ZDNet reports Egenera, a maker of Linux servers for financial services or telecommunications customers, has received $30 milllion in funding.

University of Minnesota Fibre Channel Research Group writes, “It is my pleasure to announce the release of SANTK version 2.1. Version 2.1 gives the user many new options. SANTK 2.1 now has the capability to add Targets and Initiators to the manual tool, allowing the user to completely develop a SAN in a CAD environment.

The user may now export the entire SAN to the automatic tool, including Targets and Initiators. New devices available in this version include 32 and 64 port switches, 1, 2, 4 and 8 port Targets, and 1 and 2 port Initiators. Device sizes may be changed at any time as well.

An html based help system was also created. If the user selects the help option, the default web browser is launched with the first of several detailed help files.

SANTK Version 2.1 puts many new tools at the fingertips of the user while still making great use of the tools from every previous version. Please visit www.borg.umn.edu/fc/SANTK. and download a copy of SANTK 2.1. As always, SANTK is free, open source, and developed in Java.”

ZDNet has the column: “Several things are apparently necessary to claim the evil empire title. First, the company has to
be big, of course. And it helps if cool, youth-culture types hate the enterprise in question for
undermining one or more of their heroes. Thus Apple Computer could never be an evil empire
unless Steve Jobs actually managed to out-market the Wintel duopoly, which will not happen in
our lifetimes.”

IDG News Service reports that InterTrust Technologies has expanded its patent infringement case against
Microsoft, saying that the software activation
feature included in several Microsoft products, including Windows XP, Office XP, and Visio
2002, violates patents held by InterTrust.

Headway Software’s release
of Headway reView 2.4 — the source code visualization tool for Java technology
developments — is accompanied by today’s launch of Headway reView Publisher and
Headway freeView. The newest additions to the Headway reView family of products
increase the appeal and availability of Headway’s code comprehension, analysis and
viewer technology. Headway reView Publisher Edition allows ISVs (Independent Software Vendors), Open Source programs and internal
corporate development teams to publish detailed, accurate source code illustrations. These illustrations can then be
viewed by others using Headway’s freely-distributed companion product, Headway freeView. Full press release at Headway’s Web site.

From LinuxJournal.com: “I’m torn about how to summarize this review. On one hand the VR3 is a poorly supported product, with slow performance, poor
applications, a marginal display and short battery life. On the other hand it’s the most portable computer you can find that runs Linux.
The source and tools are there to modify and reload the entire OS. No other handheld allows anywhere near this level of control over
the platform.”

ZDNet has a column by CollabNet’s Brian Behlendorf about the middle ground in the Open Source community’s debate with Microsoft. “Open-source advocates should welcome attempts to explore more of this
middle ground, because the more that companies realize the benefits of making their source
code more widely available, under any license, the closer that company is to considering
opening it even more widely.”

IDG News Service reports that Microsoft software used to track U.S. and Russian
nuclear weapon resources had a glitch in it that
could have caused information about the
materials to be lost.

Reuters (on CNN.com) reports: “Supporters of a Russian programmer arrested on
charges of violating a controversial U.S. copyright
law took aim on Tuesday at the California
prosecutor in the case — who is President George
W. Bush’s nominee to be next director of the FBI.

However, the activists conceded it was unlikely that
Robert Mueller, U.S. Attorney for the Northern
District of California, would back down as easily as
software giant Adobe Systems Inc. did on Monday
following protests outside its headquarters and in 19
other cities.”

Michael Holve writes: “Everything Linux has a new home, and is also proud to announce the launch of Everything Mac which strives to provide the same newbie/advanced topics that Everything Linux has been providing over the years for MacOS X. The same unique content, software, reviews, and the original and definitive Linux Q&A forum, “Linux Coffee Talk” is alive and well. HOWTO’s such as the Epson Stylus, scanner and Palm under Linux have been updated as well! Stop by, check out the sites and please, update your bookmarks. Enjoy!”