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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements FSFE and Microsoft vs. the ECThe Free Software Foundation Europe reports on the first part of the hearing in the appeal procedure by Microsoft vs. the EC. The Court heard from Jeremy Allison, introduced by Carlo Piana from the Milan-based Tamos & Piana law firm, on behalf of the Free Software Foundation Europe. "My name is Jeremy Allison, and I'm speaking on behalf of the FSFE who is representing the Samba Team, who have a great interest in this case. Samba is one of the few competing products to Microsoft in the Workgroup server market. It is commonly shipped with Linux, but is developed separately. I am one of the original authors of the Samba code, and with my colleague from Germany Volker Lendecke have been working on interoperating with Microsoft software for over 12 years."
Allianz Group will suffer because of software patentsThe Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) has sent a letter of protest to the CEO of the Allianz Group over software patents in Europe.
Gluecode Contributes BPM Engine to Apache Software FoundationGluecode Software has announced the contribution of Project Agila, the Apache Software Foundation's first embeddable open source business process management (BPM) engine. To ensure that it conforms to Apache Software Foundation's policies for code contributions, Agila is proceeding through the foundation's standard incubation stage. Once the incubation process is complete, Agila will become part of the Apache Jakarta Project.
LPI announces sponsorship by HP Education ServicesThe Linux Professional Institute has announced new sponsorship by Hewlett-Packard's Education Services. "Hewlett-Packard Germany was providing the sponsorship to LPI international to assist with LPI-German marketing and business development activities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland."
Microsoft FAT patent overturnedThe Public Patent Foundation has put out a release proclaiming its role in the US patent office's action rejecting all claims in Microsoft's patent on the FAT filesystem format. The office's action is available in PDF format for people wanting the details.
OpenOffice.org announces Engineering Steering CommitteeA new OpenOffice.org Engineering Steering Committee has been announced. "Composed of senior developers appointed by the Community Council, the ESC represents the technical groups making up the Project. Its advice therefore will have impact both on the nature and direction of the source, as well as on the processes for code submission and review. Its creation represents a further step in making OpenOffice.org more open to developers."
OSDL Names Thomas Hanrahan Head of Linux EngineeringOpen Source Development Labs has announced the appointment of Thomas Hanrahan as the Lab's new director of Linux engineering. OSDL Lab director Timothy Witham has been promoted to Chief Technology Officer.
Commercial announcements Black Duck Names Open Source Attorney Lawrence Rosen as Senior AdvisorBlack Duck Software has announced that Lawrence Rosen has joined the company as a senior advisor. Rosen, a noted attorney and computer specialist, is the author of Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law.
CompTIA Linux+ Beta ExamCompTIA is holding the CompTIA Linux+ Beta exam. "For the next eight weeks, anyone interested in demonstrating that he or she has the equivalent of six to 12 months of experience with the latest Linux applications can do so for $75 by passing the CompTIA Linux+(tm) beta exam."
Cray Targets CAE Market with New Cray XD1 SupercomputerCray Inc. has announced the new Cray XD1 Opteron/Linux-based supercomputer. The USDA Forest Service is using the Cray XD1 to predict and track the paths of smoke plumes from wildfires.
IBM Broadens Linux Support for Middleware Industry SolutionsIBM has announced that it is broadening its support of its Middleware Industry Solutions on Linux. "IBM's middleware solutions for various industries include technology from its five software brands (WebSphere, DB2, Tivoli, Lotus and Rational), industry-specific middleware, industry-specific services expertise from IBM and others, and industry-specific application software from IBM's network of ISV partners."
Red Hat to buy back stockRed Hat has announced a stock repurchase plan. "Red Hat ... today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $100 million of the Company's common stock from time to time on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. 'We believe, that based on current market prices, our stock is undervalued and that it is in the best interest of our shareholders for us to acquire shares in the open market. In addition, our repurchase program will help to offset dilution associated with our employee stock plans,' said Matthew Szulik, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer." One almost wonders if they borrowed the wording from SCO's repurchase announcement.
SpamHippo V2.02 - Email Spam & Virus Protection SystemPathlink Technology Corporation has released a new and improved version of SpamHippo anti-spam and anti-virus email protection system. Available in both server software and commercial outsource email service forms, SpamHippo captures and devours spam and virus ridden email, utilizing spam trapping logic (STL).
Sun Ships New Version of Java PlatformSun Microsystems, Inc. has announced the release of the Java 2 Platform Standard Edition version 5.0. "As one of the largest-scale projects developed through the Java Community Process(SM) (JCP(SM)), J2SE 5.0 involved nearly 160 expert members designing over 100 features that drive extensive developer benefits including ease of use, overall performance and scalability, system monitoring and management, and rich client desktop development." See the New Features and Enhancements document for a technical description of the new capabilities in J2SE 5.0.
New Books "Java Threads, Third Edition" Released by O'ReillyO'Reilly has published the book Java Threads, Third Edition by Scott Oaks and Henry Wong.
Steal This File Sharing BookNo Starch Press has published the book Steal This File Sharing Book by Wallace Wang.
Resources The LDP Weekly NewsThe October 6, 2004 edition of the Linux Documentation Project Weekly News is online with the latest documentation changes.
Contests and Awards Grand Central Communications Unveils New Developer ProgramGrand Central Communications, Inc. has announced "The Golden Spike Developer Contest". The contest is open to all Early Access Program participants, which is also announced in this press release. Developers can submit one or more entries in the following categories: Best Business Process, Best Use of SOAP APIs and Best Use of Rich Client.
Event Reports LAC 2004 recordings now onlineThe recordings of the linux audio conference 2004 are available online.
Audio for RMS talk at SANEAn audio download of Richard Stallman's talk at SANE 2004 is available. "It is a 24MB .ogg file."
Upcoming Events Boston GNOME Summit WikiA wiki site is online for the Boston GNOME Summit, the event will take place in Cambridge, MA on October 9-11, 2004.
TCM Hosts Open Source Enterprise Solutions ConferenceThe Technology Council of Maryland has will be hosting the "Open Source Enterprise Solutions Conference" at the University of Maryland Shady Grove Campus, October 27, 2004. "The conference will deliver insights into how organizations have released their own versions of operating systems based on open source. Representatives of leading corporations and federal agencies will discuss the impact that open source has had on their organizations."
CfP: German Perl Workshop 2005 (use Perl)Use Perl has published a call for papers for the 7th German Perl-Workshop. The event will be held from February 9-11, 2005 in Dresden, Germany.
Randal L. Schwartz and the 'Learning Perl' SeminarHurricane Electric will be holding two commercial educational seminars on the Perl language by Randal L. Schwartz. The events will take place in Fremont, CA on October 30 and November 20, 2004.
2005 MySQL Users Conference: Call for Participation Is OpenA Call for Participation has gone out for the 2005 MySQL Users Conference. The event will take place in Santa Clara, California on April 18-21, 2005.
IBM eServer pSeries, AIX & Linux Technical ConferenceIBM will be holding a technical conference on IBM eServer pSeries, AIX and Linux. The event will take place in Munich on October 26-29, 2004.
Events: October 7 - December 2, 2004
Web sites The SnakeHandlers.net Python SiteSnakeHandlers.net is: "The place to speak in tongues, juggle snakes, and ask your Python Questions!"
Software announcements This week's software announcementsHere are the software announcements, courtesy of Freshmeat.net. They are available in two formats:
Miscellaneous WIPO mission change effort succeedsA couple of weeks ago, we reported on an effort, sponsored by Brazil and Argentina, to change the official mission of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Today, Cory Doctorow reports that this effort was approved by the WIPO General Assembly. "...at the general session of the WIPO in Geneva this weekend, the Assembly [adopted] a decision to put development and the promotion of creativity front-and-center in its goals. That means that from now on, WIPO isn't an organization that blindly supports more IP no matter what, but rather one that seeks to improve the world by whatever tool is best suited to the job."
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