Linux has been in the news a fair bit, it went to space, it's possible use in Linksys routers has been investigated, and distributor SuSE has begun to look at ways to take business away from Windows on the desktop. First, the Portland State Aerospace Society put a Linux based rocket revealed plans to put a Linux and Open Source hardware powered rocket into space this September. Second, the Linux Kernel Mailing List was the source of accusations against Linksys that the code that runs it's 54 mbps wireless access points is part or wholly based on Linux, and should be brought into the public domain.
Lastly, and a story that really deserves it's own post if not for the lack of time, SuSE has announced it will immediately begin focusing on taking business away from Redmond with a version marketed specifically towards the corporate desktop, SuSE Linux Desktop. "We believe this is the product that will bring Linux to enterprise desktops across the whole world," said SuSE CEO Richard Seibt. and "Dan Kusnetzky, a system-software analyst with market researcher IDC, said that companies with a large number of transactional workers--those people who don't like computers and use them only for specific applications--are likely to become new SuSE customers."
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