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Bits of Freedom - Open letter to the European Council. Seven European privacy and civil liberties organisations have urged European leaders to defend and promote the right of private and secure communications through the use of encryption.

Linux Stock Index for September 20 to September 26, 2001.
LSI at closing on September 20, 2001 ... 21.08
LSI at closing on September 26, 2001 ... 21.17

The high for the week was 22.09
The low for the week was 20.81

Press Releases:

Open source products

• NuSphere Corporation (BEDFORD, Mass.): NuSphere Creates Secure Environment for Managing Web Sites Based on MySQL, Apache, PHP or Perl.

Distributions and bundled products

• Apple Computer Inc. (SAN FRANCISCO, SEYBOLD SF 2001): Major Mac OS X Server v10.1 Update Now Available.

• Caldera International Inc. (OREM, Utah): Caldera Highlights Advancements in Oracle-Caldera Relationship.

• Red Hat, Inc. (RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.): Red Hat Announces Validation of Red Hat Linux for Oracle; Validation Includes Oracle9i Database and Oracle9i Application Server.

Proprietary Products for Linux

• HancomLinux (): New office suite for Linux - Buy HancomOffice 1.5 now and get Free Upgrade to HancomOffice 2.0 in Nov..

• Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc. (CLEVELAND): Pioneer-Standard Offers Integrated Linux Solutions and Services to The Enterprise Market.

• PolyServe, Inc. (BERKELEY, Calif.): PolyServe, Inc. to Unveil SAN File System Technology; Demonstrating New Software That Redefines the Way Servers Talk to Storage At Storage Decisions 2001.

• Rackspace Managed Hosting (SAN ANTONIO): Rackspace Offers Control Panel for Linux, Unix.

Products and Services Using Linux

• BigStorage, Inc. (SAN FRANCISCO): DataEcho System Announced by BigStorage Inc.; Remote Data Mirroring Solution Addresses Disaster Concerns.

• Coventive Technologies (SAN JOSE, Calif.): Coventive Technologies Launches Advanced Server Appliance Solutions.

• Egenera, Inc. (MARLBORO, Mass.): Egenera Announces Commercial Availability of BladeFrame Release 1.1.

• Intersil Corporation (IRVINE, Calif.): Intersil Unveils New PRISM Access Point-on-a-Chip Reference Design with Open Source Linux Operating System.

• RealScale Technologies Inc. (Sophia Antipolis, France): RealScale Technologies Delivers The First High-Availability Blade Server Cluster Running on Linux.

• Sewon Telecom (KIRKLAND, Wash. & SEOUL, South Korea): GITWiT and Sewon Team to Deliver the World's First Wireless Phone Designed for the Teen Lifestyle.

• Texas Instruments, Ingenient Technologies and RidgeRun (DALLAS and BOISE, Idaho): Introducing the Industry's First Linux-based DSP Solution for Streaming Video Multimedia Devices.

• Transmeta Corporation (SANTA CLARA, Calif.): Transmeta Announces World PC Expo 2001 Award for Crusoe-Based Server.

• T&W Electronics (FREMONT, Calif.): China's T&W Electronics Names M-Systems as a Strategic Partner to Supply Flash Disks; DiskOnChip Designed into e.Home-B Set-Top Box to be Launched in China in January.

Products With Linux Versions

• Atempo (SANTA CLARA, Calif.): Atempo Announces Time Navigator 3.6 Backup and Restore Platform; New High-Performance Software Specifically Designed for Corporate and Internet Data Centers.

• Ecrix Corporation (Boulder, CO): New storage product announcement from Ecrix VXA.

• Extended Systems (BOISE, Idaho): Extended Systems Releases Advantage Database Server 6.1.

• Port25 Solutions, Inc. (ELLICOTT CITY, Md.): Port25 Solutions Releases Major New Version of Its High Performance Email Delivery Engine, PowerMTA.

• Snap Appliances (SAN JOSE, Calif.): Snap Appliances Offers Educational Institutions 'Back to School Special' On Network Attached Storage Appliances.

• The Standard Performance Evaluation Corp.'s Open Systems Group (WARRENTON, Va.): SPEC Releases System File Server 3.0; provides portability to Linux, FreeBSD clients.

Java Products

• AuthentiDate International AG (SCHENECTADY, N.Y.): AuthentiDate Announces Authentidate ME A Solution For Transparently Securing and Time Stamping the Contents of Electronic Mail Transactions.

• Borland Software Corporation (NEW YORK): Borland Announces Web Services Strategy for Java; Best-in-Class Java Solutions to Bridge J2EE, .Net and Legacy Software Architectures.

• Insignia Solutions (FREMONT, Calif.): Insignia's Jeode PDA Edition To Be Included With Intel XScale Microarchitecture Reference Platform.

• Tality Corporation (SAN JOSE, Calif.): Tality Unveils Hardware-Independent MHP Software Platform With Media Applications Library.

Books & Training

• CompTIA (OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.): Linux Community Now Officially Certifiable; CompTIA Introduces Linux+ Certification To Validate OS Knowledge.

• IBM Learning Services (): IBM Learning Services offers several Linux courses, available around the world.

• MontaVista Software Inc. (SUNNYVALE, Calif.): MontaVista Seminars Help Software Developers Evolve From Proprietary RTOS to Embedded Linux.

• O'Reilly (Sebastopol, CA): O'Reilly Releases "The Linux Web Server CD Bookshelf".

• O'Reilly (Sebastopol, CA): "Java and XSLT" Released by O'Reilly.

Partnerships

• Structural GenomiX (SAN DIEGO, Calif.): Structural Genomix and Compaq to Build Multi-Million Dollar State-of-the-Art Data Center for Structural Informatics.

• Synopsys, Inc. (MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.): Synopsys Launches OpenVera Catalyst Program; Twenty Leading Companies to Provide OpenVera Verification Intellectual Property and Expert Verification Services.

Personnel & New Offices

• Quintalinux (HONG KONG): Quintalinux Extends Its Presence to Inland China.

Financial Results

• MSC.Software Corp. (SANTA ANA, Calif.): MSC.Software Announces Stock Repurchase Program.

Linux At Work

• getCITED.org (): Academic database uses open source tools.

• IBM (ARMONK, NY): IBM Ships 1,000th IBM eServer z900; Boscov's to Consolidate Server Farm on Single Mainframe Running Linux.

Other

• Aberdeen Group (BOSTON): Aberdeen Group says HP's Acquisition of Compaq Enhances Linux Business for the New Company.

• D. H. Brown Associates (PORT CHESTER, N.Y.): D. H. Brown Associates Releases 2001 Linux Function Review.

Section Editor: Rebecca Sobol.

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