ZDNet reports that Winnebago will be running a Linux-based IBM eServer mainframe to consolidate its server operations.

From CNet: “VMware, a start-up whose software lets a computer run many operating systems
simultaneously, has begun a new expansion into the education market and signed its first
major customer: Novell.”

LinuxCertified.com, a leading provider of Linux training, will offer weekend system administration bootcamp on July
14-15, 2001 in San Francisco bay area (south bay). This workshop is designed for busy information technology professionals
and is designed to cover the most important Linux administration areas. All attendees get a free Linux laptop.

In addition to carefully designed lecture material delivered by experienced Linux professionals, there is a heavy
emphasis on hands-on learning. The training starts two weeks before the actual class,with access to an online Linux server, where
students complete few challenging pre-class activities. Attendees get a powerful Linux laptop on their arrival, along with other
class materials. They load Linux on their laptop during the class, and use it for all the class activities and assignments. At the end
of the class they take this laptop with them to further enhance their Linux expertise. Absolute beginners with no UNIX experience
can first come to the popular “Linux Fundamentals” class and subsequently join the system administration bootcamp.

Rapid growth of Linux into corporate and government IT environments is fueling the need for Linux certified
professionals. CIOs
and managers are eager to have Linux experts in their organizations. A certification provides a tangible mechanism for
their hiring
evaluation, as well as a means to market the prowess of organizations.

“As an independent IT consultant I am always on my toes to learn new technologies, without much free time to
devote to
classes. The LinuxCertified.com bootcamp was a perfect way for me to jump start my Linux knowledge. I can now use
Linux as
a valuable tool in my career,” said Taylor Cottam, an independent consultant who joined one of the LinuxCertified.com
weekend
bootcamps.

This weekend bootcamp is specially designed to prepare the attendees for the objectives of Level 1 certification
exams
offered by Linux Professional Institute (LPI). The workshop also meets the objectives of the Red Hat Certified Engineer
(RHCE)
exam and Sair Linux & GNU certification (LCA).

Our attendees build a strong sense of community with our instructors, fellow students, and our network of recruiters
and
companies looking for Linux consultants.

About LinuxCertified.com

The mission of LinuxCertified.com is to bring Linux to mainstream IT usage. We firmly believe that Linux has an
enormous
potential, once it crosses over from the early adopters to the more mainstream users. Our goal is to help this transition
by
providing:

– Linux trained and certified professionals

– Linux certified products that cater to mainstream users rather than early adopters.

Contact:

info@linuxcertified.com

http://www.linuxcertified.com/
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

Linux Professionals Institute and the LPI logo are trademarks of the Linux Professional Institute, Inc.

RED HAT is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc.

LinuxCertified.com is an independent entity from organizations providing Linux certification exams, and they do not
sponsor our classes.

All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.”
info@linuxcertified.com

http://www.linuxcertified.com/

A commentary from ZDNet examines the ipf dispute with OpenBSD, saying Open Source has been misunderstood lately and there’s “even sedition from within.”

EE Times reports on the debut of an independent standards organization at this month’s Design
Automation Conference which has “turned into a donnybrook.” A co-chairman of the Open SystemC Initiative has quit his post and
blasted the initiative as a Synopsys-backed “marketing charade.”

From CNet: “The operator of a Web forum devoted to and sponsored by digital video recorder maker TiVo
has asked people to stop posting information about how to copy video off the device onto
another machine, fearing he could be held liable for violating a controversial digital copyright
law.”

A column at ZDNet notes BSD voices have been absent during the recent Open Source vs. Microsoft battles.

ZDNet reports on security expert Steve Gibson’s response to Microsoft, after it denied his claim that Windows XP will make it easier for hackers to launch
damaging Denial of Service attacks across the Internet.

It’s at LWN.net. Several buffer overflow vulnerabilities have been found in the UW-IMAP
package by the authors and independant groups. These vulnerabilities
can be exploited only once a user has authenticated which limits the
extent of the vulnerability to a remote shell with that user’s
permissions. On systems where the user already has a shell, nothing
new will be provided to that user, unless the user has only local shell
access. On systems where the email accounts do not provide shell
access, however, the problem is much greater.

From the EETimes: “Intent on extending the network processor’s role,
Brecis Communications (San Jose, Calif.) will describe at the Embedded
Processor Forum on Tuesday (June 12) a multiservice processor
architecture meant to handle converged voice and data transfers at the
very edge of the network.” The architecture is supported on Linux and BSD.