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AnnouncementsCommercial announcements Linux NetworX, HP announce clustering deal Linux NetworX has announced a deal with HP to help both provide better Linux cluster offerings. "As part of the agreement, HP will now offer Linux NetworX ClusterWorX software as a cluster supercomputing management tool and Linux NetworX will offer HP Itanium 2-based systems running Linux to customers wanting 64-bit capability for meeting their high-performance technical computing needs."
MandrakeSoft Shareholder Newsletter The latest MandrakeSoft Shareholder Newsletter, covering the 2001-2002 fiscal year, is now available. Revenue is up to EUR 4.7 million, and the net loss has dropped to EUR 6.1 million (down from EUR 13.6 million for the previous year). The company claims that staff will continue to fall to 65 by February (down from 150 in March, 2001); "As a result, MandrakeSoft is likely to reach break-even (month by month) soon thereafter."
RealNetworks Releases Helix DNA Producer Source Code to Helix Community RealNetworks, Inc. has announced the Helix DNA Producer source code is now available to software developers through the Helix Community website.
First MySQL Certification Exam Goes Beta The MySQL Core Certification exam is now into its beta period. "MySQL Core Certification is intended for individuals who assist in maintaining data in company databases, perform data analysis, import and export data, and perform other administrative functions. It covers creating and using databases and tables, as well as inserting, modifying, deleting, and retrieving data from a MySQL database."
Open Source Product Excellence Awards Expanded for LinuxWorld New York 2003 IDG World Expo has announced new categories and criteria for the LinuxWorld Open Source Product Excellence Awards. Sponsored by OSDN and presented in conjunction with the UniForum Association, the Open Source Product Excellence Awards will recognize Open Source product and service innovations by LinuxWorld exhibitors.
Upcoming Events LAD Meeting at ZKM, There will be a meeting of the Linux Audio Developers (LAD) at the German ZKM conference from March 14-16, 2003 in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Streaming Video Available of First openMosix User Group Meeting The first openMosix user group meeting was held in Bologna, Italy on November 28, 2002. Streaming Video speeches by A. Arcangeli, L. Genoni, and Moshe Bar plus the proceedings of the first openMosix user group meeting can be viewed online now. Stefano Martinelli of CINECA reports that, "All streaming video and most slides for the highly successful conference are available."
Call for Presenters for Open Source in Government Conference The Center for Open Source in Government, along with The Cyber Security Policy and Research Institute (CSPRI) of The George Washington University and others, present the second Open Source in Government conference called "Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU" to be held in Washington, DC, USA, March 17 - 19, 2003.
Photo Impression of KDE.nl at HCC Dagen KDE.News has announced the availability of a Photo Report from the HCC Dagen/ GAMEXPO 2002 conference that was held in the Netherlands on November 22-24, 2002.
German Linux Events for 2003 For the Linux enthusiasts in Germany, an LWN reader has sent us a nice list of German Linux events for 2003. Thanks to Alexander Stohr.
Events: December 12, 2002 - January 30, 2003
Web sites rpmseek.com - New rpm search engine for the Linux world A new Linux portal www.rpmseek.com offers users of the Linux operating system a convenient search engine for rpm packages. The packages can be searched by various criterions, such as package name, file name, distribution, keywords, dependencies or files that a package contains. Dependecies between packages are resolved by cross references.
Software announcements This week's software announcements Here are the software announcements, courtesy of Freshmeat.net. They are available in two formats:
Miscellaneous Pittsburgh.pm (Re)Activated (use Perl) Use Perl has an announcement stating that the Pittsburg Perl Mongers group has reformed.
New Aberdeen Study Details Pros and Cons of IBM's Linux Products and Strategy The Aberdeen group has released some details of a recent study into the pros and cons of IBM's Linux products and strategy.
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