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Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
Unisys joins OSDL
Unisys is the latest company to join the Open Source Development Labs.
Commercial announcements
Dell to preinstall SUSE Linux
Dell and Novell have sent out a press release stating that Dell will start offering SUSE Linux on its PowerEdge servers; click below for the details.
Empower Technologies Unveils PowerPlay 1x
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NASA announces world's fastest supercomputer
SGI and NASA report that NASA's new SGI Altix system (running SGI's LINPACK on 10,240 Intel Itanium 2 processors) has claimed the title of world's fastest supercomputer. Click below for a glimpse at what this computer is doing at NASA.
Starwood Hotels deploys Linux-based reservation system
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide has announced a deal with HP to deploy and manage a new, Linux-based global reservation system for its 750 hotels. "In addition to vastly improved functionality, Starwood anticipates savings of $15 million to $20 million annually on its technology operating costs."
StreetFire Sound Labs' RBX1600 Music Server Powered By MontaVista Linux
MontaVista Software and StreetFire Sound Labs have announced that StreetFire's RBX1600 Digital Music Server is powered by MontaVista Linux.
Sxip and Bryght Extend Federated Identity Beyond Drupal
Sxip Networks and Bryght have completed an authentication module for Drupal, Open Source content management software. The SXIP module ties into Drupal's existing authentication structure.
TimeSys Introduces TimeStorm Linux Development Kit for Motorola's MVME6100
TimeSys has announced the availability of the TimeStorm(R) Linux Development Kit (LDK) for Motorola's latest VMEbus product, the MVME6100.
Unisys and SAS Unveil Linux-based Business Intelligence
Unisys and the SAS Institute have announced an effort to bring business intelligence software to Linux. "Together, Unisys and SAS have offered high performance, scaleable end-to-end business intelligence and analytic solutions. Now, joint customers are able to take advantage of the flexibility and openness of the Linux operating system. "We're seeing heightened customer interest in Linux-based business intelligence solutions - particularly in the financial services industry," said Keith Collins, CTO of the SAS Institute. "Working with Unisys - a long-time price/performance leader among high-end Intel based systems - and its ES7000 family of servers, we're well poised to make Linux-based business intelligence a reality for our enterprise customers.""
xDMS Xandros Desktop Management Server Now Shipping
Xandros has announced the release of xDMS (Xandros Desktop Management Server). xDMS provides a remote management facility that can deploy, configure, and update thousands of Linux desktops through a graphical interface.
New Books
"Game Console Hacking" Released by Syngress Publishing
Syngress Publishing has published the book Game Console Hacking by Joe Grand, Frank Thornton, Albert Yarusso, and Ralph H. Baer.
"Head First Servlets and JSP" Released by O'Reilly
O'Reilly has published the book Head First Servlets & JSP by Bryan Basham, Kathy Sierra, and Bert Bates.
SitePoint Releases Third Edition of a Classic PHP/MySQL Book
SitePoint has published the book Build Your Own Database-Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL, 3rd Edition by Kevin Yank.
"sendmail 8.13 Companion" Released by O'Reilly
O'Reilly has published the book sendmail 8.13 Companion by Bryan Coastales with Gregory Neil Shapiro and Claus Assmann.
"Wireless Hacking" Released by Syngress Publishing
Syngress Publishing has published the book Wireless Hacking by Lee Barken, Eric Bermel, John Eder, Matthew Fanady, Alan Koebrick, Michael Mee, Marc Palumbo, and Rob Flickenger.
Resources
The LDP Weekly News
The October 27, 2004 edition of the Linux Documentation Project Weekly News is online with the week's new documentation releases.
Contests and Awards
Zend's PHP 5 Coding Contest winners announced
The php.net site lists the winner of their PHP 5 Coding Contest. "Congratulations to Qiang Xue, whose application 'PRADO' earned high votes both from the public and from the judges' panel! There are 49 other prizewinning applications in Zend's contest gallery - too many to list here. Some of them are ongoing projects, bringing PHP 5 a small armoury of useful open source tools."
Upcoming Events
OSDL Enterprise Linux Summit to Feature Keynote Panel on Utility Computing and the ISV Opportunity
Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) has announced a keynote panel that will be part of the 2005 OSDL Enterprise Linux Summit. The summit will be held in Burlingame, CA from January 31 to February 2, 2005. "Taking place on February 2, 2005 with speakers Dave McAllister, Carl Kesselman, and Akmal Khan, the panel will explore utility computing's approaching tipping point in enterprise adoption. Moderated by Dan Kusnetsky of IDC, the discussion will center around the enormous business opportunities for ISVs who can move quickly and capitalize on Linux's early role as the critical platform for utility computing. Issues such as identifying technical challenges, managing the business risks associated upon using this IT strategy and why customers are looking to independent third parties as part of their utility computing solutions, will be discussed."
UKUUG LISA/Winter Conference 2005 CFP
A Call for Participation has gone out for the UKUUG LISA/Winter Conference. The event will take place on February 24 and 25, 2005 in Birmingham, UK.
Israeli "Welcome to Linux" Series 2004
A Welcome to Linux Series will start on November 3, 2004 in the Israeli cities of Haifa, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem.
F/OSS and MIE2005 (LinuxMedNews)
LinuxMedNews has posted a query about a possible open-source medical software meeting. Interested participants should reply. "The IMIA Open Source Working Group is exploring the idea of a working conference and/or F/OSS 'summit' to be held in conjunction with MIE2005 in Geneva 28 August - 1 September 2005. We would probably be looking at approx. 2-3 Sept. for the meeting."
PyCon 2005: Call for Proposals
A Call for Proposals has gone out for the PyCon DC 2005 Python conference.
Events: October 28 - December 23, 2004
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| October 28 - 29, 2004 | Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Security(ICICS'04) | Malaga, Spain |
| October 28, 2004 | LinuxWorld Conference and Expo | Frankfurt, Germany |
| October 28 - 29, 2004 | IBM eServer, pSeries, AIX and Linux Technical Conference | Munich, Germany |
| November 1 - 6, 2004 | International Computer Music Conference(ICMC) | Miami, FL |
| November 4 - 5, 2004 | HiverCon 2004 | (The Davenport Hotel)Dublin, Ireland |
| November 5 - 6, 2004 | Nottingham LUG - Linux at Green's Mill Science Centre | Nottingham, UK |
| November 6 - 12, 2004 | High Performance Computing, Networking, and Storage Conf(SCnn) | Pittsburgh, PA |
| November 7 - 10, 2004 | International PHP Conference 2004 | Frankfurt, Germany |
| November 8 - 10, 2004 | MySQL ComCon Europe | (NH Hotel Frankfurt-Mörfelden)Frankfurt, Germany |
| November 13 - 17, 2004 | ApacheCon US 2004 | (Alexis Park Resort)Las Vegas, NV |
| November 14 - 18, 2004 | COMDEX Conference and Exposition | (Las Vegas Convention Center)Las Vegas, Nevada |
| November 14 - 19, 2004 | Large Installation System Administration Conference(LISA '04) | (Atlanta Marriott Marquis)Atlanta, GA |
| November 18 - 19, 2004 | Forum PHP, Paris | Paris, France |
| November 25 - 26, 2004 | Le forum PHP 2004 | (FIAP Jean Monnet)Paris, France |
| November 29 - 30, 2004 | LinuxPro 2004 | (Hotel Gromada Airport Conference Center)Warsaw, Poland |
| December 1 - 3, 2004 | Australian Open Source Developers' Conference | (Monash University)Melbourne, Australia |
| December 1 - 3, 2004 | Linux Bangalore 2004 | (Indian Institute of Science)Bangalore, India |
| December 4, 2004 | Lightweight Languages 2004(LL4) | (MIT Stata Center)Boston, MA |
Web sites
PythonBlogSoftware
A new wiki site called PythonBlogSoftware has been formed to catalog the available Python-based Blogging packages.
Software announcements
This week's software announcements
Here are the software announcements, courtesy of Freshmeat.net. They are available in two formats:
- Sorted alphabetically,
- Sorted by license.
Miscellaneous
Steve Ballmer's "executive letter"
For the curious, here is Steve Ballmer's letter attacking Linux. "According to statistics posted on the security Web site Secunia, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 has averaged 7.4 security advisories per month, compared with 1.7 advisories for Windows Server 2003. And as Yankee Group noted in its Linux, UNIX and Windows TCO Comparison study, 'Linux-specific worms and viruses are every bit as pernicious as their UNIX and Windows counterparts - and in many cases they are much more stealthy.'"
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