ZDNet UK talks with Open Source evangelist Eric S. Raymond about the current bearish technology stock market. ESR’s not depressed, “in fact,
he believes now is an ideal moment for companies that are looking to
tighten their belts to start using low-cost open source software.”

ZDNet reports on IBM’s plan for network processors, an “increasingly popular class of chips.” Buried at the bottom of the story is this nugget: “IBM announced this week that the latest version of its PowerNP
development environment, version 2.1, supports the Linux operating system. The
company added Linux support to help developers, especially those at universities,
create applications for use with network processors in an environment they are used
to working in.”

From PR Newswire: Borland Software Corporation
(Nasdaq: BORL), a leading provider of e-business implementation platforms,
today announced that it won the Show Favorite Award for Best Development Tools
at LinuxWorld Expo. Borland Kylix was recognized by a panel of
industry experts, including leading technical analysts, consultants and
writers, for its innovation in open computing.

Reuters reports that Corel Corp. (nasdaq: CORL)
reported a fourth-quarter loss on Friday despite small sales gains for its graphics and word processing software.

Corel, which last posted a profit in the fourth quarter of 1999, had a net loss this time around of $8.6 million, or 12 cents a share,
versus a year-earlier profit of $4.5 million, or 8 cents per share.

From PR Newswire: VA Linux, provider of Linux-based
computer systems and services, has been selected by Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) to
be a Star of E-Business at the first annual Oracle AppsWorld, New Orleans,
Feb. 19-23, 2001. Oracle chose VA Linux for the company’s successful
implementation of the Oracle E-Business Suite, which has enabled VA Linux
to bring its core business processes onto the Internet. (VA Linux owns NewsForge.)

“We now move onto the second part of our journey and in this 2nd instalment of the series, you will learn
about some of the common Linux commands regarding System Information, Basic System
Administration, Process Control and network administration.” The rest of the story is at FreeOS.com.

“NFS or the Network Filesystem is a very effective way of sharing files and data across your Unix
network. NFS goes beyond mere file sharing and offers neat functionality that fits perfectly into the Linux
filesystem. Simply mount a directory off another machine on your network and read from or write to it –
even run applications from it – completely transparently!” Read more at FreeOS.com.

From OSOpinion.com: “A slew of partnerships and investments announced at the LinuxWorld Expo, which opened Wednesday in New York and runs
through Friday, prove that Linux has not simply arrived — it is now part of computing’s mainstream.

The Expo’s first day has been marked by a number of announcements from major high-tech firms including IBM, Compaq
Computer and Hewlett Packard, each of which has pledged sizeable investments in the Open Source operating system.

The increasing interest in Linux among New Economy bellwethers indicates that the freely distributed operating system,
invented by Finnish computer science student Linus Torvalds 11 years ago, has catapulted its way into many corporate data
centers and expanded well beyond the academic research centers where it once resided.”

“This week I’m writing from New York, where LinuxWorld Expo wraps up today. At the last LWE, the big GNOME news was the establishment of the
GNOME Foundation. Though there wasn’t anything as earth-shattering (and flame inducing) as that this time around, GNOME was everywhere and lots
of projects are closing in on major releases. Besides taking a look at GNOME around the Expo, I also grabbed Galeon 0.9pre3 and took a look, using it
to check in on sites each night to get a feel for how the Gecko-based GNOME web browser is shaping up.” Michael Hall reporting for Linux Planet.

“When I first agreed to do this product write-up of the New York 2001 LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, I
figured I would troll the obvious booths, grab press kits, and go from there. Once I arrived at the show,
though, I changed my mind and strolled along the outer corners. That’s where most vendors end up when
they don’t have the advertising budgets of companies like Red Hat, Sun, and VA Linux.” From LinuxWorld.com.