Software developers are contaminating free software by adding their bits of non-free code to it and re-packaging it. Richard Stallman explains why this is a very bad thing, at MaximumLinux.com.

CNET.com reports that the Orange County Register’s website was vandalized, and an article stating that Jason Diekman had cracked NASA computers was changed, implying that world’s richest man Bill Gates was the culprit instead.

OpenOne corporation announced at LinuxPR.com that it had simplified its MailOne Linux-based licensing model

They say that quantum mechanics and atomic physics will come into play more often as the solution to getting all that technology packed into something as tiny as a single gold hoop. From Infoworld.com.

LinuxPPC has licensed the Hard Disk Toolkit partitioning tool from FWB Software, which should allow Mac users to skip the disk erasing/partitioning step of Linux installation. From LinuxPR.

LWN.net is reporting a security risk with openssh’s SCP program.

LinuxPR talks about the deepLINUX embedded toolkit with Rick Collette, CTO and primary developer of the new product that promises to streamline application development.

BSD Today reports that BSDCon 2000 will be held in California, October 14th through the 20th. More info at the site.

Plans to use application service providers (ASP) to implement electronic-business applications
are “virtually nonexistent” among Oracle Corp.’s enterprise network users, according to a survey,
the company claims, however, that its ASP initiatives have attracted the interest of thousands of
users, from Wide Open News.

Business Wire announces, Penguin Computing Inc., leading provider of reliable Linux
systems for Internet serving, will be an exhibitor at the fourth annual
Linux Showcase & Conference in Atlanta.