The Simi-Conejo Linux Users Group will be holding LUGFest IV on April 21st and 22nd, 2001, in Simi Valley, California. LinuxPR has the details.

Microsoft’s hometown newspaper, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, reports: “Some Microsoft foes are trying to put new antitrust heat on the company because
of its sweeping .NET initiative and its recently announced HailStorm Web services.

Two industry associations and AOL Time Warner charge that those undertakings
continue the wrongdoing that made Microsoft the target of a landmark antitrust
lawsuit three years ago.”

FSF.org has a new item in its art gallery, a levitating, meditating, flute-playing Gnu by the Nevrax Design Team. Nice!

Anonymous Contractor writes: “The Register has an article that says only Windows users with their locale set to the United States will see the recently revised Passport Terms of Use. Users with locales set outside the U.S. will view the previous terms. The terms were revised by Microsoft when a public outcry arose in the media over their draconian claims to rights over content posted to MS servers by users.

The article can be found here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18165.html“

www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/0406suit.html”>Network World Fusion reports: “Microsoft is facing class-action lawsuits for allegedly using its monopoly power to overcharge customers who bought its Windows operating system in California, Arizona and now in Minnesota. More states are expected to be added to the list soon, attorneys filing complaints said. Most recently, a Minnesota state court judge on March 30 ruled that a consumer antitrust suit could move forward as a class-action case.

From O’Reilly Network: “If you’ve been trying out the examples from part one, then you should have a good idea about what’s already out there on the Internet radio waves. But perhaps you’re thinking that you could do a much better show than anything you’ve heard so far — if only you knew where to start. Well, let me show you the how you can begin your career as the next famous Internet DJ with some help from RealServer and Icecast.”

“ScientificPython is a collection of Python modules that are useful for scientific computing. In this collection you will find modules that cover basic geometry (vectors, tensors, transformations, vector and tensor fields), quaternions, automatic derivatives, (linear) interpolation, polynomials, elementary statistics, nonlinear least-squares fits, unit calculations, Fortran-compatible text formatting, 3D visualization via VRML, and two Tk widgets for simple line plots and 3D wireframe models.”

From a press release at LinuxPR: “For the third year, LogOn Technology Transfer will be organizing a series of Linux events throughout Europe called “Linux@work” starting May 9, 2001. Each “Linux@work” is composed by a conference and an exhibits. These 1-day, city-to-city events, will take place in several European venues in 2001…”

“TUXIA, was successfully introduced to the Australian market at the recently held IT Comdex/Linux Expo 2001, at the Sydney Exhibition Centre Darling Harbour. With close to 400 exhibitors and over 32000 visitors at the expo, the expo provided them with an excellent opportunity to launch their company TUXIA – a leader in the field of Embedded Linux solutions for Internet Appliances and their product – TASTE (TUXIA Appliance Synthesis Technology Enabled).” Read the press release at LinuxPR.

From ZDNet UK: “Companies are paying more attention to safeguarding their digital assets, but the overall state of corporate data security is still poor, according to security experts attending the recent CanSecWest conference.”