Developing distributed applications for smartphones may get a
little easier following the news last week that Vita Nuova is to
distribute the Plan 9 operating system, announces ZDNet UK News.

Apache Week coverage of ApacheCon 2000.

Internet Wire is reporting,
AbriaSoft, a Silicon Valley provider of open source solutions, has successfully ported the Abria SQL Standard product to the Windows operating system.

If you played Pong and the Atari 2600 as a kid, their creator is hoping to
lure you back with video game consoles connected to the Internet, reports Wired News. uWink, which runs on a Linux- derivative operating system,
has just launched its first set of
machines, ranging from countertop-sized to full stand-up consoles that will
extend the gaming experience beyond the mall and into bars and coffee
houses.

HP’s response to the status of Linux support for their OfficeJet products, from Linux Today.

ZDNet SmartPartner News’ interview with Doug Miller, a
group product manger for Windows server marketing, who’s main concern is keeping tabs on Windows 2000’s competitors: Unix (especially Solaris),
Linux, NetWare, and IBM’s midrange and mainframe
operating systems.

Business Wire: Tom Adelstein, founder of Bynari Inc.
will lead a discussion with Gary Lawrence Murphy, CEO of TCI, on Linux and the current events
concerning the company.

IT managers last week welcomed Sun’s decision to release the
source code to its StarOffice suite of desktop applications, but, warns ZDNet UK News,
many still see obstacles to its widespread adoption in the
enterprise.

The Linux-Mandrake development team has set a tentative date that
Linux-Mandrake 7.2 will be made available for download, sources within
Mandrakesoft said yesterday. “Right now, the tentative date the release will be ready to download is
October 28, with the product appearing in stores 15 days later,” reports Linux Today.

IT-Analysis article proclaims, IBM is now able to demonstrate a
commitment to Linux across the range, which no other
hardware vendor can currently match or even comes close to.