Upside: “As Microsoft’s enterprise customers upgrade their PCs to the Windows 2000 operating
system and its forthcoming successor, Windows XP, Microsoft would like to sell them an
office suite upgrade for $250 or so.

The trouble is, the customers are pretty happy with their older versions of Office. In fact,
many never made the leap from Office 97 to Office 2000, or even from Office 95 to Office 97.
By and large, end users are happy with their old Microsoft word processors and
spreadsheets. Some of them have begun publishing information on the Web or corporate
intranet, but by and large they do not use Office to do so.”

ZDNET: “As for protecting your own site from unwanted linking,
you may want to surf the Net periodically using targeted
searches to identify unacceptable sites linking to yours
that could upset your advertisers, your users or your
company. If you find one, consider contacting that site
and asking its operator to remove your link. In addition, if
your logo is being used for linking purposes on any site,
you may want to do the same. Posting some terms and
conditions for linking to your site probably wouldn’t hurt,
either.”

The Register: “A new tool of Fascist control, with which law-enforcement agents can secretly
monitor the entire range of a suspect’s computer activity, has been developed by
self-proclaimed ‘computer surveillance experts’ Codex Data Systems, according to
a document sent to Cryptome.org.”

ZDNET: “This week, as the faithful turn out for Sun’s sixth annual
JavaOne Java developers conference, we’re struck by
how, well, boring JavaOne has gotten.

Gone is the glitter of a possible new Windows killer, a
new operating system and the whole Java über alles
message that Sun CEO Scott McNealy is so fond of
pitching. Java developers have moved on, Scott.”

Wired: “Archivers of altered websites say the U.S. armed forces are blocking access to its sites. Why? The archivers think the military might just not want to be seen as hackable.”

Straitstimes: “Mr Ramon Stoppelenburg wanted to travel around the
world on a shoestring, so the 24-year-old Dutchman turned to the
Internet.

He now literally surfs the world for free, thanks to generous hits on his
website, www.letmestayforaday.com.”

The Register: “Our recent coverage of Steve Ballmer’s comment that “Linux is a cancer that
attaches itself….to everything it touches” prompted quite a number of readers to
e-mail us with their own takes on the open-source debate.”

LinuxSecurity: “This week, the most informative articles are featured in the NetworkSecurity section of this newsletter. Some of
the titles include, “Filtering Packets with iptables,” “Iptables Tutorial,” and “Configuring Linux and Squid as a
Web Proxy.” Also this week,a product review for EnGarde Secure Linux was released by the SouthWest (UK)
Linux User Group.”

PCWorld: “NVidia wants to make your next PC run faster, sound better, and network easier, all while producing
top-notch integrated video graphics.

The company, best known for its GeForce processors that power graphics cards, announced today that it
is entering the chip set business with the NForce. The first NForce products will support AMD’s Athlon
and Duron processors and will offer faster bus speeds, Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, a host of built-in
networking features, built-in graphics, and support for the latest graphics cards.”

CNET: “The free ride on the
Web is coming to an end.

Some denounce the Net’s move toward
subscriptions as the death of the first mass
medium founded on democratic principles, a
digital utopia where social, economic and
geographic differences posed no barriers to the
open flow of information.”