OSOpinion: “I composed an e-mail that, I hoped, would not immediately attract buzzword-compliant sales babble. One that would give concrete reasons for our expectations of complete delivery of what we’d already paid for, and been certified to instruct upon. Amazingly, this did penetrate. We did get what we needed to conduct the class. (And we even got the silly t-shirts too.)” –Kelly McNeill

CNet warns of another vulnerability in Microsoft’s recent Internet Explorer version 5.5 allowing near total control of a targeted computer, using ActiveX and Java.

ZDNet comments on the growing popularity of wireless peripherals such as keyboards and mice, and why people are turning away from traditional connectors.

ZDNet has an article about the technology of the future. The article claims that paper will be around in twenty years while other technologies may come and go. After thousands of years of use, paper may yet prevail.

Intel, says NW Fusion, is releasing five new NetStructure products.

Slashdot has a discussion about a story on the rebuilding of the British code-breaking computer Colossus from World War II.

From PR Newswire: Southern Arkansas University has
chosen Prometheus, an Internet-based online course software product developed
at The George Washington University, to deliver online course management for
students, faculty and staff. Prometheus is a
scalable software based on proven technologies such as leading databases from
Oracle and Microsoft as well as an open source code application built with
Cold Fusion.

From the Meta Group (on CNet): “Linux hardware seller VA Linux has an interesting strategy, and its
financial grounding in computer hardware sales makes it stand out
among the pure Linux companies.

Whether VA can actually fulfill CEO Larry
Augustin’s promise of profits by the end of calendar 2001, however, is
doubtful, even if the economy stays strong.” (Disclosure: VA Linux owns NewsForge.)

Technocrat.net features some Open Soure projects that don’t have to do with software, including OpenLaw, “where the discussions and materials used to craft
legal arguments (in briefs, letters, etc) are provided along with the final
output of the deliberative process itself.”

From OSOpinion: “With the announcement this week of
Corel and Microsoft completing a $135
million dollar deal, it brings into question
the seriousness of the commitment Corel
has to Linux. The Microsoft deal is for
implementation of Corel products with
Visual Studio 7 (or as MS wants to call it
Visual Studio.net). This is in clear conflict
with the initiative started last year to
market WordPerfect Office on Linux and
issue a Linux Debian package under the
Corel logo. This monster deal entitles
Microsoft to a very large stake in Corel, 24 million non-voting shares
(a whopping 24 percent of the shares), which to some may border
on conspiratorial.”