CoolLinuxAE is intended to provide a relatively hardware-agnostic approach to powering Internet appliances based on a small-footprint version of Linux that runs on machines put together from relatively ubiquitous hardware, and follows this up with a service plan that allows for flash updates of the embedded OS, reports All Linux Devices.

The October meeting of The Internet Society, DC Area Chapter, will bring together four distinguished authorities to address the
U.S. Patent Office and its attempts to keep in step with the increasing pace of technology, a topic that has significant short and
long term impacts on the Internet, submitted by Gene Gaines. The October meeting of The Internet Society, DC Area Chapter will bring together four distinguished authorities to address the
U.S. Patent Office and its attempts to keep in step with the increasing pace of technology, a topic that has significant short and
long term impacts on the Internet.

Are patents being granted for old ideas in “new clothing”; how easy is it to determine “prior art” vs uniqueness? Hear why patents
for Internet related business processes and software have generated so much controversy. Listen to what these experts have to
say; ask your questions; do some networking.

SPEAKERS

Q. TODD DICKINSON — Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent
and Trademark Office.

TIM O’REILLY — Founder and president of O’Reilly &
Associates, a pioneer in the popularization of the Internet, and
an activist for Internet standards and for Open Source software.

LAWRENCE LESSIG — One of the nation’s leading authorities
on Internet law, author (Code, and Other Laws of Cyberspace),
and Professor of Law at the Stanford Law School.

MODERATOR

VINT CERF — Senior VP of Internet Architecture and Technology
at WorldCom, founding president of the Internet Society,
chairman of the newly created Internet Societal Task Force.

LOCATION

Booz-Allen Hamilton at Tysons Corner, Allen Building
8283 Greensboro Drive, McLean, Virginia Tel. 703-902-5000
Directions and map, seet: link

WHEN

Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2000
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Refreshment and networking.
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Panel discussion, questions and answers.

No charge to attend this event, open to the public.

More information Terry Weigler tweigler@dcisoc.org 703-326-9880 x112
If you plan to attend, please RSVP to tweigler@dcisoc.org.

PRNewswire reports, by combining the two development teams from i-data and Eicon, i-data will
gain significant development synergies, including benefits from both
companies’ strong competence within Linux-based development.

LinuxPlanet complains, sometimes tech support for Linux can be downright hellish and inaccurate.

According to The Register, a new bill has been introduced in California that will allow harsher penalties to
be handed out to people who intentionally distribute computer viruses or carry
out denial of service attacks on commercial Websites.

Article on Fastdial.net attempts to answer the question “Is Open Source Software the flavor of the month or is it The Real McCoy?”

Linux Weekly News offers, the Midgard Weekly Summary for September 28, billed as “the first of the biweekly Midgard Weekly Summaries,” it covers the new MWS format, the upcoming 1.4 release, and more.

Atipa Corporation announced today that it has acquired the company that created OpenNMS.org, the open source project developing next-generation network and system management software being readied for release in early 2001, reports Internet Wire on NewsAlert.

NewsAlert: The Linux NetworX Evolocity 1240s cluster server receives Best of Show Award for Network Servers & Peripherals from InernetWeek and Network Computing at NetWorld+Interop 2000 Atlanta.

Certification Magazine covers all of the available Linux certification options and how they work.