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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements U.S. Senate passes copyright billPublic Knowledge has put out a release on the copyright bill that just passed in the U.S. Senate. It would seem that reason has prevailed in the end; all of the worst provisions, including silly language that might have prohibited skipping over commercials, have been removed. "We are also pleased that HR 4077 was dropped from the bill that passed. That legislation would have lowered the standard for copyright infringement. The Senate also wisely removed the PIRATE Act, which would have made the government the entertainment industry's private law firm at taxpayer expense."
Please participate in the 5-minute OpenOffice.org installed base survey!The folks at OpenOffice.org are requesting your participation in a survey. "The results will be published in the December issue of the OpenOffice.org newsletter. The goal of this survey is to get a better understanding of the usage and distribution of OpenOffice.org."
PEPFAR Software Inventory Report Evaluates Open Source Software (LinuxMedNews)LinuxMedNews reports on the review of open-source medical software by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). "Open source software, including OpenEMR, is evaluated in the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ("PEPFAR") Software Inventory Report for use with HIV and AIDS. PEPFAR "FY 2005 budget requests $2.8 billion for fighting AIDS globally, which more than triples the investment since 2001."
FSFE becomes WIPO observerThe Free Software Foundation Europe has announced that it has been accepted as an observer to the World Intellectual Property Organization. "In the scope of the FSFE WIPO project team, the FSFE will work with other players to change WIPO from an organisation that is solely oriented towards monopolisation of knowledge to one that is aimed at increasing the intellectual wealth of all of humankind through a more flexible, sustainable and effective tool set."
Commercial announcements CFS Announces Early Success for Lustre File SystemCluster File Systems, Inc. has announced the use of its Lustre file system on HP clusters. "The HP StorageWorks SFS product utilizes the Lustre file system's object-based architecture to deliver breakthrough I/O bandwidth for Linux clusters. Building on this CFS(tm) technology, HP SFS enables users to deploy a single file system image on clusters with as many as tens of thousands of CPUs that are capable of throughput in excess of tens of gigabytes per second."
IDC's survey of the server marketIDC has put out a press release summarizing its view of the server market - which appears to be doing well. "Linux server revenues surpassed $1 billion in quarterly factory revenue for the first time in 3Q04. Linux server revenues showed 42.6% growth, while unit shipments grew 31.7%, reaching 9.2% of overall quarterly server revenue. Worldwide investment in Linux servers for both technical and commercial workloads remains strong as the platform continues to expand its presence in data centers around the world. HP maintained its number 1 spot in the Linux server market, with 26.9% market share in terms of revenue, while IBM was second with 20.5%. Dell maintained the third spot with 17.4% of Linux server spending."
Mandrakesoft completes a profitable yearMandrakesoft has published its shareholder newsletter for the end of the 2003/2004 fiscal year. The bottom line: an €860,000 profit - not bad for a company which was still in bankruptcy at the beginning of the year.
Red Flag Offers Opera to Chinese UsersRed Flag Software has announced that the newest version of the Red Flag Desktop operating system will include the Opera browser.
Sourcefire Launches Snort Scholarship ProgramSourcefire, Inc. will celebrate Snort's two millionth download by awarding two $5,000 scholarships to computer science students at any college or university that uses Snort as a teaching tool or to help secure its infrastructure.
VA Linux Announces Release of 'VA Directory'VA Linux has announced the initial release of its 'VA Directory' product. "VA Linux Systems Japan K.K. (VA Linux), a leading provider of Linux solutions for the telecommunications and enterprise system markets, today announced it will release 'VA Directory', a new LDAP directory service server software for large-scale enterprise systems. Advance sales of the VA Directory solution will begin immediately, while delivery and full customer support for the system will be available from January, 2005."
New Books "High Performance Linux Clusters" Released by O'ReillyO'Reilly has published the book High Performance Linux Clusters by Joseph D. Sloan.
KDE-Netherlands Presents Linux Book for NewbiesKDE.News looks at a new Linux book. "During this summer while aKademy was filling our minds and consuming our time other things were cooking in the Dutch KDE community. Some people from KDE-NL, the Dutch KDE community, were offered the opportunity to write a book about Linux and KDE. This month the book 'Linux in 10 minuten' was published and officially launched by Pearson Education Benelux and KDE-NL."
"SWT: A Developer's Notebook" Released by O'ReillyO'Reilly has published the book SWT: A Developer's Notebook by Tim Hatton.
"Head First Design Patterns" Released by O'ReillyO'Reilly has published the book Head First Design Patterns by Eric Freeman and Elisabeth Freeman with Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates.
"Unit Test Frameworks" Released by O'ReillyO'Reilly has published the book Unit Test Frameworks by Paul Hamill.
Resources The 2004 Perl Advent CalendarIt's December, so, inevitably, the 2004 Perl Advent Calender is out. This site features a new bit of Perl goodness each day through the 25th.
Perl Debugger Quick Reference (O'Reilly)O'Reilly has released a downloadable version of their Perl Debugger Quick Reference card. "Perl's debugger is powerful but somewhat esoteric. The core perldebtut tutorial is a good introduction, but who wants to skim through pages of documentation when you only need a quick refresher on the syntax of a command? Let this printable (PDF) Perl Debugger Quick Reference card, excerpted from Richard Foley's Perl Debugger Pocket Reference, be your guide instead."
Contests and Awards GIMP 2.2 Splash Screen Contest (GnomeDesktop)A GIMP 2.2 Splash Screen Contest has been announced. "With the imminent release of the GIMP 2.2, the time has come to find the ideal splash screen to go with it. The GIMP website is running a splash contest for this. Now is your chance to join the ranks of the precious few who have had their artwork associated with a major release of the GIMP!"
Upcoming Events UMeet 2004 Virtual ConferenceThe UMEET virtual conference will be held from December 9-22, online. "This year UMEET reaches its fith edition. It is a virtual conference, that can be followed using WWW, mailing list and IRC. As in previous years we will have very important speakers and, as in previous editions, we are also open to your proposals and collaboration."
UK Pure Data Workshops in November and DecemberAymeric Mansoux and Derek Holzer will present a series of workshops and demos of open-source music software across the UK from November 30 through December 21, 2004. "While many tools exist for sound, multimedia and VJ purposes, few of them are designed with an open architecture which allows artists to configure the tools they use themselves. Fewer still are free to use, share and rebuild. This workshop introduces the software combination of Pure Data, GEM and PDP/PiDiP, running on the Linux operating system, as a platform for audio, video and multimedia artists to explore."
Boston LinuxWorld Keynotes AnnouncedLinuxWorld Conference & Expo has announced the keynotes for the 2005 event in Boston, Mass on February 14-17, 2005. "Representatives from Novell, HP, Computer Associates (CA), Attitude LLC and MySQL AB will deliver keynote presentations detailing how companies have achieved higher profits and increased productivity by utilizing Linux."
Dutch Perl Workshop 2005 (use Perl)Use Perl has an announcement for the 2005 Dutch Perl Workshop. "The second Dutch Perl Workshop will take place on February 25, 2005. Nearly all talks will be in Dutch, so we target purely the large community of perl users in the Netherlands and Belgium."
Bellua Cyber Security Asia 2005 CFPA call for papers has gone out for the Bellua Cyber Security Asia 2005 conference. The event will take place in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 21-24, 2005.
OOoRegiCon North America 2005 CFPA Call for Papers has gone out for the OOoRegiCon North America 2005 conference. The event will take place in conjunction with the Desktop Linux Summit on February 9, 2005 in San Diego, CA. "The acceptance deadline for abstracts is December 10, 2004."
LinuxWorld Conference and Expo Launches in RussiaIDG World Expo has announced the 2005 LinuxWorld Conference & Expo(R) Russia. "The show will follow the successful format of other LinuxWorld events, and will take place from 7-9 September 2005 at Moscow's premier exhibition center - Gostiny Dvor, a stones throw from the Kremlin and in the very heart of Moscow's business and government district."
Events: December 2, 2004 - January 27, 2005
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