Because of the multiple 4th Axis brand names, the 4th Axis OS team decided to change its name to: "THoD Core". This way, there are no more chances of confusion.

Dave Poirier has left the coordination of this project.

Jaques Mony is now the only coordinator. Dave Poirier

is still with the project, but as a lead developer.

The system will be changing direction too. It won't strictly

follow the Void architecture anymore, it will have a

swappable kernel following the JIT designs.

Corel's strategy as outlined by Derek J. Burney, president and CEO of Corel includes selling off its Linux distribution while retaining the Linux versions of its WordPerfect and graphics software, paring down its WordPerfect offering from 30 international flavors to 4 English-language versions, and placing a renewed emphasis on its graphics software, especially in the Macintosh market.

HP will demonstrate its upcoming Linux system manageability software, called ProcessResource Manager (or PRM) and ServiceControl Manager (or SCM), at the conference, as well as two Web hosting products, Netstructure 1010 and 1020, which are slated to launch in March.

The growing disconnect between the success of Linux technology and the success of Linux technology companies hit its widest mark last week when analysts and attorneys decided to pile on flagship company VA Linux Systems.

"Reiserfs inclusion in 2.4.1 was basically the plan for the very beginning: it was so widely known that it was even reported in the press, so I didn't even bother to point out reiserfs as a 2.4.1 patch."

After infecting NASA and Texas A&M University last week, the worm is making its move on Linux servers abroad, as vandals use the program to post digital graffiti.

The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based chipmaker announced that the University of Delaware has installed a 128-processor supercomputer based on 1GHz AMD Athlon processors and the Linux operating system. The new supercomputer at the university's Bartol Research Institute is AMD's fifth supercomputer.

According to Corel CEO Derek Burney, though his company retains a "commitment to the future of Linux," Corel's still in the process of examining how its Linux distribution will be spun off as the company focuses more on creative applications and its core money-makers: CorelDRAW and WordPerfect.

Priced at $199, the device offers Internet access and plug-and-play e-mail and boasts support for most popular printers, instant messaging, MP3 player enhancements and more games, among other things.