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AnnouncementsCommercial announcements Dell cluster deployed at the University of Utah Dell has sent out a press release on its latest Linux cluster deployment: a 128-node system at the University of Utah dedicated to modeling the handling of hazardous materials. The company also cites a new IDC study stating that Dell is now the largest vendor of Linux clusters, with 40% of the market.
HP Supercomputer to be Deployed at Ohio Supercomputing Center for Advanced Research HP has announced that the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) will deploy an HP supercomputer based on a cluster of more than 150 Intel(R)Itanium(R) 2-based HP Workstation zx6000 systems. The HP cluster will use Myricom's Myrinet high-speed interconnect and run the Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation, a 64-bit Linux operating system.
Lycoris and Transgaming say: Suddenly, Gamers don't need Windows Lycoris and Transgaming have announced a partnership "to bring unprecedented cross-platform gaming into the hands of Desktop/LX users."
MySQL Database Sales Hit Record High MySQL AB announced that its quarterly sales period ending September 30, 2002, was the most profitable in the company's history.
Former Great Bridge Exec starts manufacturing software company based on open source OpenMFG, LLC announced the launch of its first product, a fully integrated manufacturing, distribution and finance software suite aimed directly at small entrepreneurial manufacturers (SEMs). The product is built with the Linux operating system, the PostgreSQL database and the "Qt" toolkit for C++.
Arrow Electronics' Support Net Division Opens Resellers' Eyes to New E-Opportunities The Support Net Division of Arrow Electronics, Inc. has announced a cooperative marketing agreement with IBM and eOne Group, a vertically focused ISV. "In the YKK implementation, IBM's eServer iSeries offering on a Linux platform was selected because of Linux's growing popularity in online retail POS environments and its expanding credibility for web-serving applications. Additionally, an open source code like that of Linux offers the customer flexibility, along with a low-cost solution."
LynuxWorks to Integrate OSDL Carrier-Grade Linux Specifications to Upcoming Versions of BlueCat Linux LynuxWorks has announced support for the specifications of the Open Source Development Lab's Carrier-Grade Linux specification (CGL) v1.0. LynuxWorks also announced plans to integrate the feature set of CGL v1.0 into next-generation versions of LynuxWorks' embedded Linux operating system, BlueCat(R) Linux, in early 2003.
Mandrakesoft: Fiscal Year 2001/2002 Revenues Up 28% MandrakeSoft consolidated revenues for fiscal year 2001-2002 increased by 28% to 4.6 MEuro. This performance, during a time of particularly difficult market conditions throughout the software industry, is the result of successful new product lines.
Danish Board of Technology: Public administration can save billions using Open Source software The Danish Board of Technology released a report about the economic potential in using Open Source software in the public administration which showed a potential at 3.7 billions Danish Kroners (500 million EUR) over four years.
Resources IBM Linux Resources IBM editors have selected these Linux resources from developerWorks and IBM product sites. "This collection includes Web-based tutorials, on-demand Webcasts, classes in your area, offers for developerWorks CDs with Linux tools, as well information and links where you can download IBM tools and middleware direct from WebSphere, DB2, and Lotus. All of these resources are available free of charge."
Linux PDA Guide update LinuxDevices has posted an updated version of its Linux PDAs Quick Reference Guide. "LinuxDevices.com is pleased to announce a major update to our highly popular Linux PDAs Quick Reference Guide. The guide provides a comprehensive survey of Linux-based handheld computers and PDAs for both general purpose and specialized mobile computing applications, that are either newly released or in various stages of development."
New ecasound documentation online! The Ecasound audio tool online documentation has been updated. "Latest versions of Ecasound User's Guide, Ecasound Programmer's Guide and Ecasound Control Interface Guide are now online in both PDF and HTML formats. The online source-code documentation is also updated."
500 jobs at jobs.perl.org (use Perl) For the unemployed Perl hackers, usePerl mentions that there are many Perl jobs available now. "Ask writes "jobs.perl.org had job 500 submitted today. That's a bit more than one per day in the time we have had the site.""
Upcoming Events Lightweight Languages 2002 CFP A call for participation has been issued for the Lightweight Languages Worshop 2002 (LL2), to be held on November 9, 2002 at MIT in Cambridge, MA.
Lilax MySQL session Lilax will be holding a special meeting featuring Zak Greant, on October 26, 2002 in Torrance, CA. "Lilax is pleased to annouce an additional special session! Zak Greant from MySQL puts on a full day seminar covering this popular open source database. The sessions will also include introductory and advanced topics in PHP, Apache, MySQL development and much more."
PostgreSQL class in Atlanta Bruce Momjian will be teaching a class on the PostgreSQL database in Atlanta, GA. on January 20-24, 2003.
The Solutions Show in Toledo, Ohio An event known as The Solutions Show, the third midwest Linux regional expo and conference, will be held in Toledo, Ohio, on October 30-31, 2002.
Linux Kernel Network Programming Course A Linux Kernel Network Programming course will be offered by Axian, Inc. and the Oregon Graduate Institute Center for Professional Development. The course will be held in December, 2002 and Februrary, 2003.
Linux Installfests A Linux install-fest has been scheduled for November 23, 2002 in Victoria (Australia).Also, check out the coverage of a recent installfest that took place in LaPaz, Bolivia at 11,000 feet, possibly a new altitude record for group Linux installation.
Events: October 24 - December 19, 2002
Web sites New LinuxFr.org LinuxFr.org has changed its website. It is now xhtml 1.0 valid, and it features a new template system (Templeet) which made the load much smaller. It has taken months of developement. LinuxFR is still completly independant and a good source of Linux news in the French language.
mnoGoSearch site usage Users of the mnoGoSearch web site search engine may want to register their sites with the mnoGoSearch users mapping project.
Software announcements This week's software announcements Here are the software announcements, courtesy of Freshmeat.net. They are available in two formats:
Miscellaneous GNU/FSF email outage notice (2002-10-16 to 2002-10-18) The Free Software Foundation temporarily lost its T1 connection in its main offices due to a flood. They are back up now, but they are asking for help to insure that this won't happen again.
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