From LinuxPlanet: “Sometimes the Linux community is too cute by half. This manifests itself in various ways. One
is when we rise in righteous indignation anytime someone has the temerity to develop and
actually sell software. Another is the righteous indignation expressed this week when a Microsoft droid came out with
the mostly ridiculous notion that free and open-source software somehow stifle innovation,
and maybe ought to be prohibited. All over the place came the angry denunciations. The free
and open-source communities were beside themselves.”

From a press release at PR Newswire: “Metro Link, Inc., the leader in graphical display software for
embedded systems, announced today that they have shipped their first copies of
Micro-X Complete!(TM) for VxWorks(R) real-time operating system from Wind
River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: WIND). Micro-X
Complete!, provides X Window System servers, libraries, and clients for the
VxWorks 5.4 operating system — bringing the flexibility and scalability of
X to real-time embedded applications.”

From a press release at PR Newswire: “hode Island-based Internet
appliance infrastructure company WebMachines today announced the addition of a
new Unified Messaging Server to its iaNetwork server family. ” This new service enables clients of varied IM services to chat with each other, and will be available for Linux users via the company’s embedded iaClient software.

LinuxWorld has posted an interview with C++ Bjarne Stroustrup. In this interview, Stroustrup talks about the “object oriented revolution,” software development in the real world, and what he’d like to see changed in the current C++ standard.

Is that a Shockwave applet in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? PC Week reports on today’s Macromedia announcement, in which the multimedia company announced plans for a new version of its Flash Player for Microsoft’s Pocket PC platform. The new application will extend the Flash Player to popular handheld devices like Compaq’s iPaq, Casio’s Cassiopeia, and the HP Jornada. The portable version will lack a few features found in its desktop versions, with the most noticeable exclusion likely the lack of MP3 support.

Slashdot reviews Steven Holzner’s Inside XML, summarzing it as “a detailed but uneven treatment of XML and related topics,” but taking care to point out that “most of the information is solid and usable.”

From a press release at Apache Today: “AbriaSoft(TM), an Open Source software
solutions provider, announced today the release of its Apache powered Lancelot
server for Windows and Linux platforms. With this release, AbriaSoft achieved
another landmark by becoming the first company to launch a commercial grade
Apache-based web server solution for the Microsoft Windows platform.”

“MigraTEC, Inc. (OTCBB: MIGR), the leading provider of platform
migration expertise and technology, today announced it has established a Linux practice in its groundbreaking
MigraTEC Migration Center.

“MigraTEC is prepared to support the inevitable market demand for Linux migration services,” said Curtis
Overstreet, Chief Executive Officer of MigraTEC. “Whether an enterprise needs cross-platform migration to
Linux, or upgrades for an existing Linux application from 32-bit to 64-bit Itanium(R) architecture, or both, the
Migration Center can provide it — faster and more cost-effectively than a manual migration effort.”” Full press release at Enterprise Linux Today.

Yet more Bluetooth worries, but this time we’re told not to take them very seriously. EE Times reports that the new wireless protocol will sometimes interfere with 802.11b wireless LANs, a wireless solution that’s actually made it to market. Toshiba says the interference is within acceptable limits, and that Bluetooth-enabled devices should be in widespread use by 2002.

From osOpinion.com: “Apple has it right: The interface is where it has to stand out. Cool graphics
for the bored Windows user and Unix to attract the heavy Linux user. It
has the “Wow” factor to attract both ends of the spectrum. How ironic will
it be that the last to fold will be us Mac veterans?”