Leading items and editorials: Ajuba Solutions has been acquired
by Interwoven, KDE 2.0 is out, Microsoft says penguins can mutate,
Announcing…Mountain View Data and LynuxWorks files for an IPO
“Ajuba Solutions has been acquired by Interwoven. This is an
interesting development, and it almost certainly foreshadows events
that we will see in the future. We’ll look first at what’s going
on, then at some of the implications….”
“KDE 2.0 is out. The long-awaited KDE 2.0 release is finally
available. Mindful of its PR needs, the project has sent out a
press release on Business Wire, complete with supporting quotes
from Ransom Love, Dirk Hohndel, Gaël Duval, and others. The
announcement on the KDE site is rather more satisfying, in that it
skips most of the quotes and talks more about what KDE 2.0 has to
offer….”
“Microsoft says penguins can mutate. Do check out this Microsoft
advertisement scanned from the print version of c’t magazine. It
contains a set of distorted penguins, and claims that open source
systems can mutate on you – so it’s better to go with proprietary
stuff….”