KDE Dot News reports that KDE has won the Linux
Community Award 2000 at LWE in Frankfurt, Germany. Pictures are available, including a shot of the KDE team with none
other than Linus himself.

From a column at LinuxNews.com: “We think that Middleware is best described as the glue that will bind all components of the
information delivery chain into a single cohesive entity. That definition pragmatically
describes the threat that Middleware will pose to not only Linux but the Open-Source
movement and the very tenet of independent decision-making in the field of IT architecture
development. Domination of Middleware poses the specter of being able to control access
to information delivery, whether it be through a PC, a wristwatch, a hand-held device or a
cell-phone. As the networked delivery of information becomes more mobile, the threat of
Middleware domination grows as well.”

MathSoft Data
Analysis Division, a provider of solutions for statistical data mining
and predictive modeling technology, today introduced S-PLUS 6 for UNIX,
a major enhancement to the company’s statistical data mining software.
S-PLUS 6 provides a software platform for business intelligence
and decision support applications that leverage state-of-the-art statistical
analysis and visualization methods. The press release is at LinuxPR.

The RIAA’s Hilary Rosen responds to an earlier ZDNet article: “Our concern is with those who consistently and intentionally fail to recognize that theft is theft simply because the method is new and their immediate benefit is great — and then argue that stealing from a successful industry somehow justifies their actions.”

Slashdot readers discuss a claim by OpenTV that its one-click technology predates Amazon.com’s by three years.

Reuters reports that music-swapping site Napster had 6.7 million unique users in August 2000, up from 1.1 million users in February 2000.

CitX Corporation, a global Internet
technology leader providing secure e-Solutions, Web-based tools,
platforms, services, and trusted digital environments, announces the launch of XcelX, a new division focused on providing turnkey Internet infrastructure appliances, from Internet Wire.

LinuxDevices.com presents the “Real-time Linux Quick Reference Guide” which they hope will assist you in locating Linux-based solutions that
match your system requirements.

ZDNet News announces, the first version of Bluestone Software Inc.’s Java Transaction Service is now generally available, following
the company’s acquisition of the technology this summer.

The amount of data on the Internet will explode in coming years, but inexpensive storage systems soon will be available to handle all of the information, said Mike Ruettgers, chief executive officer of storage vendor EMC Corp. in a keynote speech Wednesday at Oracle Corp.’s Open World, from IDG News Service on IT World.