| 8 | -- | 9 | Eric Allman, Marshall K. McKusick. From the Editors: Open Source Revisited |
| 10 | -- | 0 | . Letters |
| 11 | -- | 0 | . News 2.0 |
| 12 | -- | 14 | Rodney Bates. Opinion: Buffer Overrun Madness |
| 16 | -- | 22 | James Russell. Interview: Sam Leffler |
| 24 | -- | 31 | Jordan Hubbard. Open Source to the Core |
| 32 | -- | 38 | David Ascher. Is OS Right for You? (A Fictional Case Study) |
| 48 | -- | 56 | Bart Decrem. Desktop Linux: Where Art Thou? |
| 58 | -- | 65 | Andy Currid. TCP Offload to the Rescue |
| 66 | -- | 73 | Ramana Rao. From IR to Search, and Beyond |
| 74 | -- | 0 | . Book Reviews |
| 76 | -- | 0 | . Calendar |
| 80 | -- | 78 | Josh Coates. Curmudgeon: A Bigot by Any Other Name.. |