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AnnouncementsCommercial announcements MontaVista Delivers Mobilinux, a Linux OS for Mobile and Wireless DevicesMontaVista Software, Inc. has announced Mobilinux 4.0, the core of the Mobilinux Open Framework, an industry-wide program for the creation and promotion of Linux-based handset reference architectures.
Novell partners with CS2C in ChinaHere's a Novell press release stating that the company is getting serious about China, and partnering with China Standard Co ("the leading Linux firm in China"). "Under the agreement, Novell and CS2C will cooperate to provide technology, services and marketing to optimize and promote Linux to the Chinese market. As a result, Chinese companies, organizations and individuals will gain access to leading Linux technology, enterprise-class Linux services and local and global support."
Open Sense Solutions Announces Groovix GK4 Multi-User Public Access ComputerOpen Sense Solutions LLC has announced the Groovix GK4, a four-user public access computing system. "Libraries and schools, long the sites of public access computers, have watched as the demand for computer availability has increased. What often has not increased, however, are the budgets allocated for this purpose. The arrival of the Groovix GK4 and Open Sense's Simultaneous Local Independent Multi-User (SLIM) technology allow one computer to drive four work stations, yielding extraordinary value. Groovix systems enable these traditional public access locales to provide more for less." According to this MozillaZine article the system uses Debian GNU/Linux, Mozilla Firefox, OpenOffice.org and other free software.
O-Ya Software Announces DeepDive Search SDK PlatformO-Ya Software has announced its DeepDive Search SDK Platform. "O-Ya Software DeepDiveTM uses best of class open source building blocks to create a best of class open source enterprise platform, including the following building blocks: gSOAP, libcurl, Xerces C++ Parser, PostgreSQL, MySQL, OpenSSL, Pthreads."
New Books Pragmatic Bookshelf Releases "Data Crunching"Pragmatic Bookshelf has published the book Data Crunching: Solve Everyday Problems Using Java, Python, and More by Greg Wilson.
"Developing Feeds with RSS and Atom" Released by O'ReillyO'Reilly has published the book Developing Feeds with RSS and Atom by Ben Hammersley.
"Spring: A Developer's Notebook" Released by O'ReillyO'Reilly has published the book Spring: A Developer's Notebook by Bruce A. Tate and Justin Gehtland.
Resources The LDP Weekly NewsThe April 20, 2005 edition of the LDP Weekly News is online with the latest new documentation releases.
The LDP Weekly NewsThe April 27, 2005 edition of the Linux Documentation Project Weekly News is online with more new documentation releases.
Paper on applying open source more generallyDanny O'Brien points to an online paper about open-source efforts. "Here's a paper that discusses and explains the Linux development model (as well as other "open source"-like community efforts, such as the Wikipedia), and seeks to extend them to other areas."
LQ Radio Interview #1LinuxQuestions.org has posted the first of its live LQ Radio interviews. "The interview features Tom Adelstein and Sam Hiser. Topics covered include an in-depth look at the Sun Linux strategy, current trends in the Linux market, thoughts on Novell and Red Hat, Linux OEM preloads, the importance of open document formats, Linux in emerging areas, Open Sourcing OS/2, Linux standards and much more."
Contests and Awards TuxMobil GNU/Linux Award 2005TuxMobil is holding a contest. "TuxMobil announces the first "TuxMobil GNU/Linux Award". The award honors Free Software projects, which improve Linux for mobile computers. Pri[z]es are sponsored by companies selling pre-equipped mobile Linux devices or compatible accessories. The first pri[z]e will be a SHARP SL-6000L (Zaurus) Linux PDA. If you want to nominate programs, drivers, ports or documentation for laptops, notebooks, PDAs, mobile phones and portable media players, write to <award_at_tuxmobil.org> until June 30th 2005."
Upcoming Events OpenOffice.org Conf 2005 - vote for the location Deadline: April 30, 2005A vote is being held to decide the location of the 2005 OpenOffice.org Conference, the voting deadline is April 30. "Koper, Slovenia and Lyon, France have been proposed as locations for the OpenOffice.org Conference 2005."
French Perl Workshop 2005 (use Perl)use Perl has an announcement for the next French Perl Workshop. "The Marseilles Perl mongers are proud to announce that the second edition of the French Perl Workshop will be held at Marseilles, France on June 9 and 10, 2005."
Schedule and Registration for II Guadec-es (GnomeDesktop)GnomeDesktop has an announcement for the Second GUADEC-es conference. "The On-line Registration and the very interesting Schedule of events are available for the 2nd edition of the GUADEC-es (International conference for Spanish speaking GNOME users and developers), that will be held this year in A Corunha (Galicia, north-west of Spain), on 19-21 May."
LinuxWorld Summit New YorkIDG World Expo has announced the LinuxWorld New York Summit 2005. "The two-day LinuxWorld Summit is scheduled to take place May 25-26, 2005 at the New York City Marriott Marquis and includes a highly-focused, contemporary, conference program."
The O'Reilly Where 2.0 ConferenceO'Reilly has announced early registration for the Where 2.0 Conference, the event will be held in San Francisco, California on June 29-30, 2005. "Location-determining technologies like GPS, RFID, WLAN, cellular networks, and networked sensors are paving the way for a growing array of capabilities around local search, mapping, mobile social applications, business analytics, asset tracking, and e-commerce. These ubiquitous location-aware technologies and services are driving a renaissance in business strategy and opportunity."
2006 Australian LinuxWorld Conference and ExpoIDG World Expo has announced the dates for the 2006 Australian LinuxWorld Conference & Expo. The event will be held in Sydney on March 28-30, 2006.
Events: April 28 - June 23, 2005
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