IBM is announcing a Linux Scholar Challenge that will encourage student use of Linux to help the open source community. The objectives of this contest will be to promote the use of Linux worldwide by students in colleges and universities, solve real-world Linux issues, and educate students on open source environments and how to make improvements. Applicants must complete the online registration by October 15 at the Linux Challenge web site: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto? on=c3362linux/challenge The contest will end on November 30 and winners will be announced on December 14. Students must be enrolled full- time in a two- or four-year accredited college or university. For this contest, students will select a Linux project from a list of twenty-one proposed projects; or propose one of their own. They will need to describe their objectives, methodology, research and results in a three- page paper; and submit it for evaluation. Winners will receive one of 25 IBM Thinkpads Three qualified winners will be offered Summer 2002 internships at IBM's Linux Technology Center. The university with the highest average score of student entries (with a minimum of 10 entries), with get their choice of a 16-node Linux Cluster, or entry-level zSeries Linux server IBM is strongly committed to the open source and open standards direction and has made significant investments to support our commitment. For more information about this contest, goto: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto? on=c3362linux/challenge -swf -- "Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines." - Satchel Paige