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Doc Searls, co-author of the Cluetrain Manifesto, has started a community message board around the idea of "Do-It-Yourself IT" (DIY-IT), specifically comparing in-house software development with the DIY home improvement trends.

Dave Fancella's Stupid Website has an anecdote about the ease of installation of Mandrake LInux 9.2, compared to Windows 2000.

James Gaskin, a networking columnist, called to ask me a few questions, and wrote a brief review of the book in Network World Fusion. Open-source solutions for SMB

Linux Today - LinuxPR: Nexedi and Mandrakesoft Announce rentalinux

Seattle Weekly: News: Microsoft's Sacred Cash Cow by Jeff Reifman

Published today:

Articles

• “The Rise and Fall of Albania's Pyramid Schemes,” by Christopher Jarvis

Articles

• MTBF FAQ
• “Flawed Routers Flood University of Wisconsin Internet Time Server” by Dave Plonka

Software

Articles

• “Wireless lamp posts take over world!” by Guy Kewney
• Radio Spectrum Chart

Books

• Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box, by Ryan Russell, Ido Dubrawsky, FX, Joe Grand, and Tim Mullen, Syngress 2003
• Web Security, Privacy, and Commerce, by Simson Garfinkel and Gene Spafford, O'Reilly and Associates, 2nd edition 2002

Books

• The Key To Rebecca, by Ken Follet, William Morrow, 1985.
• Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Governement—Saving Privacy in the Digital Age, by Steven Levy, Penguin Group, 2001.

Software

• Pop-before-SMTP, authentication for outgoing email
• Helix, an open source media player and server from Real Networks