IDC released a report today that shows that Mob use of

Linux has passed Windows NT by a 2:1 ratio.

In this week's installment of The Penguin Brief, Nick

Petreley applies his peerless knowledge of math, rhetoric,

software, and one-upmanship to elucidate the real issues

around the recent back door panic.

"There is no better argument for using Linux than yesterday's computer virus outbreak, say Linux distributors and anti-virus experts Friday."

"Agreement Provides Linux Users With A Tested And Fully-Automated Backup Solution"

Our original interview with two SCO Presidents somehow turned into responses from just one,

returned long after they were promised. Anyway, here are answers to your questions about

SCO from David McCrabb, President of their Server Division.

"ProsoftTraining.com and GTSlearning (formerly Global

Training Solutions) today announced a partnership that

will allow GTSlearning to provide Certified Internet

Webmaster (CIW) curriculum to GTS Partner companies

throughout the world."

Oracle instructors will provide in-depth information on

using the Java, Linux and Extensible Mark-up Language

(XML) capabilities within Oracle's latest software --

Oracle8i(TM) Release 2, Oracle Application Server,

Oracle Portal Framework and Oracle Internet File

System (iFS)."

"MontaVista Software, supplier of Hard Hat Linux, said it

has the answer for one of the shortcomings of Linux as an

embedded system: a real-time scheduler for the Linux kernel."

"Citing the fact that Linuxcare is a private company,

a Linuxcare spokeswoman declined to say how many workers

were let go. She said that word of the employee reductions

got out because a disgruntled ex-employee talked to a

reporter."

I would like to stand in defense of the Linux kernel

development team and attempt to clear up some of the

misunderstandings surrounding the upcoming release and

make it clear to anyone who'll listen exactly what is

going on and why it's a "good thing."