From 2600.com: “Our poll of visitors to our website on who the best presidential candidate is has resulted in a clear majority for Ralph Nader as the person who would best represent the interests of people concerned about freedom of speech, the DMCA, and all of the bad things that have been happening in the hacker world in the recent past.”

Bill Gates to his company:”Happy Halloween, everyone! It is the time of year where we review the Linux
operating system’s position again, so I thought I would sit down and pass on my
thoughts for this year.” From Linux.com.

From OSOpinion: “Just like the mythical troll, you pay the toll, or else. Admitting Rambus is a mistake is like a building collapsing under its own weight and then someone mentioning that the building might not have been stable. Duh. Some credit must be given to Mr. Barrett for admitting a mistake. Perhaps Intel is not as doomed as many might think.” –Kelly McNeill

According to TechWeb, Linux development is led by Germany. Paul Jones, director of the Linux Documentation Project studied the source of contributors and came to that conclusion.

CNet is reporting on IBM’s sale of 15,000 Linux-running computers to Lawson, a Japanese convenience store chain.

Linux PR is carrying an announcement from LinuxCertified.com about bringing Linux into the mainstream of IT professionals.

TechWeb discusses the case of Knosys in dealing with Microsoft. The company developed a piece of software designed to work in Windows and Microsoft decided it liked the idea and started work on its own version of the product forcing Knosys to work on a client for the software.

Dallas News tries to keep pace with the increasingly large community we call the Internet, browsing the planet’s largest library.

Linux Weekly News reports that PythonLabs is moving to Digital Creations.

Linux World has a column on PMFax. “Over a year ago, I was surprised to hear a friend say fax on Linux was so poor that he couldn’t
use Linux in his small office. The reason for my surprise was that there are not many people
who want to use Linux more than my friend does. He found various fax programs for Linux, but
none of them worked to his satisfaction in his office environment. He was very unhappy about that
state of affairs. My friend is a cofounder of the Austin LUG, so it was definitely not just a case of
newbie-itis.”