ZDNet reports that Sun Microsystems and a Linux training company, Cyber Source, have offered an Austrialian charity, PCs for Kids, free installations of Star Office and Red Hat Linux 6.2 after Microsoft has demanded license fees from the charity.

Readers of DebianPlanet discuss this post: “I’ve been using Debian GNU/Linux and BSD for several years. I’ve
been on the debian-bsd list for about 19 months. There isno
FAQ, webpage or official Debian statement about Debian/BSD.
There has been much discussion about what the goals of
Debian/BSD should be.” There’s also a link to a BSDToday story about the goals of Debian/BSD.

From CNet: “New legal documents filed by song-swapping company Napster provide an uncharacteristic
glimpse behind closed court doors, showing the company’s bitterness at being forced to
deliver its new product under such tight supervision.”

Slashdot readers discuss an interview at OpenP2p.com with Lawrence Lessig, the noted cyber-rights lawyer, who argues that Big Business and Hollywood are stomping down the innovations made possible by the Internet.

CNN.com has an article about the distant stock boom and the recent stock bust of various Linux companies. The article also talks about IBM’s investment in Linux and what that means for Linux business. (VA Linux, mentioned in the story, owns NewsForge.)

Anonymous Reader writes, “6 CDs is what the average person buys a year. That is not very much and this article explores what that means to online music. http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2001/6cd.html.”

ComputerNewsDaily: “Finally, the cost of flat-panel monitors is starting to come down. While
they’re still significantly more expensive than their traditional
cathode-ray-tube counterparts, you no longer must sacrifice your
child’s college fund to own one.

But do you really want to? Flat-panel, or LCD, displays have a
mystique born of their cost and the all-important Cool Factor – they just
look so good sitting on your desk, taking up so little space. However,
because of certain performance limitations, they’re not right for all PC
users.”

Wired: “Free ISPs are disappearing from Brazil faster than the rain forest, but Internet Group keeps rolling. The secret is to offer a whole lot more than free service.”

Björn Schotte writes: “We are proud to present the complete program for the International PHP Conference 2001. More than 60 valuable sessions with 4 power workshops on the pre conference day and an Open Source room where PHP OS Projects can present themselved for free will be presented.

Also included is a Q&A panel with nearly all members of the PHP core group where the audience can ask them about those questions which you may ever wanted to ask (i.e. what about the rumours of an engine for PHP/Python/Perl?).

Please find the program at http://www.php-conference.de/2001/index_en.php, and signup possibilities at https://www.entwickler.com/secure_order/php_anmeld ung.php?lang=en.”

Slashdot discusses the latest (greatest?) from Conectiva.