Announcements
Commercial announcements
Mark's Work Wearhouse adopts Linux-based POS system
Mark's Work Wearhouse has replaced and centralized its point-of-sale (POS) system and reduced operating and maintenance costs with a new Java-based Retek Point-of-Service (RPOS) solution running Linux on IBM SurePOS 500 systems.IDC Reports Latest Supercomputer Rankings Based On The IDC Balanced Rating Test
IDC has announced the newest rankings of supercomputer performance based on its comprehensive test, called the IDC Balanced Rating. Linux NetworX is the newest vendor entering the top ten list. See also this press release from Linux NetworX.Linux NetworX Supercomputer Ranked as Fifth Fastest in the World
Linux NetworX has achieved the rank of Fifth Fastest computer for its 2,304-processor cluster, coming in at 5.694 teraFLOPs.MontaVista Linux powers NEC's new home server
MontaVista Software has announced that NEC's new AX10 "home server" product will be based on MontaVista Linux. The AX10 looks like another TiVo-style home recorder system, with the added ability to network with (and distribute content to) other systems.Starbase Introduces StarTeam Datamart
Starbase Corporation has introduced StarTeam Datamart, their new decision support system for software developers.SuSE and Arrow Electronics announce distribution agreement
SuSE and Arrow Electronics have announced an agreement whereby Arrow will distribute SuSE's products in the United States. SuSE, in other words, is making another attempt to get into the U.S. market, but they are outsourcing the sales work, rather than setting up an entire U.S. operation.Terra Soft Installs BioPhysics Cluster at U of Colorado
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. announced the installation of a 30-node Xserve cluster running Yellow Dog Linux and Black Lab at the University of Colorado.uClinux and Linux set to merge
SnapGear Inc. announced that their core contributions to the uClinux project are making their way into mainstream Linux.World Wide Web Consortium Releases Last Call Working Draft of Patent Policy
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has announced a revised, Last Call Working Draft of its Royalty-Free Patent Policy whose goal is to enable W3C Recommendations to be implemented on a royalty-free basis. To achieve the goal of producing royalty-free (RF) specifications, all who participate in the development of a W3C Recommendation must agree to license essential claims (that is, patents that block interoperability) on a royalty-free basis. Last Call Working Drafts are published when a W3C Working Group feels it has solved internal issues and is seeking outside review. The Last Call comment period is open for public and Member comments through 31 December 2002.
Resources
Jacking Pd and Ardour - a tootorial (Quick Toots)
Quick Toots has a new tutorial on doing realtime musical synthesis while using the JACK Audio Connection Kit. "Realtime synthesis is one of the cornerstones of digital audio recording and performance. This toot gives you a helping hand into the world of Pure Data - One of the most popular and powerful synthesis applications/environments. With JACK it is now possible to stream more audio than ever before through applications like Pd and Ardour is there to help record the results."
RedHat Sendmail::Milter installation mini-howto (milter.org)
Oliver Schulze has put together a mini-faq on using the Perl Sendmail::Milter mail filtering module under RedHat 7.3.New PHP Magazines announced
PHP.net has announcements for two new PHP magazines, the online php|a, and the print publication PHP Magazin.Joint revision of POSIX and Single UNIX Specification Approved
ISO/IEC Joint technical committee has approved the joint revision to POSIX and the Single UNIX Specification as an International Standard. Designated as ISO/IEC 9945:2002, the joint revision forms the core of The Open Group's Single UNIX Specification Version 3 (IEEE 1003.1-2001, POSIX.1).
Upcoming Events
Free Software Event in Portugal
A free software event called Porto Cidade Tecnológica 2002 will be held in Porto, Portugal on November 28 and 30, 2002.Linux Bangalore/2002 announces first sponsor
Linux Bangalore/2002, to be held in Bangalore, India on December 3-5, 2002, has announced that Hewlett Packard will be the event's first sponsor.Linux Financial Summit to Debut at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
IDG World Expo announced the launch of its first-ever Linux Financial Summit at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo/New York 2003. LinuxWorld will be taking place January 21-24, 2003 at New York City's Javits Center.Linux.Conf.Au speakers announced
The list of speakers has been announced for the Linux.Conf.Au 2003, to be held in Perth, Australia on January 22-25.O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference CFP
A call for participation has been sent out for the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, to be held on April 22-25, 2003 in Santa Clara, CA.Events: Nov 21, 2002 - Jan 16, 2003
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| November 21, 2002 | Embedded Systems Conference, Boston | (Hynes Convention Center)Boston, Mass |
| November 21, 2002 | ApacheCon US 2002 | (Alexis Park Resort)Las Vegas, NV |
| December 3 - 5, 2002 | Linux Bangalore/2002 | (J.N.Tata Auditorium)Bangalore, India |
| December 9 - 20, 2002 | UMeet conference | On IRC |
Software announcements
This week's software announcements
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