IDG: “Loki Software, one of the better known companies porting PC games to the Linux operating system, filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this month, marking another setback for the open source community.”

Slashdot: “HarlanC writes: “This story discusses the arrest of two Korean brothers who run a website
[warning, page requires Korean language support] that allows peer-to-peer file sharing.
Note that the Recording Industry Association of Korea reports local companies lost $154
million in sales in 2000 due to use of the program, even though sales increased to $31.5
million in total sales in 2000 from $29.2 million in 1999.”

OReillynet: “A lively panel discussion followed the keynote presentations by Craig Mundie and Michael Tiemann at O’Reilly’s Open Source Convention. Panelists included: Clay Shirky, Michael Tiemann, David Stutz, Mitchell Baker, Ronald Johnston, Craig Mundie, Brian Behlendorf, and Tim O’Reilly. Here is the transcript from that conversation.”

ZDNET: “Buoyed by the success of “Shrek,” which was produced
entirely on Linux-based machines, IBM plans on
Wednesday to announce a Linux-based workstation
targeted at the movie production industry. The Linux
Digital Studio is a combination of IBM’s workstations,
servers, storage and services aimed at supporting
animators and special-effects creators.”

The Dot reports that KDE 2.2 is available for download.

The Standard reports that Ziff Davis has ousted its CEO over plummeting ad sales and reduced revenue. Ziff Davis owns such titles as PC Magazine, eWeek, and ZDNet.

ZDNet reports that chip manufactueres may have as much as $8 billion in surplus chips left in their inventories, caused by the downturn in the market, and the excess may not be gone until sometime next year.

Kelly McNeill writes “One of the biggest drawbacks for wide acceptance of Linux, according to industry watchers, is that it does not have applications like Microsoft Word. While this surely isn’t the case, I’d like to chime in and say that perhaps the vast majority of users don’t need it. I remember reading a while back that Sun’s Scott McNealy said that users just needed a good text editor. Since adopting Linux for my daily chores I have to agree with him. I’ve tried every editor in the Linux world and have settled on NEdit for my text editing needs. NEdit, like many Linux apps, does not try to re-invent the wheel; it shells out to wc for word counting, Ispell for spelling, and the list goes on.”

Kelly McNeill writes “With solid year-to-year growth and a broad potential market that is currently using or experimenting with it, the open-source Linux platform is gaining ground in the information technology (IT) budgets of companies worldwide, analysts at IDC said Tuesday. The survey, which focused on end-customer spending on Linux-related hardware, software, services and staffing, indicates that Linux is growing twice as fast as the Unix platform in terms of unit replenishment.”

ZDNet reports on Britain’s expanding closed circuit television (CCTV) surveillance network, the most extensive in Europe, and the concerns about privacy that it is raising.