KDE.org has an interview: “I was on the lyx lists when Matthias Ettrich started it in
October 1996. His ideas caught me bad. After finishing some exams
at beginning of 1997, I got involved with coding (kwm’s smart
placement and magnetic borders algorithms) and I started to do a
lot of users support on the mailing lists.”

From an Upside.com story: “As Oracle’s giant trade show began in earnest today, Oracle and Sun Microsystems
reinforced their close long-term relationship, announcing a new version of a tool to help
customers leave rival Microsoft products for Oracle and Sun.

Oracle’s Migration Workbench helps companies move from Microsoft SQL Server 6.5, 7.0 and
Sybase Adaptive Server 11.0 running on Windows NT to Oracle’s 8i database on the Sun
Solaris operating system.

The Oracle software, which is available for free download, helps companies pass code from
NT-based SQL and Sybase to an Oracle/Sun system more quickly, Oracle and Sun officials say.”

OReillynet.com has an article about participating in Mozilla: ”
Since its inception more than two years ago, the Mozilla project has been highly
praised and much discussed as an example of the collaborative possibilities of
the open source software movement. Thousands of programmers, would-be
programmers, and interested technical types discuss the Mozilla project and the
philosophy surrounding it. But the process for actually contributing source code
appears complex and intimidating to those not involved in the project, and
non-Netscape developers contributing their work to Mozilla remain a minority.”

A LWN.net article examines whether the GNU General Public License is business-friendly or not. “The GPL does not allow changes in the terms of the license that would
restrict the rights of others. BSD-like licenses, instead, allow code to be
redistributed under other, more restrictive licensing terms.”

The LA Times has an open letter to the Mexican president-elect: “First, Mexico’s future lies with free, ‘open source’ software like
the operating system Linux, and Gnome, another open-source effort
to build a Windows-like screen. Gnome itself was developed by a
young Mexican programmer, Miguel de Icaza, who is 27 years old.
This summer, De Icaza started the Gnome Foundation
(http://www.gnome.org) to unify and stabilize the Linux desktop
software, and he acquired the support of IBM, Sun Microsystems,
Hewlett-Packard and Compaq, among other major U.S. companies.”

“Bug squash number three. ARM, Alpha and x86 should be completely sorted for the loops_per_sec change.
S/390 merge yet to be done. PPC and Sparc still won’t build.” The announcement is posted at LWN.net.

Jungo Ltd., a market leader in
the hardware access market has announced that it has joined the VA Linux
Solution Partner Program. The press release is at LinuxPR, and the usual disclaimer, VA Linux owns NewsForge.

Every few months, the Linuxlookup staff builds a budget box, workstation/server or dream machine, out of components currently on the market and available to consumers. So if you’re in the market for a machine, from budget basics to drool-worthy, check out this budget box guide and get the best bang for your buck.
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Chip maker Transmeta detailed its plan for an IPO Monday — it’s hoping to raise more than $143 million at $12 a share. Linux Today has more information. More from CNet.

CNet is reporting that Microsoft has invested $135 million in struggling Linux embracer and Word Perfect maker Corel. Microsoft gets 24 million shares in the Canadian company, which translates into a 24.6% percent share. More from Corel’s hometown news team, the CBC.