Excerpts from Michael Tiemann's white paper, EL/IX: Unifying APIs for Linux and Post-PC Computing. Michael Tiemann is Founder of Cygnus, developers of embedded technology.

VA LiNUX Systems Inc., a provider of Linux-based systems and software, filed on Friday to raise as much as $70 million in an initial public offering, a Securities and Exchange Commission filing said.

After dancing nimbly around the subject for months, Caldera Systems, makers of the popular OpenLinux distribution, are preparing for an initial public offering of stock--according to a recent story at CNET.com.

Linux developer extrordinaire, Alan Cox, revealed exclusively to ZDNet UK Wednesday that the 2.4 kernel of Linux could be available for developers by November.

This article will present some good reasons for considering Linux in a small business environment while dispelling some common concerns about using free software in the business world.

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison calls for a $150 box running the free Linux operating system, according to Bloomberg News.

Deb Richardson (deb@linuxchix.org) is the founder of LinuxChix, an organisation whose goal is to create a more hospitable community in which people, particularly women, can discuss Linux.

The world's first Linux-based weather forecasting super-computer has been developed by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at the Forecast Systems Laboratory in Colorado.

If you've wanted to try Linux but have had cold feet because it's fairly untested in the enterprise network arena, take heart: IBM is putting some of its considerable muscle behind the technology.

Some people are born to lead millions. Others are born to write world-changing software. Only one person does both: Torvalds.