The CBC reports that former Corel CEO Michael Cowpland has bought a majority in ZIM Technologies
International, a company specializing in
applications for wireless devices, especially for business
users.

LinuxPlanet has the interview: “For a couple of weeks, I had been trying to locate Tom LaStrange, creator of the twm window manager, in hopes
of combining a talk with him with the review I did of twm a while back. LaStrange seems to be a man who’s a bit incredulous about the fuss made over twm. In his first comments to me,
he seemed to think that is was no big deal.

‘That poor ugly duckling was written out of selfishness more than anything,’ LaStrange said. ‘I needed a new
window manager and it turns out other people did, too.’ “

From LinuxPR: Intes.net, an internet solutions provider based in Washington
DC, has released the foundation of its OpenInteract Portal environment to the
open source community. OpenInteract is an application framework built to speed
and enhance development of Internet applications and online environments.

LinuxWorld has the column: “The recent outbreak of the worm known as Ramen poses a familiar question: How can we keep
worms and viruses from intruding on and infecting our systems? The first thing to do, recommends
Unix Insider writer Dev Zaborav, is take some basic hardening and security measures, and stop
putting Linux servers on the Internet in a default installation.”

IDG News Service wraps up LinuxWorld by saying that the show’s growth shows evidence of the growing popularity of Linux. “Linux continues to make inroads at all levels of
computing: in the enterprise, in the server space, and in
markets nearer and dearer to PC World readers — in
small offices and on personal desktops. More than ever
before, you could find something for everyone at
LinuxWorld Expo 2001.”

Metrowerks today announced that it will
make
its CodeWarrior integrated development environment (IDE) available
online
at DevelopOnline for Linux developers targeting Motorola processor
platforms. Using DevelopOnline’s resources dramatically reduces
development
costs while improving time-to-market for electronic products.DevelopOnline works online with the open source software community to
accelerate time-to-market for microprocessor-based intelligent
electronic
products by eliminating the need for Linux innovators to invest in
microprocessor evaluation boards or to build their own boards based on
a
reference design.

Metrowerks intends to provide support for all Motorola development
boards,
in cooperation with DevelopOnline, beginning with the MPC8260 board,
which
will be available in April 2001. Pricing has not yet been announced.

Stated Alan Steinberg, DevelopOnline president and CEO, “CodeWarrior is
a
great addition to our resources and will accelerate product development
while decreasing time-to-market for developers familiar with the
CodeWarrior
IDE.”

The CodeWarrior IDE provides intuitive, graphics-based tools that allow
developers to create, compile and debug their applications from a
single
environment, shortening the development cycle and helping them reach
market
faster.

“CodeWarrior provides the embedded Linux developer with a comprehensive
set
of tools for moving product to market in the least amount of time while
reducing cost, simplifying the development process and enabling
flexibility,” said John Smolucha, vice president of marketing,
Metrowerks.
“We are happy to have DevelopOnline offer CodeWarrior online for even
greater development flexibility.”

About DevelopOnline

Based in Tempe, Arizona, DevelopOnline is the first Web-based product
development accelerator company. DevelopOnline offers an open-platform
development site for e-collaboration, designed to reduce the total cost
of
innovation by introducing foundational building blocks to the
electronic
product design process over the Internet. DevelopOnline reduces
engineering
cycle time with open hardware platforms and open software products that
serve to foster creativity and defines the quickest path between
innovators,
the latest technology platforms and their target markets. DevelopOnline
currently employs 85 people. For more information about DevelopOnline,
please visit http://www.developonline.com.

About Metrowerks

Founded in 1985 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Metrowerks
develops,
markets and supports CodeWarrior hardware and software development
solutions
for a number of operating systems and the most popular microprocessors.
CodeWarrior tools allow programmers to build applications from one
unique
integrated development environment (IDE). In September of 1999,
Metrowerks
became an independently operating subsidiary of Motorola Inc. For more
information, please visit the Metrowerks web site at
http://www.metrowerks.com.

Metrowerks, the Metrowerks logo and CodeWarrior are registered
trademarks of
Metrowerks Corp. All other company and product names may be registered
trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies/holders, and are
hereby recognized.

Jon Panker writes “Lineo Inc. is buying a company that specializes in embedded system development products aimed at helping developers create programs for incorporation into larger systems. The deal gives Lineo access to the RTXC real-time operating system, which will allow Lineo to enter the 8 and 16 microprocessor field. Read the full story on SearchEnterpriseLinux.com“

EE Times reports: “A CMOS device said to pack nearly all the components
needed to build a Bluetooth module will be introduced next month by Zeevo Inc., a
year-old Silicon Valley startup specializing in wireless communications ICs.
Meanwhile, chip makers are moving to incorporate Bluetooth baseband functionality
in more-integrated digital devices while leaving the radio components external.”

ZDNet’s Evan Leibovitch takes a closer look at Microsoft’s latest attacks on Linux: “A big part of Microsoft’s problem is
that the Linux community doesn’t see the need to
counter-attack or even play the game. While certain parts of
the community will never let a bad word about Linux go
unchallenged, most folks have come to realize that while the
new “recognition” by Microsoft is bound to turn up some
legitimate flaws, it also establishes Linux and open source as
the alternative.”

Jon Panker writes “Linux experts look at the Linux database market and conclude that open source databases will be ready for prime time soon but it may be a while before corporate America accepts the technology. Read the full story on searchenterpriseLinux.com“