Inaccuracy in LinuxPlanet RH 8.0 article?

http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/4460/2/
Page two of this article says the following which I think contains two
inaccuracies:

"Built into 8.0, as well, is Ximian Connector, for accessing Microsoft
Exchange tools from Linux desktops."

"Red Hat has updated the core components of its OS to gcc3.2 and kernel
2.4.18. Other components of the new release include Apache 2.0 Web
server, plus updates to the Sendmail and Samba servers; NFS; FTP; DNS;
BIND; and the Squid Web proxy server."


We're getting Ximian Connector?  I thought that was proprietary
software.  Also 2.4.18 is misleading seeing that Red Hat 7.3 had that
major version too.  This almost implies "no progress" when there sure
has been progress in the kernel.