From a Red Hat mailing list message: “This hotfix addresses and [sic] important security issue that affects Zope
versions up to and including Zope 2.3.1 b1.

We *highly* recommend that any Zope site running versions of Zope up to
and including 2.3.1 b1 have this hotfix product installed to mitigate
these issues if the site is accessible by untrusted users who have
through-the-web scripting privileges.”

Rumor control from Caldera Systems: “Several comments have been made on this list regarding Caldera’s
commitment to Linux. These comments have mostly stemmed from a recent
article and certain statements made by one anonymous Caldera
employee. Unfortunately, these statements may have led some to believe
that Caldera’s decision to stop selling it’s products through retail
channels means that Caldera is no longer going to be selling Linux
products at all. Nothing could be farther from the truth.”

The latest People Behind KDE feature introduces us to Harri Porten of Olso, Norway. Harri says his claim to fame (for KDE) is the JavaScript support in Konqueror.

Microsoft told a U.S. appeals court Monday that it did not illegally stifle competitors; the court told Microsoft that it didn’t see how the company could get a reversal on the lower court decision; and everyone wonders what will ultimately happen now that there’s a Republican in the Oval Office. Read the AP story on CNET News.com.

Linux.com’s Matt Michie writes “Even though everyone knows the Linux kernel is “free software”, and that
the source is open, most beginner and even mid-level Linux users
usually don’t take time to read the source. This article will give a
couple tips and interesting high points to check out, as well as give you a
small taste of the wealth of information embedded in the kernel, even
if you aren’t a C or ASM programmer.”

“For a long time, the headline on the KDE organization’s home page was,
“Is Unix ready for the desktop?”

With today’s release of KDE 2.1, KDE’s developers are no longer asking questions. Nor are they limiting themselves to the desktop. KDE, they now say, is ready for the enterprise.” Story at LinuxPlanet.

From IDG: “In its typically quiet yet productive fashion, IBM is readying its next-generation Unix, AIX 5L, for an April release. The name alone indicates that the new version marks a radical departure from the current AIX 4.3.3: The L stands for Linux.”

From CanadaComputes.com: “Opera has been around for Linux for a while, but it has been a long time
since I tried it. After a particularly harrowing day with Netscape
recently, I decided enough was enough, time to check the competition.” The author seems to have liked what he discovered, later saying that “Browsing the Web is actually fun again.”

“With billions spent on hardware, software, and services each year, the enterprise Unix market can support more than one major player. Sun Microsystems is top dog with a commanding lead in unit sales, revenue, and mind share. Hewlett-Packard’s expertise in health care and scientific communities keep the company in the top three, but that advantage isn’t ironclad, especially up against Sun’s ruthless sales force. To overcome the inertia of its flagship OS, HP has opted to open up HP-UX to allow the best of both worlds: Linux’s populist appeal and HP’s bulletproof, if staid, image to create HP-UX 11i, Hewlett-Packard’s most ambitious operating system to date.” Full story at InfoWorld.

It wasn’t too long ago that the National Security Agency had the mission, power, and influence to rid the world of any cryptography it didn’t like. Now, that same agency has released its very own secure Linux distribution to the world, complete with documentation on security and encryption methodology used. Open Source national security? What’s going on here? ITworld.com’s Larry Loeb tries to make sense of it all.