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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements Bounty Source Project Management The Bounty Source project management system has been launched. "Bounty Source is a new project management system for open source software that, through its task tracker, allows monetary bounties to be attached to specific bugs or feature requests. Anybody can submit a solution for a given task and, if the solution is approved by the project, collect the bounties (Bounty Source acts as the escrow to ensure that the funds are available)."
Commercial announcements Apache Geronimo Reaches J2EE 1.4 Certification Milestone The Apache Software Foundation has announced the release of Apache Geronimo 1.0-M5, the first fully certified release of the Apache Geronimo project's J2EE 1.4 application server. "Apache Geronimo v1.0-M5 contains a number of enhancements, including the integration of Apache Tomcat, a developer preview of the upcoming management console, and a multitude of configuration and usability improvements."
Announcing CrossOver Office Version 5.0 CodeWeavers has announced version 5 of CrossOver Office, a system that allows legacy Windows applications to be run under Linux. "We have added initial support for Microsoft Office 2003, added a powerful new feature we call 'bottles', which lets you manage your Windows applications more easily than ever before, and dramatically improved the installation and execution process of nearly every Windows program."
Command Prompt launches enhances Managed Services Command Prompt has announced a new support offering. "Command Prompt, the PostgreSQL Company since 1997, announced today the immediate availability of Managed PostgreSQL Services as an option to Command Prompt's standard annual support and remote management services plans."
ESP Print Pro 4.5.6 released Version 4.5.6 of ESP Print Pro, a commercial cross-platform printing solution, has been announced. "ESP Print Pro 4.5.6 fixes a performance problem with large numbers of implicit classes, adds drivers for several new HP DesignJet and LaserJet printers, and adds official support for the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution."
Open-Xchange Announces New Open Source Project for GNOME Evolution Connector Open-Xchange Inc. has announced an open source project to link its Open-Xchange Server with GNOME Evolution. "With the launch of its new open source project, code-named Intelligent Design, Open-Xchange is inviting developers to join in an effort to expand client support for and build a connector to GNOME Evolution. All contributions will be licensed under the General Public License (GPL) and be available for free on Open-Xchange.org, the company's open source web site."
OSV and Phase N Launch OpenOpenOffice (O3) Open Source Victoria and Phase N have formed an alliance to bring the Open Document Format to Microsoft Office. ""The amazing thing about the O3 concept is how simple it is," said key O3 developer Adam Kennedy. "Just take the Word-to-ODF filters from the OpenOffice.org suite, and put them into Office in reverse. Microsoft has made it trivial to write plugins for Office using .NET, and the OpenOffice.org team has put a huge effort into their document conversion filters. So all that's left is to connect the two together via some simple SOAP calls using C# and Perl, and then make sure it is easy for people to install into Office.""
Sleepycat Launches New Consulting Packages for Berkeley DB Sleepycat Software has announced some new consulting services. "Sleepycat Software, makers of Berkeley DB, the world's most widely deployed open source developer database, today announced the general availability of four new packaged consulting services to help developers of business-critical applications get the maximum benefit from their use of Berkeley DB."
VMware Announces a Free Player VMware, Inc. has announced the availability of VMware Player: "a free new product that enables anyone to easily run, share or evaluate software in a virtual machine on a Windows or Linux PC".
New Books No Starch Press releases "Just Say No To Microsoft" No Starch Press has published the book Just Say No To Microsoft by Tony Bove.
Producing Open Source Software - O'Reilly's Latest Release O'Reilly has published the book Producing Open Source Software by Karl Fogel. "Most free software projects fail. We don't hear much about the failures because the successful projects attract so much attention, and there are so many free or open source projects in total that even though only a small percentage succeeds, the result is still a lot of visible projects."
Master Your Palm Handheld--O'Reilly's Latest Release O'Reilly has published the book Palm and Treo Hacks by Scott MacHaffie.
Tips and Tools For Taming the Wild Wild Web--O'Reilly's Latest Release O'Reilly has published the book Tips & Tools For Taming the Wild Wild Web by Paul Bausch.
New PHP Phrasebook and Linux Firewalls Books Sams Publishing has published the PHP Phrasebook and Linux Firewalls, Third Edition.
Prentice Hall Launches Open Source Software Development Series Prentice Hall has announced the launch of its Prentice Hall Open Source Software Development Series. "Prentice Hall, the leading publisher of high-quality books for technology users, announces the official launch of the Prentice Hall Open Source Software Development Series-- with the publication of two new books for Linux programmers and administrators-- which promise to deliver "Real world code from real world applications" in each Series book."
Upcoming Events Speakers announced for FOSS.IN FOSS.IN, formerly known as Linux-Bangalore, has announced a list of speakers. Just a few of those speakers include Jonathan Corbet, Andrew Cowie, Harald Welte, Volker Grassmuck, Brian Behlendorf, Rasmus Lerdorf and Alan Cox. FOSS.IN/2005 starts November 29.
OSDC 2005 Registration Registration is open for OSDC 2005. The event will take place on December 5-7, 2005 at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.
Ubuntu Love Day at UBZ A Ubuntu Love Day! event will be held in Montreal, Canada on Sunday, October 30th. "Our upcoming developer summit will be keenly focused on our plans for Ubuntu 6.04 (Dapper Drake), and mostly of interest to existing Ubuntu developers... So we've dedicated an entire day to users and hopeful contributors with lots of great presentations from Ubuntu developers, and workshops to help you get involved! Whether you'd like to join the developer team or figure out how to contribute in another way, UBUNTU LOVE DAY is for you!"
Events: October 27 - December 22, 2005
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