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AnnouncementsCommercial announcements IBM Japan to install Linux desktop on recycled PCsIBM Japan announced the "PC Long-life Service," a PC recycling service which will install Linux desktop (web browser, email client, word processor, etc.) on the PCs that have become too old for use with Windows. Customers can choose which Linux distribution to install.
NeTraverse to Offer $200,000 worth of software to user groupsNeTraverse announced a program to sponsor Linux User Groups (LUGs) throughout the world. NeTraverse plans to donate over $200,000 worth of software to LUGS over the next year.
Linux Tape Device Certification ProgramThe TOLIS Group, Inc will be providing a tape drive certification program for Linux. "Under this program, tape device manufacturers such as HP, Seagate, Exabyte and others submit current and unannounced drives for Linux compatibility testing. Manufacturers whose drives pass the suite of tests are then awarded use of the "Linux Compatible for Backup" logo - trademarked by Linus Torvalds - for use on their product materials. There is no charge for this service."
Software DVD Player for Embedded LinuxMontaVista Software and InterVideo introduced LinDVD, InterVideo's Linux DVD-playing software which has been validated and optimized for MontaVista Linux.
EiffelStudio 5.2 for LinuxVersion 5.2 of EiffelStudio, an Eiffel language development platform, is available for Linux.
Automatically Install 50+ Open Source Projects on LinuxEJB Solutions announced the immediate availability of Out-of-the-Box 1.0, an instant infrastructure for Java developers that automatically installs, configures, integrates, deploys, and tests over 50 Open Source projects.
IBM and Corrent Team to Accelerate PKCS#11 openCryptoki PerformanceCorrent Corporation has announced the availability of an open source PKCS#11 library for Corrent's S2000 IPsec/SSL security accelerator card.
ATI Drives Graphics Performance for Linux Users With New Unified DriverATI Technologies Inc. has announced the release of its Unified Linux Driver Version 2.4.3.
ON Technology at Enterprise Linux Forum in Boston, Dec. 3 - 4, 2002On Technology has announced that they will be demonstrating their On Command CCM product at the Enterprise Linux Forum in Boston.
SCO Unveils SCO Linux 4.0, Powered by UnitedLinuxThe SCO Group has announced version 4.0 of SCO Linux.
New CEOs for MandrakeSoft and SuSEMandrakeSoft has sent out an announcement that François Bancilhon will be taking charge as the new CEO of the company. He was a founder of companies like O2 Technology, Arioso, and Xyleme; he also served at CTO of SomaLogic. "After eighteen months of intensive restructuring, MandrakeSoft is showing extremely positive results: Revenue is up, while expenses have been drastically reduced. The company is now at the stage where it needs an experienced manager capable of taking it to the next level of development, while keeping the Open Source spirit which has always been one of MandrakeSoft's main strengths."SuSE, meanwhile, has announced that its top job will be taken by Richard Seibt, a longtime IBM veteran.
OpenLink Uses Mono to Enable Cross Platform Integration of .NETXimian, Inc. has announced that OpenLink Software, Inc. is using Mono as part of the development efforts for Virtuoso 3.0, its latest Universal Server release.
Resources 1st multivendor Embedded Linux standard nears releaseLinuxDevices reports on the final review of version 1.0 of the ELC Platform Specification. "The Embedded Linux Consortium's board of directors has started the clock on final review of version 1.0 of the ELC Platform Specification, according to an announcement sent to the ELC's members. The draft spec was completed by the platform spec working group in late October, triggering a 45-day review period that will culminate in a vote cycle authorizing public distribution of the world's first Embedded Linux standard."
New Survey of International Developers Shows Web Services Now Focused Inside BusinessesEvans Data Corporation has published its latest Developers Survey. "Linux continues to expand its user base. 59% of survey respondents expect to write Linux applications in the next year."
MySQL Cookbook availableO'Reilly has published the MySQL Cookbook.
Second Zope Community HandbookWork is in progress for the construction of the second community-authored Zope Handbook, which will consist of around 20 Zope related articles. Article writers are needed.
Upcoming Events Super Computing announcementsSuper Computing 2002 is in progress now, in Baltimore, Maryland. Here are a few Linux cluster supercomputing announcements.
Forum du PHP 2002Forum du PHP 2002 (in French) will be held in Paris, France on December 9 and 10, 2002.
LinuxWorld UK debutLinuxWorld will be presenting its first Linux event in the UK, to be held in Birmingham on September 3 and 4, 2003.
LinuxWorld lands in the UK (ZDNet)Next year in September LinuxWorld will land in the UK, according to this ZDNet article. "The UK show will take place at the Birmingham NEC from 3-4 September, and will be the second LinuxWorld event in Europe, joining an annual event in Germany. It will directly compete with Linux Expo UK, which has been running in this country for five years and will take place next October in London."
Events: November 27, 2002 - January 23, 2003
Web sites Lisp resources have movedTwo Lisp resources, CLiki and the SBCL Internals Documentation Project, have been moved to cliki.net.
Software announcements This week's software announcementsHere are the software announcements, courtesy of Freshmeat.net. They are available in two formats:
Miscellaneous Robin Dunn joins OSAFMitch Kapor's Weblog reports that wxPython developer Robin Dunn has joined the OSAF for a six month contract. Thanks to Magnus Lycka.
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