CNN.com reports that Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates will open the show
Sunday evening with his traditional state-of-the-industry speech. As well as
highlighting initiatives in the smart phone and handheld-computing arenas, the
Microsoft chief is expected to offer one of the first public glimpses of Whistler, the
codename for Microsoft’s next operating system for consumer PCs due next year.

The Scotts Valley, Calif.-based
company said it won a contract to provide hard
drives from June 2001 through midyear 2003
for the Xbox, which is scheduled for release in
fall 2001. From Reuters and ZDNET.

Networkworldfusion.com reports:
“It’s an issue where if we move too quickly to ban the
tools used by hackers, we also may ban the tools used by
investigators,” said John Patrick, vice president for
Internet technology at IBM, and chairman of GIP.

Intel subsidiary Dialogic has unveiled the Intel Communications
Platform (ICP), a set of software components to let corporate
customers build their IP communications infrastructure on
established standards including the ECTF S.100 API and
Microsoft’s Telephone API (Tapi). From ZDCOUK.

China has tightened its grip on Web sites offering news reports and will require chat rooms to use only officially approved topics. From Nandoaptech.com.

ZDCOUK reports that Allaire plans to announce this week the release of a new version of
its application framework, Spectra, and the $9m acquisition of a Java integrated development environment.

City-to-city tour previews future of Linux and UNIX, provides Linux
training

OREM, UT — November 6, 2000 — Caldera Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALD) today
announced its upcoming Linux/UNIX Power Solutions Tour 2000. The tour
begins Tuesday, November 14th and runs through December 12th in North
America.
Targeting those who develop and deploy on Linux and UNIX – including
VARs,
ASPs, ISVs, developers, resellers, consultants and corporate IT
professionals – the 12-city tour presents Caldera’s vision of the
future
for Linux and UNIX and Linux training.

The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (SCO) is a co-host of and participant
in
the tour. Other sponsors include Avnet Computer Marketing, Hall-Mark
Division; Compaq; Enterasys Networks; FatPipe Networks;
Hewlett-Packard;
IBM and Sun Microsystems.

The tour describes the combined significance of Linux and UNIX
technologies, the resulting advanced solutions built for the
Internet, and
Caldera’s continued support of UnixWare, OpenServer and NSC.

“Together, Caldera and SCO are combining forces to provide new
revenue
opportunities and training for channel partners,” said Kerry Brock,
vice
president of marketing for Caldera Systems. “This continued channel
commitment will deliver a new level of products and solutions built
for
the Internet. The Power Solutions Tour gives an excellent preview of
our
technology future.”

Each presentation on the tour includes two sessions: a morning
business
briefing and an afternoon Linux Essentials course with hands-on
training,
including for-sale software and solutions guides. Seating is limited.
For
more information about or to register for the tour, visit
www.calderasystems.com/partners/tour

The Linux/UNIX Power Solutions Tour will visit the following cities:
11/14 Toronto – Park Hyatt
11/16 Vancouver – Pacific Palisades Hotel
11/28 Chicago – Downtown Marriott
11/28 Dallas – Adam’s Mark
11/30 Minneapolis – Downtown Hyatt Regency
11/30 Houston – Crown Plaza
12/05 New York – Crown Plaza
12/05 Atlanta – Renaissance
12/07 Baltimore – Hilton & Towers
12/07 Irvine – Marriott
12/12 St. Louis – Sheraton West Port
12/12 Ft. Lauderdale – Marina Marriott

Caldera Systems, Inc.
Caldera Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALD) is a “Linux for Business”
technology
leader in developing and marketing successful Linux-based business
solutions, including its award-winning OpenLinux, NetWare for Linux,
Linux
technical training, certification and support-with free 30-day phone
support and on-site consulting. Caldera OpenLearning Providers offer
exceptional distribution-neutral Linux training and certification
based on
Linux Professional Institute (LPIÔ) certification standards. Caldera
Systems supports the open source community and is a leader in, and
advocate of, Linux Standard Base (LSBä) and LPIÔ.

Caldera, Inc. was co-founded in 1994 by Ransom Love. Caldera Systems,
Inc.
was founded by Ransom Love in 1998 to develop Linux-based business
solutions. Based in Orem, UT, Caldera Systems has offices and 1000+
resellers worldwide. For more information, see www.calderasystems.com

Caldera is a registered trademark of Caldera Systems, Inc. All other
products, services, companies, events and publications are
trademarks,
registered trademarks or servicemarks of their respective owners in
the
U.S. and/or other countries.

LINUX is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. UNIX is a
registered
trademark of The Open Group.

Forward Looking Statements
The statements set forth above include forward-looking statements
that
involve risks and uncertainties. The Company wishes to advise
readers
that a number of important factors could cause actual results to
differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Those
factors
include the failure of the products described above to operate as
designed
due to incompatibility with some platforms or other defects; our
reliance
on developers in the open source community; new and changing
technologies
and customer acceptance of those technologies; the Company’s ability
to
compete effectively with other companies; failure of our brand to
achieve
the broad recognition necessary to succeed; unenforceability of the
GNU
general public license; our reliance on third party developers of
components of our software offerings; claims of infringement of
third-party intellectual property rights; and disruption in the
Company’s
distribution sales channel. These and other factors, which could
cause
actual results to differ materially, are also discussed in the
Company’s
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its
recent
filings on Form 10-Q.

After you have exorcised all of the daemons that were haunting your system, you might be interested in all of the processes that occur when booting your linux. It might seem a bit mystical right now, but it’s all quite simple. From Log Error.–Mirko Zorz [LogError]

PCWorld reports that computer hackers with political agendas have become a fast-growing threat to big companies worldwide, according to a corporate intelligence company.

Women technology workers are tired of being put on display at Comdex. This year’s IT Mecca features a forum for females who want to show off their brains. From Wired.com.