Open3.org Perl Language Adapter
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Open3.org, the open source community developing software for e-business integration, recently announced the start of a Perl language adapter project. The Perl language adapter will provide Perl software with a native interface to the JMS/XML based Open3.org integration platform. The adapter will permit Perl-based software to integrate with enterprise applications and legacy systems. Sarah Farrell, a long-time Perl guru, will head up the newly formed Perl language adapter project.
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Perl developers with an interest in Java are encouraged to participate!
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For information about the project, visit Open3.org”

An Anonymous Reader writes “LinuxDevices.com has just published this announcement of the winners of the Embedded Linux Journal’s “Hack Embedded Linux for Fun and Prizes” design contest using the MZ104 embedded-PC. The winners were announced today at LinuxWorld. Each winner receives an all-expense paid trip to Costa Rica! Who said open source doesn’t pay ;)”

Kelly McNeill writes “Microsoft Corp. released the latest version of its Internet Explorer as a free download Monday in anticipation of the release of its Windows XP operating system. The new version, IE 6.0, will be included on every machine running Windows XP. Although the new browser adds features that enable users to more easily play music and videos, Microsoft is generating controversy for features that IE 6.0 lacks. The new IE has dropped support for rival browser Netscape, Apple Computer’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) QuickTime, and Java plug-ins, in favor of its proprietary Active X technology.”

From Linux PR:
“The new version 2.0 significantly enhances the easy-to-manage
software with added functionality such as VPN for IPSec and PPTP for
secure road warrior communications and SCSI-Support for
highavailability security solutions.”

From BSD at Work: “Anti-virus software for FreeBSD is not a common thought to most FreeBSD administrators. However, if you’re like me, most of my networks are Windows 2000/NT on the workstations, and FreeBSD on the servers. This means that the average user can download all kinds of unhealthy files and contaminate the Windows workstations. I prefer to spend most of my time doing something other than running Norton Antivirus. The solution to this I thought would be anti-virus software that runs under FreeBSD as a centralized anti-virus scanner…”

Kelly McNeill writes “Many have discussed what to do about Microsoft’s hold on the desktop, as well as its .NET initiative. However, I think it’s time to start looking at how Microsoft is selling into areas that have traditionally been the stronghold of Unixes. Businesses have collectively spent billions of dollars on infrastructure building and IT systems purchasing and maintenance. And ever-hungry Microsoft has not failed to smell the loot. If Microsoft can make .NET the “preferred platform” for business inter/intra/extranet solutions, then the corporate viability of non-Microsoft systems will go down.”

From Upside: “Gateway (GTW) said today it will shut down a variety of operations in the U.S., Asia and the South Pacific in an effort to return the company to profitability.”

From ZDNet: “Members of the open-source community are becoming increasingly concerned by ongoing moves from Microsoft Corp. to acquire a range of software patents that the company can potentially use down the line to attack and try to restrict the development and distribution of open-source software.”

From Computer World: “My company is about to deploy a virtual private network (VPN). During a recent project meeting, the project manager asked each department representative to identify six tasks related to our areas of responsibility. To my surprise, my proposal for a security review met with resistance.”