Lineo announced that USE, the 100 percent Lineo-owned Japanese engineering subsidiary, has been reincorporated as Lineo Japan to provide the Japanese market with Lineo's full-service operations, including marketing, sales, training and technical support.

Ericsson will use Trolltech's Qt/Embedded as the graphical user interface solution for their upcoming cordless screen phone, the Linux-based HS210.

The Chinese government has put its stamp of approval on Linux. What if other parts of the world, soon follow suit? Think about what would happen if India, one of the largest markets for software development, also decided to back Linux.

IBM said that researchers are running the Linux operating system on a prototype

wristwatch device which will have the ability to view condensed e-mail messages

and directly receive pager-like messages.

Sybase will not be incorporating Linux into its internet application product range in a move that runs contrary to current industry trends and to the company's

overall strategy.

Hewlett-Packard announced that OpenMail for Linux has passed the 1 million user

mark after only 10 months of availability. OpenMail is one of the leading business-messaging and collaboration systems for the Linux operating system.

Sun Microsystems has tapped Linuxcare to create software to allow Linux computers to take advantage of Sun's new T3 data storage device.

Linux is moving in on everything Sun has worked so hard to establish. Is Sun preparing to battle? Are Solaris developers sharpening their swords, focusing their energies on wiping out the Linux community? Actually, they're not. Sun is helping Linux in a big way.

IBM has confirmed that it is considering repositioning its entire server line in a wide ranging initiative that analysts said would decide which platforms and architectures the company will invest in.

As of July 31, 2000, the PowerMac 5200/5300/6200/6300 family of computers, and their Performa equivalents, are officially supported in MkLinux.