From Advogato: “I’ve been thinking about project management methods & coding standards for use with Open Source Projects. Most programmers would agree that some form of management, and some standards are necessary. Its the which ones part we have problems with. Traditional ‘best practices’ need a little tweaking to fit with OSS development. So here’s my attempt…”

At LinuxFocus.org, Atif Ghaffar demonstrates how to set up an inexpensive real-time file replication system for Linux, using File Alteration Monitor (FAM) and Inode Monitor (IMON).

From EE Times: “The Pentagon’s research agency is preparing to demonstrate a “soldier’s radio” next year designed to provide mobile communications among individual troops anywhere on the battlefield. The “infrastructure-free” radio network will be based on the Linux operating system and will support multiple StrongARM processors, program officials said.”

“Get Linux Certified & Get Ahead, written by Anne Martinez, guides readers through the process of obtaining Linux certification. According to its preface, this book provides “specific guidance on how to choose the right certification, earn it in an efficient and cost-effective way, and really put it to work as a career advancement tool”. Consisting of fifteen chapters and three appendices filling just over 300 pages, this book does present quite a bit of information on the certification process.” Full review at Linux Journal.

Linux Journal reviews Bill Ball’s latest book, The New XFree86: “The writing style is more appropriate to systems administrators or programmers than mere users. Topics jump around too much for a leisurely read front to back, but it is good for reference. If you need the best (and only) book that covers the latest 4.x versions of XFree86, then this is it.”

Jacksonville, FL., March 21, 2001 – Software602, Inc. announced today that more than 250,000 (two hundred fifty thousands) copies of 602Pro PC SUITE 2000 have been registered. This Alternative to MS OFFICE was released FREE for commercial and non-commercial use in June of last year.

“This significant market reaction is a tribute to the customer demand for an alternative in desktop productivity software.” said Premysl Pech, President and CEO of Software602, Inc.

602Pro PC SUITE 2000 is available for MS Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000 operating systems. This small 14 MB software suite can be downloaded from http://www.software602.com or purchased on CD-ROM for only $9.95.
C|Net’s download.com has rated 602Pro PC SUITE as POPULAR for the last 36 weeks and it is listed as the second most popular Business &
Finance application.

Users benefit from the easy to use user interface, complete functionality and full compatibility with MS Word and MS Excel document format. 602Pro PC SUITE includes three basic applications: 602Text – professional word processor, 602Tab – quick and easy spreadsheet and 602Photo – photo editor with digital camera and scanner support.

In the early stage of distribution all users received their software from the Internet. Later, Software602 started OEM distribution with small white-box builders and CD-ROM distribution.

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dLoo writes, “Today, dLoo is releasing the first in a series of five papers that explain the theory and implementation of BlueBox, a natural language browser. The first paper is titled “Natural Programming and Integration: Why Computer Science Hasn’t Solved the Big Questions.” The remaining papers will solve the problems posed by this first paper, and will be released over the next two weeks. dLoo welcomes any community involvement and feedback in further developing these papers.

dLoo is also opening the BlueBox project, courtesy of SourceForge. BlueBox will bring open source applications to Windows and the Macintosh. A raw version of BlueBox will be available at cvs.bluebox.sourceforge.net by Friday, March 23rd. An official development release will be made by the end of April.”

A reader tells us about a this press release at Yahoo.com: “Take me out to the ballgame” could soon have a whole
new meaning for Detroit Tigers fans visiting Comerica Park. Today, Comcast Business Communications
will soon outfit the stadium’s suites with the company’s new managed Internet service — Comcast
Commercial Internet Service 2.0 (CCIS 2.0), creating a fun and productive experience for fans.

CCIS 2.0 is a new faster version of Comcast’s managed high-speed Internet service that comes with
enhanced features. The new version is now based in Linux, an open source operating system, which is a
powerful match for the server appliance that is included with the service.

Slashdot has a link to an article at LinuxFocus.org about the history of GNUstep. “More than 10 years ago, an incredible machine with an even more incredible OS was released. It
was called NeXT and NeXTStep was the name of the OS. We had never seen something like that
before: it was a very nicely designed machine, with a breathtaking display. The OS was based on
BSD 4.2 at the beginning and 4.3 a bit later, with a very compact mach kernel. With it, appeared the
first graphical and object oriented development tool : Interface Builder … Then, NeXT decided to port the framework to different OSes such as Sun,
for instance. This API was called OpenStep. From there, GNU started a big project, GNUstep,
http://www.gnustep.org, to build a free OpenStep implementation.”

From a reader: CNET
reports that 3COM is killing its Audrey Web-surfing product citing poor demand and a need
to
cut costs. “While we believe in the potential of the category, it’s
clear that it will take longer to develop than originally planned and
likely to generate losses for the foreseeable future,” 3Com Chief
Executive Bruce Claflin said in a conference call. The reader says, “Hopefully they
sell
the product line to someone like Handspring or Palm. It’s a great idea
for a V1 product.”