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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements FSFE to help bring Microsoft to its feet The Free Software Foundation Europe turns its attention to the European Union antitrust case against Microsoft. ""Microsoft has behaved much like unruly children who throw themselves to the ground and have to be dragged along every step of the way," Georg Greve, president of FSFE says. "Since Microsoft seems unwilling to get up and walk, we will help the Commission to bring Microsoft to its feet and move towards reestablishing competition. If they keep dragging their feet, the Commission should end this unworthy spectacle and ultimately fine Microsoft with 5% of the net turnover per day of the relvant market for each day they are not in compliance.""
Korea's ETRI Joins OSDL The Open Source Development Labs has announced that Korea's Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) will participate in the Lab's Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) and Data Center Linux (DCL) working groups as OSDL's first Korean member.
Commercial announcements AMD to sponsor linuxaudio.org at Sounds Expo AMD will be sponsoring linuxaudio.org at the Sounds Expo trade show. "AMD has offered significant sponsorship which will allow linuxaudio.org to have a stand at the Sounds Expo music technology trade show in London, 14-16 April 2005. This will be our second exhibit at Sounds Expo, following generous sponsorship from the AGNULA project last year."
BroadVision Japan and MIRACLE LINUX Announce Partnership BroadVision and MIRACLE LINUX have announced a partnership. "BroadVision, Inc. a global provider of self-service web applications, and MIRACLE LINUX, a dedicated provider of Linux server operating system products and services to customers in Asia-Pacific-Japan (APJ), announced a strategic partnership to provide BroadVision self-service web applications on the MIRACLE LINUX platform."
Daffodil announces Customer Relationship Management software Daffodil has announced version 1.1 of their Customer Relationship Management software. "Daffodil CRM is an open source Customer Relationship Management software that seamlessly integrates all aspects of the customer life cycle - from identifying business opportunities to sustaining existing customers."
Free Standards Group Announces Broad ISV Support for Linux Standard Base The Free Standards Group has announced it has raised significant ISV (Independent Software Vendor) support for the Linux Standard Base (LSB) including pledges from industry-leading software vendors such as BakBone Software, IBM, Levanta, Lymeware, MySQL, Novell, Oracle, UGS, VERITAS and others. The FSG also announced it has greatly expanded its member roster with the addition of over a dozen new members.
Nero Introduces NeroLINUX optical recording system Nero has announced their NeroLINUX CD burning application. "NeroLINUX is a comprehensive and flexible application available to LINUX users that want the power and quality of Nero's award-winning burning engine to perform all essential optical burning tasks."
Novell's Brainshare 2005 Announcements Novell has unveiled a series of product, program and partner announcements at their Brainshare 2005 conference. Click below to see the list of announcements, or visit the press room to find out more about these announcements and the Brainshare conference.
Novell to Debut Open Source Technology Center Novell, Inc. has announced it is establishing the Novell Open Source Technology Center on the site of its Provo, Utah, business campus. The Center will be used to promote innovation in the design and development of open source based applications.
O'Reilly Launches SafariU Custom Publishing Platform O'Reilly and Safari Books Online have launched a Custom Publishing and Online Platform for Educators. "O'Reilly Media and Safari Books Online announce SafariU, a new service that offers computer technology educators and trainers a rich platform for creating both online and print materials tailored precisely to their teaching needs."
New Books "Head First Java, Second Edition" Released by O'Reilly O'Reilly has published the book Head First Java, Second Edition by Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates.
Mandrakelinux CDs bundled with new books Mandrakesoft has partnered with O'Reilly in the distribution of two new books that are bundled with operating system CDs. "Mandrakesoft today announced the release of two new books for beginners and more advanced users of the Mandrakelinux operating system: 'Discovery 10.1 - Your First Linux Desktop' and 'PowerPack 10.1 - The Full Power of Linux Desktop'. These highly informative guides are both bundled with a copy of Mandrakelinux, and include support services."
Resources New Audio Libre Article Linuxaudio.org has a new article (pdf) about the audacity audio recorder application entitled "The Audacity of it!".
The SRA America Open Source Newsletter Issue #1 and #2 of a publication called the SRA America Open Source Newsletter is online. "SRA is member of a growing community of businesses who support Open Source solutions, of which our crown jewel is PostgreSQL. Our support includes a commercial version of PostgreSQL, for the Microsoft Windows platform, called PowerGres which has been in the market for a number of years in Japan and is now being offered in North America. So what's this newsletter about? This, being our first edition, is a bit of a manifesto. There is, as a matter of fact, quite a bit here for the DBA, developer and IT manager alike. You'll find feature PostgreSQL articles, case studies, how-tos, and FAQs. Our objective is two-fold; firstly, to get the word out to our clients what we can do for them and secondly one to support the Open Source community in a very real and direct manner by providing resources and assistance."
Contests and Awards Bug 300000 Sweepstake Announced (MozillaZine) MozillaZine has an announcement for the Bugzilla 300,000 Bug Sweepstake. "The winner of the contest will get some Mozilla merchandise. Gerv's weblog posting has full details of how to enter, which involves specifying the exact time and date that you believe bug 300000 will be filed."
The UKUUG Award for 2005 Entries for the 2005 UKUUG Award (£500) are due by April 2, 2005. "The UKUUG Award is given annually for a significant contribution to free and open source software, in the form of an article or paper, software product, or other contribution."
O'Reilly Receives Five Jolt Awards O'Reilly has won five Jolt awards. "On Wednesday, March 16, 2005, the magazine's editors announced winners of the 15th Annual Software Development Jolt Product Excellence and Productivity Awards, recognizing O'Reilly Media, Inc. with top honors in three categories and Productivity Awards in two others."
Upcoming Events aKademy 2005 Dates and Call for Papers (KDE.News) A Call for Papers has gone out for the KDE World Summit (aKademy 2005). The event will take place from August 27 - September 4, 2005 in Málaga Spain. Papers are due by June 5.
Preliminary GUADEC schedule posted The preliminary schedule for the GNOME User and Developer European Conference (May 29 to 31, Stuttgart, Germany) has been posted. It looks like three days of interesting talks; we wish we could be there.
Call for contributions for scientific research topics at LSM 2005 A call for contributions has gone out for the Libre Software Meeting 2005. The event will take place in Dijon, France from July 5-9, 2005. Submissions are due before the end of March.
Notacon: Apr. 8-10, 2005 in Cleveland, OH The 2005 Notacon event has been announced. "Notacon is the second iteration of an annual technology event held in Cleveland, OH. The event will run from the morning of Friday, April 8th through Sunday, April 10th. This years focus is on community and technology."
Red Hat Announces Headliners for Summit Red Hat, Inc. has announced the headline speakers for its Red Hat Summit. The event will take place from June 1-3, 2005 in New Orleans, LA. "Matthew Szulik, Chairman and CEO will kick off the opening day of the Summit giving his perspective on where the open source is headed in the coming years. Michael Tiemann, vice president of Open Source Affairs and President of OSI will open the second day of the Summit." Speakers from HP, Intel, and other companies will also be featured.
Tcl'2005 Conference, First Call for Papers The first call for papers has gone out for the Tcl/Tk 2005 conference. The event will be held in Portland, Oregon around the end of October, papers are due by July 1.
YAPC::NA::2005 Registration Open (use Perl) Registration for the YAPC::NA Perl conference has been announced. The event will take place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on June 27-29, 2005.
Zend/PHP Conference and Expo 2005 The Zend/PHP Conference and Expo 2005 will be held at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport Hotel on October 18-21, 2005.
Events: March 24 - May 19, 2005
Web sites New art.gnome.org released (GnomeDesktop) GnomeDesktop.org has an announcement for the redone art.gnome.org site. Changes include a redesigned web site, a new user system, a comment system, a rating system, and more.
New Jython Wiki A new Jython wiki site has been announced. "The Jython project has begun a new wiki. John Reynolds writes in, "Efforts are underway to close the gap between CPython and Jython, and to port Jython to JDK 5. The new Jython Wiki is documenting the progress.""
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