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Arabella Software has ported Linux to Motorola's MPC885 PowerQUICC family of communications processors, and has released free and commercial Linux reference designs based on Motorola's MPC885ADS evaluation board. The designs target inexpensive devices with integrated hardware security, fast Ethernet, and USB.

Eben Moglen on the GPL and Bruce Perens on Free Software.

Microsoft is preparing a cut-down version of Windows XP to sell cheaply in the Far East in an effort to prevent Linux stealing the OS market.

McObject and Germany's mycable GmbH announced they will release a joint SPEED (Small Profile Embedded Engine for Devices) Kit for data-intensive, Linux-based applications running on intelligent devices. The kit combines McObject's eXtremeDB in-memory embedded database with mycable's XXS1500 Linux/MIPS System, along with reference applications to streamline development in key markets including multimedia, monitoring and control systems.

Dell's CEO, Michael Dell, is increasingly involved with Linux as his company's server sales grow and grow. So much so that Linux engineers at Dell have even now started their own Linux site and weblog about Linux at Dell.

Thanks to the fine folks at Groklaw, anyone who wants to examine the very latest filings in the case of The SCO Group, Inc (Plaintiff) vs International Business Machines Corporation (Defendant) can now view SCO's "Second Amended Complaint" as a PDF file.

Updated mailman packages that close a DoS vulnerability present in mailman versions prior to version 2.1 are now available.

Updated Gaim packages that fix a pair of security vulnerabilities are now available.

Red Hat, Inc., long a sales leader in commercial Linux distributions, has made some strategic changes in the last year and has decided to aim squarely at the enterprise server market while deemphasizing its relationship with small-time developers.

Rapid application development environments let you produce code templates by visually designing a graphical user interface. You then simply add code for what should happen when an event (e.g. a click) occurs. Borland's Kylix is a well-known RAD application, but rumour has it Kylix's days are numbered. Time to look for alternatives.

The International Free Software Forum today issued a call for papers ahead of its next annual meeting. Proposals are due by March 7.

The first prize for the QtForum.org Developer Contest is USD 1500, and the second prize is USD 750. Two third prizes, the Judge's Choice Prize and the Community Choice Prize, will each be awarded USD 500.

Government adoption of Linux and open source software continues to hurdle new barriers and reach new benchmarks.

The continued uptake of Linux among enterprise customers is likely to be the year's biggest ongoing IT market trend, according to Brian Mitchell.

"The department is in the final stages of assessing a project that would result in the Sun Microsystems open source StarOffice productivity suite being deployed on the desktops of 1500 front-counter staff."

There were 13 security alerts issued last week: 5 from Red Hat, 5 from Debian, 1 from Fedora, 1 from Mandrake, and 1 from Conectiva.

Did you write an email virus and sic it on the world? I didn't think so. I didn't, either. Still, a recent BBC article headlined Linux cyber-battle turns nasty -- along with articles in many other respected publications -- makes it sound like "run-of-the-mill geeks" who use Linux are responsible for the MyDoom virus, instead of pointing out that this is the work of one or two demented individuals, not of "the Linux community."

There has been speculation about this for years, and this is still speculation, but Cohen is head of an organization that says it is "increasingly being recognized as the center-of-gravity for the Linux industry," and is rapidly proving himself at least as effective a Linux marketer as the freckle-faced boy in IBM's Linux ads, so his speculations carry more weight than most.

The Mozilla Foundation today announced a new preview release of its next generation web browser, Mozilla Firefox 0.8, as well as a name change for the product (previous name: Mozilla Firebird), along with a new preview release of the Thunderbird mail client.

A look at some of CORBA's advanced features, including Naming Services.