CNet reports on Atipa’s woes that have been detailed elsewhere. “Atipa, which had aspired to emulate Linux computer maker VA Linux Systems, has sold off
its hardware business instead.

Back when Linux was a lucrative buzzword, the Kansas City, Mo.-based company hoped a $30
million funding round would lead to an initial public offering. Now it has sold its hardware business to
Lawrence, Kan.-based Microtech Computers for an undisclosed sum.” (VA Linux owns NewsForge.)

CNet has a short item saying that the dean of Stanford Law School will join the defense
team for 2600.com in an Internet free-speech and copyright lawsuit. Kathleen Sullivan, a law
professor at Stanford and founder of the Stanford Center for Internet Society, will argue the case May
1 in the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York.

KDE Dot News has an item saying, “TrollTech, makers of the Qt
widget set on which KDE is based, has decided to use JavaScript and
Mozilla technology as core components in the next versions of their
products.”

LinuxGram has a story about all the Linux PDAs that greeted CeBit attendees, including Sharp, HNT Company Ltd, and Digital iPad.

ftobin writes, “IBM developerWorks has part 3 of a tutorial on XPCOM, a framework for writing cross-platform, modular software. Part 1 and part 2 are also available.”

From LinuxPR: theKompany.com Releases Beta 2 of
Aethera Messaging Client
Apr 2nd, 20:19 UTC

theKompany.com is pleased to announce the long awaited second beta (version
0.9.1) of our Aethera Messaging and Groupware client for KDE.

New releases will start to come much more frequently. Most of the details for the
project roadmap can be found at www.thekompany.com/projects/aethera, but
this is subject to change as we are constantly researching new features.

PR Newswire has an item about the show, to be available April 4.

Collaborative software
development is more than just the new buzz word — it’s the hot trend that has
something critical to offer businesses and developers alike. The E-Business
Network takes a close look at collaborative software development in
“Burning Issues: Collaborative Software Development,” the latest show in the
new “Burning Issues” series. Bringing the lessons learned in the open source
revolution to enterprise software development, collaborative development
offers companies a new way to get software written. (VA Linux, mentioned in the press release, owns NewsForge.)

LWN.net has a summary of the summit. Among the items: “The first presentation was by Lance Larsh of Oracle who, essentially, provided a laundry list of changes and features
Oracle would like to see in order to get better performance out of high-end, large database servers.”

From LinuxPR: Jeff Gerhardt, co-host of The Linux Show!! stated today, “The Linux
Show!! will once again be hosting our 4th Annual LUG Battletech Party at
COMDEX Chicago 2001. The Party will be Tuesday night April 3rd starting at
7:30 pm. The principle sponsor of this years event is Caldera Systems (thank you
Ransom).”

Ask Slashdot deals with a trademark issue between SGI and a developer creating something called OpenIL. Slashdot readers debate whether trademark pursuits have gone too far.