ApacheWeek has an update on the status of Apache: “Apache 1.3.12 is the current stable release. Users of Apache 1.3.11 and earlier on Unix and
Windows systems should upgrade to this version. Read the Guide to 1.3.12, the Guide to 1.3.11
for information about changes between 1.3.9 and 1.3.11 and the Guide to 1.3.9 for information
about changes between 1.3.6 and 1.3.9.”

From PR Newswire: eOn Communications Corporation, a provider of
unified voice, e-mail and Internet communications systems, has announced an
expanded partnership with Reliance Telecommunications, one of Northern
California’s premier suppliers of voice and data communications systems.
Reliance Telecommunications will now market, install and service eOn’s newest
line of communications systems, servers and software, including the eNterprise
communications server.
The eOn eNterprise is a next generation private communications exchange
(PCX) platform that enables businesses to consolidate and manage voice, e-mail
and Web applications in a single unified system. The eNterprise is based on
the open standards Linux operating system.

From Maximum Linux: “Apple has spent quite some time in the Linux media lately with its adopting bits of
BSD within OS X. While Apple may be taking a page from Linux and the Open Source community,
they didn’t have to drop its stock prices quite so drastically. Someone should tell Apple this is not what
the Open Source community means by ‘free.’ “

Maximum Linux reports on a seminar in South Africa that teaches IT professionals how to crack both NT and Unix boxes. “The course, slated to last four days, will show security admins just how crackers work in order to help
them understand how they can prevent such a scenario.”

From Maximum Linux: “Visual Basic for Linux? No, your eyes do not deceive you. Janus Software has announced the
immediate release of Phoenix Object Basic, a Linux native Rapid Application Development tool, that
combines ‘visual programming’ with the Basic programming language.”

“Certain processes must be run at specific times, over and over again. An example of this might be a backup process that is launched each night as the rest of the world sleeps, or a log analyzer that must run every minute.” The guide is at LinuxLookup.com. — Submitted by Anonymous Reader

InfoWorld reports: “Corporations and ISPs could be held liable for unwittingly allowing computers on their networks to become pawns, or ‘zombie’ machines, in DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks that harm customers or other companies.”

“Our first security update for LinuxPPC 2000 has been posted! It is
retroactive — that is, it covers every previous version of LinuxPPC, at
least back to Relase 4, which is almost two years old at this point.” The advisory is posted at LWN.net.

With Linux maturing rapidly, hardware vendors need to know how
their products will perform in mixed business environments across all major
distributions of Linux. The first annual International Linux Plug Fest has
attracted major OEMs, independent hardware vendors (IHVs) and system
integrators, including 3Ware, Adaptec, Ecrix, and Matrox to test the
interoperability of their wares in a certified lab environment. The press release is at LinuxPR.

Apple Computer Inc. shares lost
more than half their value Friday after the computer maker accounced lower-than-expected
sales of new products.

Apple fell 27.75, or 52 percent, to 25.75, their biggest one-day drop ever. The story’s at Bloomberg.