Corel Corporation has announced it is working to
ensure all individuals, including those with disabilities or special needs, find its products as easy to
use as possible. Read the press release on NewsAlert.

Slashdot readers react to an editorial at UnixReview.com that was responding to a MacWeek column contending Unix is no longer an operating system. Got that?

A ZDNet columnist claims Microsoft is showing signs of being a nicer company. Really.

Slashdotters discuss a Wall Street Journal story on ZDNet which “points out the ironic
news that just as Congress is about to require all libraries and
schools to install antiporn filters, a commision created by Congress
to study ways to protect children online is about to decline recommending
mandatory use of filters. The commission says, ‘no particular technology yet
offers an ideal solution.'”

Business Wire on NewsAlert: NeTraverse, the market leader in bridging Windows applications to Linux, is introducing this program
for partners with strong sales, marketing, and technical support resources to promote and distribute the popular
Win4Lin products.

The Register reports, Red-M, the Madge subsidiary, has announced a new wireless server, the
3000AS, worthy of note because it is the “first Bluetooth-enabled networking
product”.

Keynote sessions, speakers, and times for the Toronto Linux Expo on October 31, 2000 announced on Linux Today.

Linux Journal reports on the Real-Time Computer Show in Seattle.

Linux PR: SuSE Linux 7.0 passed 238 of the 243 tests in the Linux Standards Board’s
Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (LSB-FHS2.1-1) test, making SuSE Linux
7.0 the most standards-compliant Linux distribution tested.

American Coders, Limited announces another release of its product Open Business Objects For EDI (OBOE), from Internet Wire.