The Wasabi NetBSD 1.5 Package Release includes two supplemental CDs featuring over 1,600 precompiled, ready-to-run third party software for the x86-based PC platform.

Caldera has announced the immediate availability of its OpenLinux eServer 2.3.1 preloaded on Compaq ProLiant ML330, DL320 and DL360 servers. Caldera's updated OpenLinux eServer provides advanced directory service and security features and provides the ability to support new hardware as it becomes available.

The emergence of Linux from the open source sea has challenged established rules and business models for software development and distribution. How can Linux support and training service providers keep the open source faith, flatten the learning curve, and raise their own revenues?

More than 350 schools access the Internet using Linux and open source software, but convincing the educational establishment that Linux and open source are of interest and value is an issue.

Michael Tiemann, this week will present a white paper at the conference on an application being developed by Japanese retailer Lawson. Their short-term plan is to have around 200 terabytes of data connected in a p-to-p architecture among 15000 machines.

Alcatel has at long last Linux support for its SpeedTouch USB ADSL modem. The French comms company will release a driver for the open source operating system, along with the source code, next month.

Noting his own surprise at the vociferousness of a web page posted by KDE developers addressing his company's purchase of KDE-related "ad words" on the popular Google search engine, Ximian President and CEO Nat Friedman said the company will not suspend the ads, despite earlier plans to do so.

KDE developers aren't the only people upset by a Ximian advertising buy on the Google search engine that pops up Ximian brand GNOME ads when users seek information on KDE or KDE-related products.

FineGround's contention is that users will pay the $50,000 (base price) for the Condenser to scale back bandwidth costs. Targeted to embracers of the open-source movement, the product is currently available on Linux platforms.

The company has been blitzing the market with new Linux-based products with the belief that the operating system kernel can be a powerful and less costly e-business platform. CA's Unicenter TNG e-business management solution won the Best System Integration Solution at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo.