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SHAREHOLDER VOTING AGREEMENT AND PROXY

Reference  is made to  Agreement  and Plan of Merger  dated  August 7, 2000 (the
"Merger  Agreement") by and among Ebiz Enterprises,  Inc., a Nevada  corporation
("Ebiz"),  LinuxMall.com,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation ("LMI"), and Linux Mall
Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Merger Sub"), pursuant to which Ebiz
will acquire all of the outstanding capital stock and equity interests of LMI by
means of a merger (the "Merger") of LMI and Merger Sub.

In  consideration  of Ebiz  and LMI  entering  into  the  Merger  Agreement  and
consummating  the Merger,  and for other good and  valuable  consideration,  the
receipt of which is hereby  acknowledged,  the  undersigned,  for the benefit of
Ebiz and LMI, hereby confirms, covenants and agrees that with regard to the next
election of  Directors of Ebiz  following  the  consummation  of the Merger (the
"Election"),  the undersigned shall vote all Ebiz shares conferring the right to
vote held by the  undersigned  (the  "Shares")  in favor of such  persons as are
nominated  by the Board of  Directors  of Ebiz  pursuant  to Section  2.2 of the
Merger Agreement.

For the  purpose of voting  the Shares  with  respect to the  matters  described
herein,  the  undersigned  hereby  appoints,  effective as of the closing of the
Merger,  Jeffrey Rassas,  Stephen Herman,  David Shaw, and Ray Goshorn,  each as
proxy to vote all Shares  registered in the name of the undersigned at a meeting
of  shareholders  or by  written  consent,  with  all  power  possessed  by  the
undersigned,  including full power of substitution  thereof, for a period of two
years,  to be  irrevocable  during such  period.  This proxy is coupled  with an
interest.  The  certificate  evidencing  Shares  registered  in the  name of the
undersigned  shall  bear a legend  that the Shares  are  subject to this  voting
agreement  and proxy.  This voting  agreement  and proxy shall be binding on the
undersigned's successors and assigns.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Shareholder Voting Agreement
and Proxy to be executed and delivered as of the date indicated below.

Dated October 5, 2000                   [SHAREHOLDER]

                                        /s/ Stephen C. Herman
                                        ----------------------------------------

                                        Name: Stephen C. Herman
                                              ----------------------------------COMPENSATION AGREEMENT

Reference is made to the  Agreement  and Plan of Merger dated August 7, 2000, by
and among Ebiz Enterprises, Inc., a Nevada corporation ("Ebiz"),  LinuxMall.com,
Inc.,  a Delaware  corporation  ("LMI"),  and Linux Mall  Acquisition,  Inc.,  a
Delaware corporation ("Merger Sub") (the "Merger Agreement").  Capitalized terms
used but not defined  herein  shall have the meanings  designated  in the Merger
Agreement.

Ebiz  acknowledges  that  certain LMI  Employees  and LMI  Consultants  (each as
defined on SCHEDULE A attached hereto) have agreed to receive a portion of their
compensation for services  rendered to LMI as such  compensation is described on
the attached SCHEDULE A  ("Compensation"),  whether such Compensation is accrued
or unaccrued as of the date hereof, in the form of shares of Ebiz Common Stock.

Ebiz hereby agrees that no later than 60 days  following the Closing Date of the
Merger  (the  "Payment  Date"),  it shall issue (i) one (1) share of Ebiz Common
Stock to each LMI Employee for each $1.10 of Compensation actually due and owing
such LMI Employee as of the Payment Date, and (ii) a determined  number ("N") of
shares of Ebiz Common Stock to each LMI  Consultant,  according to the following
formula:

                                      C
                                 N = ---
                                      M

     Where:            N =  Number of shares of Ebiz Common Stock

                       C =  Total dollar value of  Compensation  due and
                              owing such LMI Consultant as of the Payment Date

                       M =  Market value, in dollars, of one (1) share of Ebiz
                              Common Stock as of the Payment Date

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Compensation  Agreement
to be executed and delivered as of the date indicated below.

Dated October 5, 2000                   EBIZ ENTERPRISES, INC.

                                        By: /s/ Jeffrey I. Rassas
                                           -------------------------------------
                                        Name: Jeffrey I. Rassas
                                        Title Chief Executive Officer

                                        LINUXMALL.COM, INC.

                                        By: /s/ David Shaw
                                           -------------------------------------
                                        Name: David Shaw
                                        Title Chief Executive Officer
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                                   SCHEDULE A

     LMI EMPLOYEES/CONSULTANTS         COMPENSATION DUE AS OF THE PAYMENT DATE
     -------------------------         ---------------------------------------
1.   All employees of LMI as of        15% of the monthly compensation of each
     July 7, 2000 (the                 such employee for the period running
     "LMI Employees").                 from July 7, 2000 until the Payment Date

2.   Revision, Inc. and GD&A (the      Amounts due as of the Payment Date for
     "LMI Consultants")                services rendered by Revision and GD&A,
                                       not to exceed $160,000.<PAGE>   1

                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1

                                      2000
                            MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                                STOCK OPTION PLAN
                                  FOR EMPLOYEES
                                       OF
                          OPTRONICS INTERNATIONAL CORP.
                               (AN MRV SUBSIDIARY)

        1. PURPOSE. The purpose of the 2000 MRV Communications, Inc. Stock
Option Plan for Employees of Optronics International Corp. (the "Plan") is to
induce key employees of Optronics International Corp. ("OIC"), a majority owned
subsidiary of MRV Communications, Inc. (the Company"), to remain in the employ
of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company, to encourage such employees
to secure or increase on reasonable terms their stock ownership in the Company
and to replace options such employees had or may have had with OIC prior to its
acquisition by the Company. The board of directors of the Company believes the
Plan will promote continuity of management and increased incentive and personal
interest in the welfare of the Company by those who are primarily responsible
for shaping and carrying out the long-range plans of OIC and securing its
continued growth and financial success.

        2. EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE PLAN. The Plan shall become effective on July
21, 2000, the date OIC was acquired by the Company or a subsidiary of the
Company.

        3. STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN. The maximum number of common shares that may
be issued pursuant to the exercise of options granted under the Plan ("Options")
is eight hundred thousand (800,000) subject to the adjustments provided in
paragraph 13 below. Eight hundred thousand (800,000) of the authorized but
unissued common shares of the Company will be reserved for issue upon exercise
of Options subject to the adjustments provided in paragraph 13 below; provided,
however, that the number of such authorized but unissued shares so reserved may
from time to time be reduced to the extent that a corresponding amount of issued
and outstanding shares have been purchased by the Company and set aside for
issue upon the exercise of Options. If any Options shall expire or terminate for
any reason without having been exercised in full, the unpurchased shares subject
thereto shall again be available for further grants under the Plan.

        4. ADMINISTRATION. The Plan shall be administered by the Board of
Directors (the "Board") or the Compensation Committee of the Board (the
"Compensation Committee") of the Company. The Board or Compensation Committee
shall have the sole authority, in its absolute discretion, to determine which of
the eligible persons of OIC shall receive Options ("Optionees"), and, subject to
the express provisions and restrictions of this Plan, shall have sole authority,
in its absolute discretion, to determine the time when Options shall be granted,
the terms and conditions of an Option other than those terms and conditions
fixed under this Plan, the number of shares which may be issued upon exercise of
an Option and the means of payment for such shares, and shall have authority to
do everything necessary or appropriate to administer the Plan. All decisions,
determinations and interpretations of the Board or Compensation Committee shall
be final and binding on all Optionees.

        5. ELIGIBILITY. The Board or Compensation Committee, may, in its
discretion, grant one or more Options under the Plan to any employee of OIC who
is not an officer of the Company or member of the Board or any person who is not
an officer of the Company or member of the Board and who performs consulting or
other services for OIC, the Company or its affiliated companies and who is
designated by the Board as eligible to participate in the Plan. Such Options may
be granted to one or more such persons without being granted to other eligible
persons, as the Board or Compensation Committee may deem fit. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Section, the Board or Compensation Committee may, in its
discretion, grant one or more Options under the Plan to any person not
previously employed by OIC as an inducement essential to the individual's
entering into an employment contract with OIC. As used in this Plan, "officer of
the Company" means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial
officer, chief accounting officer, any vice president in charge of a principal
business function (such as sales, administration, or finance) and any other
person who performs similar policy-making functions for the Company.

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        6. OPTION PRICE. The option price will be determined by the Board or
Compensation Committee at the time the option is granted and may be granted at
less than the fair market value of the common shares on the date of grant as
shall reasonably be determined by the Board or Compensation Committee.

        7. DATE OF OPTION GRANT. An option shall be considered granted on the
date the Board or Compensation Committee acts to grant the option, or such date
thereafter as the Board or Compensation Committee shall specify.

        8. TERM OF PLAN. The board of directors, without approval of the
shareholders may terminate the Plan at any time, but no termination shall,
without the participant's consent, alter or impair any of the rights under any
option theretofore granted to him under the Plan.

        9. TERM OF OPTIONS. The term of each option granted under the Plan will
be for such period (hereinafter referred to as the "option period") not
exceeding ten (10) years as the Board or Compensation Committee shall determine.
Each option shall be subject to earlier termination as described under "exercise
of options."

        10. EXERCISE OF OPTIONS. Each option granted under the Plan will be
exercisable on such date or dates and during such period and for such number of
shares as shall be determined pursuant to the provisions of the option agreement
evidencing such option. Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Board
or Compensation Committee shall have complete authority, in its discretion, to
determine the extent, if any, and the conditions under which an option may be
exercised in the event of the death of the participant or in the event the
participant leaves the employ of the Company or has his or her employment
terminated by the Company. An option may be exercised, by (a) written notice of
intent to exercise the option with respect to a specified number of shares of
stock, and (b) payment to the Company of the amount of the option purchase price
for the number of shares of stock with respect to which the option is then
exercised.

        11. NONTRANSFERABILITY. Options under the Plan are not transferable
otherwise than by will or the laws of descent or distribution, and may be
exercised during the lifetime of a participant only by such participant.

        12. AGREEMENTS. Options granted pursuant to the Plan shall be evidenced
by stock option agreements in such form as the Board or Compensation Committee
shall from time to time adopt.

        13. SALE OR REORGANIZATION OF COMPANY. Upon the consummation of a
transaction: (i) that by its terms offers to all or substantially all of the
stockholders of the Company an opportunity to receive cash or securities
(whether debt, equity or other and whether issued by the Company or a third
party) in exchange for all or a portion of their shares of common stock of the
Company, provided, however, a sale of the Company shall not be considered to
have occurred as a result of the pro rata distribution by the Company to its
stockholders of capital stock of any of its subsidiaries; (ii) in which the
stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete dissolution or
liquidation of the Company; or (iii) that involves the sale of all or
substantially all of the Company's property or a sale of more than eighty
percent (80%) of the then outstanding stock of the Company to another
corporation (each transaction a "Sale"), the Board may, without limitation and
in its sole and absolute discretion, do any, or any combination, of the
following:

                        a. declare that the time period relating to the exercise
of any Stock Option shall accelerate and become exercisable;

                        b. declare that the value of all or some of the
outstanding Options shall, to the extent determined by the Board at or after
grant, be cashed out by a payment of cash or other property, as the Board may
determine, on the basis of the "Sale Price" (as defined in below) as of the date
the Sale occurs or such other date as the Board may determine prior to the Sale;

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                        c. permit a successor corporation, if applicable,
pursuant to a written agreement signed by the parties, to substitute equivalent
Options or provide substantially similar consideration to Optionees as was or
will be provided to stockholders of the Company after making any appropriate
adjustment as such parties deem necessary or appropriate for restrictions
attaching to such Options, including, but not limited to, vesting and exercise
price; or

                        d. declare that any unexercised Options issued hereunder
(or any unexercised portion thereof) shall terminate and cease to be effective.

                For purposes of this Section 13, "Sale Price" means the higher
of (i) the highest price per share paid in any transaction related to a Sale of
the Company or (ii) the highest price per share paid in any transaction reported
on the exchange or national market system on which the Common Stock is listed,
at any time during the preceding sixty (60) day period as determined by the
Board.

                An Optionee's individual stock option agreement may, but is not
required to, provide what occurs upon a Sale. To the extent an Optionee's
individual stock option agreement determines what occurs upon a Sale, the terms
of such stock option agreement shall be dispositive in the event of a Sale;
provided that if the terms of such Optionee's individual stock option agreement,
together with the terms of any other stock option agreement granted hereunder,
pertaining to what occurs upon a Sale would materially impair an acquiror's
ability to use the "pooling of interests" accounting method to account for the
acquisition, as described in the immediately preceding paragraph, then the Board
shall have, in its sole and absolute discretion, the right to modify (to the
least extent possible and still permit the acquiror to use "pooling of
interests") the terms of the stock option agreement, solely with respect to
those terms pertaining to what occurs upon a Sale.

                Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any such
agreement shall be terminated without consummating the disposition of said stock
or assets:

                (i) any unexercised non-vested installments that had become
exercisable solely by reason of the provision of Section 13 shall again become
non-vested and unexercisable as of said termination of such agreement, and

                (ii) the exercise of any option that had become exercisable
solely by reason of this Section 8(b) shall be deemed ineffective and such
installments shall again become non-vested and unexercisable as of said
agreement of such agreement

        14. ADJUSTMENT OF NUMBER OF SHARES. In the event that a dividend shall
be declared upon the common shares of the Company payable in common shares of
the Company the number of common shares then subject to any such option and the
number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan but not yet covered
by an option, shall be adjusted by adding to each such share the number of
shares which would be distributable thereon if such share had been outstanding
on the date fixed for determining the shareholders entitled to receive such
stock dividend. In the event that the outstanding common shares of the Company
shall be changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares of
stock or other securities of the Company or of another corporation, whether
through reorganization, recapitalization, stock split-up, combination of shares,
merger or consolidation, then there shall be substituted for each common share
reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan, the number and kind of shares of
stock or other securities into which each outstanding common share shall be so
changed or for which each such share shall be exchanged. In the event there
shall be any change, other than as specified above in this paragraph in the
number or kind of outstanding common shares of the Company or of any stock or
other securities into which such common shares shall have been changed or for
which it shall have been exchanged, then if the Board or Compensation Committee
shall in sole discretion determine that such change equitably requires an
adjustment in the number or kind of shares theretofore reserved for issuance
pursuant to the Plan, but not yet covered by an option and of the shares then
subject to an option or options, such adjustment may be made by the Board or
Compensation Committee and

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shall be effective and binding for all purposes of the Plan and of each stock
option agreement. The option price in each stock option agreement for each share
of stock or other securities substituted or adjusted as provided for in this
paragraph shall be determined by dividing the option price in such agreement for
each share prior to such substitution or adjustment by the number of shares or
the fraction of a share substituted for such share or to which such share shall
have been adjusted. No adjustment or substitution provided for in this paragraph
shall require the Company in any stock option agreement to sell a fractional
share, and the total substitution or adjustment with respect to each stock
option agreement shall be limited accordingly.

        15. AMENDMENTS. The board of directors, without approval of the
shareholders, may from time to time amend the Plan in such respects as the board
may deem advisable. No amendment shall, without the participant's consent, alter
or impair any of the rights or obligations under any option theretofore granted
to him under the Plan.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of Directors of the Company has adopted
this Plan as of the 21st day of July, 2000.

                                            MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                            By:
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Edmund Glazer
                                               Its: Vice President of Finance
                                               and Administration and
                                               Chief Financial Officer

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