osOpinion has a column saying both KDE and GNOME need a bunch of new features, including a start menu and a universal X client theming system.

From LinuxPR: SuSE Linux, the international technology
leader and provider of Open Source solutions, presented the SuSE Linux
Enterprise Server at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany at their press conference on
March 24th. The continuing maintenance services provided by the manufacturer
ensure a maximum level of security and stability.

eWeek has more information IBM’s decision to release eServer clusters for Linux and Unix. IT managers say the Blue Hammer eServer offerings promise affordability and scalability.

eWeek tests the Oracle 9i Application Server Web Cache on Red Hat and says it “has the potential to expedite dynamic Web page generation.”

The Register reports that lawyers for the Web site 2600 are arguing that publishing the DeCSS DVD descrambling code is in the public interest. “This may be the most important challenge to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
(DMCA) yet mounted, because 2600 didn’t make whole, copyrighted works
available, but rather made a utility program available which, while outlawed by the
DMCA on grounds that it enables evildoers to circumvent a technical access
control to copyrighted work, is also an item of journalistic interest.”

They’re not the first to say this, but eWeek has a story about the bad economy benefiting Open Source. eWeek’s take on the issue is that the bad economy will shake out “resellers” of Linux and companies instead will focus on “technology that’s based on solutions and not an operating system.”

ComputerWorld asks the question: “Does online bookseller Barnesandnoble.com Inc. have the smoking gun it needs to defend
itself against a lawsuit filed by rival Amazon.com Inc. over alleged infringement on a controversial patent on
one-click shopping technology?”

eWeek has a short article talking about Steven Levy’s book, Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution. The eWeek article says, “An open exchange of information would be unthinkable today, and none of this would work in an era where uptime and security are the No. 1 and 2 priorities of most system administrators.”

From LinuxPR: Great Bridge LLC
and Zend Technologies have joined forces to more fully integrate the
PostgreSQL database and the PHP server-side scripting language, providing
Web developers with the most powerful open-source products available for
building dynamic, database-driven Web sites. The partnership between Great
Bridge, the leading commercial distributor of the PostgreSQL database, and
Zend, an internationally established provider of commercial solutions to enhance
performance and productivity of PHP’s installed base, bundles two scalable,
feature-rich applications and offers enterprises a formidable combination for
powering their Web-based applications.

LinuxPR has the information on a new survey: According to a recent TNS
EMNID survey, 56 percent of the interviewed PC users have heard of Linux and
ten percent already use the alternative operating system at home or at work.
This statistic indicates that, in terms of distribution, Linux is second to Windows.
Furthermore, 23 percent of the computer users consider switching to Linux
when upgrading their equipment. This information was obtained from a survey
recently conducted by the market research institute TNS EMNID,
Bielefeld/Germany.