“At face value Sun’s decision to acquire Linux server maker Cobalt is an unusual move. Sun has been, shall we say, somewhat less than
respectful of Linux and its place in the world. Yet here it is buying one of the main contenders in that marketplace,” from ZDNet UK Anchordesk.

Linux Weekly News offers this security advisory, cfd daemon in GNU CFEngine contains
several format string vulnerabilities in syslog() calls.

PRNewswire: In a move to solidify its
position as a leader in the Java community, Inprise/Borland
today announced its support for BEA’s WebLogic product line with its
JBuilder 4 enterprise productivity environment.

osOpinion article bemoans, “I am fed up with searching for an ‘alternative’
operating system that would actually stick around long enough
to even start challenging Windows on the x86 platform.”

This paper presents the risks posed
by an insecure DNS server and walks through compiling,
installing, configuring and optionally, chroot’ing BIND 8, from SecurityPortal.

LinuxSecurity.com News presents, Linux Security Week for the week ending October 2nd 2000.

As the Open Source OS continues to build on its challenge to Windows, LATimes looks at a quartet of pioneers struggling to ride the wave to success. (Full disclosure: NewsForge is owned by VA Linux.)

LinuxPlanet article claims, “Since the M17 release, something pretty cool has been going on with Mozilla: it gets noticeably better on a daily basis. Not the sort of “better” that had people calling it “rock stable” six months ago, when it clearly was not. Rather, it’s the sort of “better” than finds me using it continually for most of the day.”

ZDNet Interactive Week reports, Sun Microsystems’ Java Message Service, appears ready to challenge other message-oriented middleware systems, such as IBM’s MQSeries, MQ Express from Talarian and Tib/Rendezvous from Tibco Software.

China published sweeping new regulations on Internet companies Monday that limit foreign investment, require strict surveillance against
“subversive” content and threaten to close down any unlicensed firms, reports Reuters.