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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements Niku Releases Open Workbench Source CodeNiku Corporation has announced the release of its Open Workbench scheduling tool as open-source software. "Open Workbench is the open source release of Project Workbench(TM), and represents the first compelling and free alternative to Microsoft(R) Project."
Commercial announcements Cybernet Professional 5.0 releasedCybernet Systems Corporation has announced NetMAX Professional 5.0, Linux software for Internet appliances and network servers. The new version offers a full featured Red Hat-based Linux server that is pre-configured to provide Apple/PC/Unix file sharing, e-mail, web page serving, firewall security and more. NetMAX Professional 5.0 includes enhancements to security and performance, and further simplifies deployment and management capabilities.
Novell Promotes Linux Adoption Through China Linux Standards GroupNovell, Inc. has joined the China Linux Standards Group. The China Linux Standard Group was founded in April 2004 with approval from China's Ministry of Information Industry. As the only global commercial Linux vendor formally part of the China Linux Standard Group, Novell will participate with other members to coordinate input from various local and national software development communities and Chinese enterprises, and provide Linux consulting and guidance to Chinese IT scholars and experts.
Pepper Computer's Linux-based tablet![[Pepper Pad]](/images/ns/pepper-pad.jpg)
Pepper Computer, Inc. has announced the availability of the "Pepper Pad 2," a tablet computer running MontaVista's CEE Linux distribution. "The Pepper Pad is a lightweight, Wi-Fi-enabled device, with a large, high-
resolution screen, hard disk, and built-in QWERTY keypad, providing a powerful
platform for a much wider range of online and off-line activities than other
portable devices."
Unisys and Red Hat to Deliver Enterprise Linux SolutionsRed Hat, Inc. has announced that Unisys has joined the Red Hat Partner Community. Red Hat Enterprise Linux will be available across the full line of Unisys server products, supported worldwide by Unisys service personnel.
New Books "IRC Hacks" Released by O'ReillyO'Reilly has published the book IRC Hacks by Paul Mutton.
"XML Hacks" Released by O'ReillyO'Reilly has published the book XML Hacks by Michael Fitzgerald.
Resources FSF Europe NewsletterThe Free Software Foundation Europe Newsletter looks at the addition of Wilhelm Tux as a new associate organization, discussions of software patents, donating to FSFE in the UK and Bernhard Reiter's speech at the KDE User and Administrator Conference.
How to Write Shared LibrariesRed Hat's Ulrich Drepper has written a paper (in PDF) on the topic of writing shared libraries. Thanks to Tero Niemela.
Painless DDNS part 2: configuring the serverJeff Garzik has published part two of his series on Dynamic DNS (DDNS). This part covers server configuration. "Looking again at dynamic DNS (DDNS), we now turn to setting up dynamic DNS on your BIND named name server, discussing some of the available security policies, and providing some examples of use."
Chart: government open source policies worldwideThe Center for Strategic and International Studies has been researching governmental open source software policies around the globe. The result is a country-by-country chart (700KB PDF) with their findings and sources. "The outcome of these efforts is neither a ban on proprietary software nor an endorsement of OS products as innately superior. The various policy and legislative initiatives seem to have produced a kind of technological neutrality."
Upcoming Events Plone Conference 2004, Zope 3 and content managementThe Plone Conference 2004 will be held in Vienna, Austria on September 20-22, 2004. "Zope, a Python-based application server, is migrating to the component architecture of Zope 3. "Be more Pythonic" is a major goal of Zope 3, while also letting Python developers eat Zope one bite at a time through better modularization."
OSDL to Host Enterprise Linux SummitOSDL has announced the upcoming Enterprise Linux Summit. "The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux in the enterprise, today announced that it will host its first-ever Enterprise Linux Summit (OSDL-ELS), January 31 through February 2, 2005 in Burlingame, CA. Three educational session tracks over two days plus a preceding day of tutorials will comprise the Summit, which will address topics and issues around successful Linux deployment."
Events: September 9 - November 4, 2004
Software announcements This week's software announcementsHere are the software announcements, courtesy of Freshmeat.net. They are available in two formats:
Miscellaneous FSFE letter to Prime Minister of the NetherlandsThe Free Software Foundation Europe has sent an open letter regarding software patents to the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Dr. Balkenende. "Software patents are used to hinder competitors software innovation. This is the sole reason that a virtual waste paper basket is patented, the incorporation of applications into a website is patented, and or the ordering of gifts via the internet is patented. These ideas are not very innovative, but they are necessary to make the whole application run and be usable by anybody."
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