UnionBuiltBox, is proud to announce the addition of Kondara MNU/Linux
preinstalled on their workstation computers. LinuxPR reports the new Kondara
workstations feature the AMD processor with speeds ranging from 500mhz to 1ghz.

Overland Data, Inc., a technology leader in tape backup products, and Enhanced Software Technologies, Inc. announced today that Overland’s AIT(a) LibraryPro automated
backup tape library is certified to run under Linux, from Business Wire.

NewsAlert: Zero-Knowledge Systems Inc., the leading developer of privacy solutions for consumers and companies,
today released the source code of its next-generation Linux Freedom client. The company also announced its
commitment to open sourcing the entire award-winning Freedom privacy suite.

“If you want to
understand why Linux is the most important operating system in the world,
ignore the posturing about Linux on the desktop, and pay attention to the
fact that IBM has just ported Linux to a wristwatch, because that is the kind
of news that illustrates Linux’s real strengths.” proclaims this article from Business 2.0.

ZDNEt eWEEK article surmises, “The Internet will not escape taxes. This seems obvious,
but all parties seem to be in denial. Maybe the subject is being avoided because neither
candidate wants to be cast in the light of raising taxes
or risk the ire of tax-shy dot-com contributors. Whatever
the reasons, this neglect is taking place even as we
overcome the technical barriers to consistent tax
collection on Web purchases. It’s time to close this
reality gap.”

CD burning in Linux OSFAQ tutorial targeting Red Hat v6.2 distribution, but the basic concepts should work on other distributions.

Covalent’s message to ApacheCon attendees, reports Upside Today: Proprietary software tools
mixed with open source platforms are the way to go
in today’s marketplace.

“With widespread praise and
support from big-name vendors such as Microsoft and
Oracle, XML is unlikely to be overlooked by others. The
question is, should it be?” asks ZDNet eWEEK.

Salon Technology reports, a coalition of cryptography and
watermarking researchers from Princeton University, Xerox
PARC and Rice University claims to have successfully
defeated a music protection system proposed by the Secure
Digital Music Initiative (SDMI).

This CrossTalk, The Journal of Defense Software
Engineering, article concludes, “Requirements elicitation is a necessary part of all software projects when
there is a possible misunderstanding between the customer and the developer.
The open-source community has never used any of these in the past, but is
rapidly approaching the time when they will be essential.”