From PR Newswire: “At the ninth Python Conference,
Guido van Rossum announced the launch of the Python Software Foundation (PSF).
Modeled after the successful Apache Software Foundation, the PSF’s mandate is
to provide educational, legal and financial resources to the Python community.
Responsible for holding Python’s intellectual property, the PSF will also act
as an educational resource, maintain the Python website, and foster Python
user groups.”

From PR Newswire: “ActiveState, the leader in open
source programming languages, and O’Reilly & Associates Inc., the premier
technology book publisher, have partnered on the first of its kind
collaborative programming book, the Python Cookbook. The cookbook will be a
repository of rigorously reviewed Python recipes that have been contributed by
the Python community for the community, which will be freely available for
download.”

CNET News.com reports: “Lineo has bolstered its effort to push its version of Linux into set-top boxes and other nontraditional computing devices, announcing a plan to acquire Convergence Integrated Media.”

From Cox News Service: “For computer hackers, the Linux operating system – invented in a dorm room, open and free to the world, a challenge to commercial Goliaths – is a fairy tale, and its inventor Linus Torvalds is their hero.

      So Torvalds is the perfect person to write the prologue and serve as a case study in “The Hacker Ethic” (Random House, $24.95), an interesting albeit dry look into the arcane world of people who get their grins writing computer code.”

ZDNet’s Evan Leibovitch says that the major roadblock between software development and business profits are “the philosophies of the free software movement, Richard Stallman, and the GNU project.” In another ZDNet article published today, Evan’s co-workers wrote: “Free Software Foundation president Richard Stallman has supported himself and the foundation for years selling free software.”

From Salon: “Since launching in January 2000, SourceForge, which is sponsored by open-source hardware and services provider VA Linux, has attracted 125,000 software developers, say company representatives. The site added more than 17,000 software developers just between Jan. 18 and Feb. 21 and has been averaging monthly growth of more than 30 percent. SourceForge, says John T. Hall, vice president for strategic planning at VA Linux, is close to eclipsing IBM as the world’s largest community of software programmers.” (VA Linux owns NewsForge)

ZDNet UK says: “It’s time we corrected a common misperception: There’s no law against selling free software. Really — read GNU’s General Public License. In fact, Free Software Foundation president Richard Stallman has supported himself and the foundation for years selling free software.”

Canada Newswire press release: ”
Intrinsyc (ICS: TSE) is pleased to announce that it has received a Control
Engineering 2000 Editors’ Choice Award for its deviceCOM for Linux, a
breakthrough networking technology that reliably links Linux-based devices to
Windows enterprise systems.”

Peace, Love, and Linux? Sure, if you can get past the infighting, backstabbing, and a hundred other internal conflicts plaguing the Linux community. Linuxx Planet’s Brian Proffitt comments on IBMs new Linux ad campaign.

“Linux NetworX, Inc. announced today an exclusive
partner/distributor program, the LNXI Cluster Partner Program(TM), to resellers
and VARs (value added reseller) of all sizes.”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Linux NetworX Announces Partner/Distributor Program
Small to Large Resellers and VARs Can Now Offer Fully Integrated Cluster Solutions

SANDY, Utah, March 6, 2001 - Linux NetworX, Inc. announced today an exclusive 
partner/distributor program, the LNXI Cluster Partner Program(TM), to resellers 
and VARs (value added reseller) of all sizes to provide customers with fully 
integrated cluster solutions by Linux NetworX. The new LNXI Cluster Partner Program 
will allow resellers and VARs to take advantage of the wide adoption of Linux 
clusters into the marketplace.

Program benefits include discounted cluster system demo units, product training, 
referrals and leads, marketing support through collateral kits and POP/POS, a 
partner-only Web site and monthly channel communications. Each benefit will allow 
new reseller partners to successfully sell Linux NetworX cluster solutions to 
both the high performance computing (HPC) and high availability Internet markets.

"Linux clustering is a viable solution in many industries and an increasing number 
of companies have adopted this technology as both powerful compute engines and 
extremely reliable Web server solutions," said Clark Roundy, vice president of 
Linux NetworX. "By broadening our sales channel and making Linux NetworX cluster 
solutions more widely available, resellers and VARs can take advantage of the 
wide-spread adoption of our cluster technology."

To qualify as a reseller or VAR, companies need to fill out a simple application 
form at http://www.linuxnetworx.com/partner, participate in product and sales 
training and meet minimum annual sales requirements.

Linux NetworX is a leading provider of large-scale clustered computer solutions 
for Internet, industry and research fields. Cluster technology is a method of 
linking multiple computers, or compute nodes, together to form a powerful, unified 
system.

Products available for resell include the entire Evolocity(TM) 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. Through the LNXI Cluster Partner Program, participating 
companies can now offer their customers complete cluster solutions, including 
service and support.

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 computing needs, including Internet servers, research, industry, government 
and other technological fields including. Through innovative hardware, complete 
cluster management software, 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 
and hardware and software for overall system management. Linux NetworX has offices 
in Utah, New York, Calif. and Texas and worldwide distributors.

About the Linux Operating System
Linux is a computer operating system that is distributed freely on the Internet. 
As an open source project, Linux allows developers to share information, code 
and suggestions to continuously maintain and improve the system. Linux NetworX 
selected the operating system for its stability, reliability and rapid development.

# # #

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
Linux NetworX
801-562-1010 ext. 218
brutledge@linuxnetworx.com               

Brad Rutledge
Linux NetworX
www.linuxnetworx.com
801-562-1010 ext. 218