ZDNET.co.uk: “Open source community spokesmen scratched their heads in distrust
and disbelief over recent statements by a top Microsoft executive that
the open source code movement “puts at risk the continued vitality of
the independent software sector.”

Linux NetworX announced today an international
partner/distributor agreement with France-based Athena Global Services. Athena
Global Services is the first authorized Linux NetworX distributor in Europe.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Linux NetworX Expands Market Reach into Europe
Cluster Computer Company Developing International Market Penetration

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, May 8, 2001 - Linux NetworX, a leading provider of powerful 
and easy-to-manage Linux cluster computing solutions, announced today an international 
partner/distributor agreement with France-based Athena Global Services. Athena 
Global Services, a leading value-added distributor of new IT technologies in 
France, is the first authorized Linux NetworX distributor in Europe. 

Athena Global Services plans to sell Linux NetworX Evolocity(TM) clusters to 
French organizations demanding high performance computing (HPC) and high performance 
Internet solutions. As a new LNXI Cluster Partner, Athena Global Services will 
have access to a Linux cluster demo unit, product training, lead referrals and 
marketing collateral. 

International sales are not new to Linux NetworX, which was recently named the 
Utah and Regional Exporter or the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. 
Japan-based Best Systems Inc. has led the way in helping to grow international 
sales for Linux NetworX by opening up lucrative markets in Asia.

Clustering is a method of linking multiple computers, or compute nodes, together 
to form a unified and more powerful system. Linux NetworX shipped the world's 
first commercial Linux cluster system in 1997, and focuses on providing the most 
advanced and easy-to-manage clusters on the market.

"In France, we have several customers demanding turnkey Linux clusters for their 
HPC and high availability needs - we're already working with some potential customers," 
said, Thierry Cossavella, general manager for Athena Global Services. "Linux 
clustering is a proven technology, and a lot of organizations in Europe are seeking 
the completely integrated, ready-to-use and easy-to-manage clusters that Linux 
NetworX offers."

With reseller partners already established in the United States, Canada, Japan, 
Taiwan, Australia, Egypt and now Europe, Linux NetworX aims to continue expanding 
its reach into other top international markets. Companies can find out more about 
the LNXI Cluster Partner Program by visiting www.linuxnetworx.com/partner/ or 
calling 1-800-214-9100.

"Increasing our market presence through strong partners like Athena Global Services 
is one of our key strategies to grow sales internationally," said Clark Roundy, 
vice president of sales and marketing for Linux NetworX. "The demand for powerful 
clustering solutions worldwide makes this an exciting program for us and our 
partners."

Products available for resell include the entire Evolocity product line of cluster 
systems. Evolocity systems are fully integrated cluster solutions including a 
proprietary hardware design, Linux NetworX cluster management software ClusterWorX®, 
and RapidFlow(TM) switches. 

About Athena Global Services
Athena Global Services (www.athena-gs.com) is a French organization which offers 
turn-key solutions to assist IT companies in developing and expanding their business 
in the French market. Athena Global Services is first and foremost a result-oriented 
sales and distribution organization with contacts and strong relationships with 
distribution, VAR/resellers, system integrators and large accounts. Not only 
will Athena Global Services set up strong presence, we will distribute through 
the right channels and help create pull. Athena Global Services offers companies 
the opportunity to have a strong French local sales and marketing beachhead. 
Athena Global Service's comprehensive approach to the French marketplace, marketing 
and operations provides a solid platform upon which foreign vendors can build 
international business.

About Linux NetworX.
Linux NetworX (www.linuxnetworx.com) brings its powerful cluster technology to 
those demanding high availability and high performance systems. With the use 
of cluster computer technology, Linux NetworX provides solutions for companies 
with high performance and high-computing needs, including research, industry, 
government, Web serving, ISPs, ASPs, and other technological fields. Through 
innovative hardware, complete cluster management software and professional service 
and support, Linux NetworX provides end-to-end clustering solutions. To date, 
the company has built some of the largest cluster systems in the world.

# # #

Linux is a registered trademark owned by Linus Torvalds. All other products, 
services and companies are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective 
owners.

CONTACT:         
Brad Rutledge                            Laetitia Bonnot
Linux NetworX                            Athena Press            
801-562-1010 ext. 218                    01.55.89.08.88  
brutledge@linuxnetworx.com               laetitia.b@athena-gs.com 

On May 6th 2001, the first general assembly of the Free
Software Foundation Europe took place at the Villa Vogelsang in Essen,
Germany. It was the first meeting of the members of the recently
founded sister organisation of the FSF (Boston,USA). Representatives
from France, Germany and Sweden agreed on future areas of engagement
for the FSFE.

"Coordinating Free Software based organisations and establishing local
            chapters throughout Europe is one of our primary long-term goals." says
            Georg C. F. Greve, President of the FSF Europe. "So is beginning our 
            work
            as a competence center for Free Software, aimed primarily at 
            journalists
            and politicians who will be able to find authoritative information 
            about
            Free Software from the Foundation."

            Most Free Software is released under the license of the Free Software
            Foundation, the GNU General Public License. One of the first
            projects will be to harmonize it better with local European laws in
            order to keep up with current changes and developments.

            The Foundation will also further Free Software in the educational
            sector where it will seek to coordinate and strengthen efforts 
            by organizations and individuals dedicated to that task. 

            At the same date, the first general assembly of the FSF Europe -
            Chapter Germany has taken place. 

            "We want the advantages of Free Software to be known to almost 
            everybody
            in Germany. German developers are already playing a major role as
            contributors to the GNU project and Free Software in general."
            says Bernhard Reiter, German chancellor of the FSF Europe.
            "The FSFE will help to leverage these efforts on a european level 
            and make sure that we it will stay legal to develop Free Software for
            all needs."


            About the FSF Europe:

            The Free Software Foundation Europe is the sister organization of the
            Free Software Foundation created 1984 by Richard M. Stallman in the
            United States of America. 

            Main purpose of the FSF Europe is to coordinate Free Software
            initiatives throughout Europe, to provide a Free Software
            competence-center for politicians and journalists and to provide
            infrastructure for Free Software projects and especially the GNU
            Project.

            Further information about the FSF Europe can be found at 

                  http://fsfeurope.org


            Contact:
             Europe
               Georg C. F. Greve 
               Tel: +49-40-23809080
               Fax: +49-40-23809081
             France   
               Frederic Couchet  
               Tel: +33 6 60 68 89 31
             Germany
               Bernhard Reiter 
               Tel: +49-541 - 335 08 - 33
             Italy
               Alessandro Rubini 
               Tel: +39-0382-529.554 (o .424)
               Fax: +39-0382-529.424 
             Sweden  
               Jonas Öberg 
               Tel: +46-21-144831

            Further press contact information is available at

                  http://fsfeurope.org/press/

Australian IT: “Computer giant Dell has announced
its second worldwide product recall
in a year after finding that some of
its batteries could catch fire.”

Wired: “A popular program used by people writing and copying CDs is causing a large number of systems running Windows 2000 to crash.”

The Register: “Microsoft is cracking down on commercial use of software obtained via MSDN
(Microsoft Developer Network) subscriptions, and intends to conduct random audits
of subscribers. Depressingly, this seems to have happened just after it was drawn
to The Register’s attention that an MSDN sub could be a pretty cheap way of
keeping a small business (like us) equipped with the latest.”

An anonymous reader writes: “One of the virtues of programming put forth by Larry Wall of Perl fame is laziness. I’m all for that. Doing the same work with less effort or more work with equal effort is a good thing…With an alias you can do something as simple as abbreviating a command or an ugly way to fix a spelling error. Read the full tip at LinuxLookup.“

O’Reilly.com: “We are pleased to announce the 3rd
annual O’Reilly Open Source
Convention, July 23-27, 2001, at the
waterfront Sheraton Hotel and Marina
in San Diego, California. This year’s
expanded convention includes over 250
sessions in 14 tracks on key open
source technologies such as Perl,
Apache, XML, Python, PHP, MySQL,
Linux, and many more.”

BSDToday: A quick write-up of an OpenBSD How-To regarding the running of GNU/Linux binaries under emulation.

Michel Morelli writes: “The story is an Italian (and in Italian language) editorial at ziobudda, in reply to Mr. Mundie’s accusations about GPL and Open Source. From the original text:

“Ho pensato molto alle parole del Sig. Craig Mundie (Microsoft) nei

riguardi dell’OpenSource e di Linux (e’ oramai noto che in molti ambienti Linux e l’OpenSource vanno di pari passo e molte volte sono anche assimilati

come cosa unica tanto da essere raccolti nella dizione GNU/Linux). Alla fine ho deciso di rispondere a modo mio alle frasi di questo stratega Microsoft e

nel farlo ho coinvolto un amico con cui ho elaborato questo scritto. Prima di procedere vorrei avvisarvi che quello che leggerete è solo il pensiero di uno

dei tanti utilizzatori dell’OpenSource e per tanto non è detto che rispecchi l’opinione più diffusa del mondo OpenSource italiano. Come tale risponderò al

Sig. Craig Mundie.”