Announcements

Commercial announcements

GNOME Foundation and Bitstream Inc. to bring fonts to free software

The GNOME Foundation and Bitstream Inc have announced an agreement that will bring high quality fonts to the free software world. "'The donation of these fonts to the free software community is the final piece that will give full functionality to projects like Freetype, XFT2 and X Render extensions in the Xfree86 project, Pango, KDE and Trolltech's QT Rendering,' said Jim Gettys, GNOME Foundation board member."

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APC announces recall on popular UPS models due to fire hazard

APC has announced a recall on 2.1 million of its BackUPS units worldwide due to a danger of fire. Details at http://www.apcc.com/rely/index.cfm

These are low-end units for both home and office, so it might be a good idea to check under your desk and in your server room!

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Codehost and Easy Software Announce License Agreement

Codehost and Easy Software Products have announced that they will be integrating CUPS source code into a commercial product. "Software developers Codehost, Inc. and Easy Software Products announced today that the two companies have entered into a licensing agreement that will allow Codehost to utilize aspects of the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) source code. The CUPS source code will be used within BrightQ®, Codehost's popular turnkey printing suite for corporate UNIX and Linux users of multi-function devices and high-end printers."

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Announcements from UnitedLinux

UnitedLinux has made a few announcements at LinuxWorld:

• HP has joined as a UnitedLinux "technology partner." Among other things, HP will have a seat on the UnitedLinux technical advisory board, and will engage in "joint marketing activities."

• UnitedLinux has announced a deal with the Linux Professional Institute to create a UnitedLinux certification program. It will be based on the standard LPI certification with an additional test which is specific to the UnitedLinux distribution.

• There is also a new software developers program which seems to consist mostly of a mailing list and access to some IBM demoware.

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UnitedLinux to Deliver Enhanced Linux Platform for Telecommunications Carriers

UnitedLinux announced plans to integrate the full OSDL Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) 1.1 feature set for UnitedLinux 1.0. The CGL features will be available as a Service Pack in the first quarter of 2003.

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"Understanding the Linux Kernel, Second Edition" Released by O'Reilly

O'Reilly has released the second edition of "Understanding the Linux Kernel" by Daniel P. Bovet and Marco Cesati. The new edition of "Understanding the Linux Kernel" has been updated to cover version 2.4 of the kernel.

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"Programming Web Services with Perl" Released by O'Reilly

O'Reilly has published the book "Programming Web Services with Perl".

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Qlusters, Inc. Introduces ClusterFrame(tm) for Enterprise Computing

Qlusters has announced the release of ClusterFrame(tm). Qlusters' ClusterFrame product brings mainframe features and capabilities to business applications and traditional compute-intensive environments. There are two new product configurations. ClusterFrame/VM(tm) is a virtual mainframe hosting any IA-32 Operating System. ClusterFrame/SSI(tm) is a true Single-System-Image Linux Cluster platform.

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PeerDirect announces technology for 100% Linux-distributed database apps

PeerDirect Corporation announced that its flagship product suite, PeerDirectT Distributed Enterprise, now provides native support for Linux.

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Wing IDE 1.1.8 announced

Archaeopteryx Software has released version 1.1.8 of their Wing IDE for Python.

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Upcoming Events

LinuxWorld press releases

Each LinuxWorld brings with it a flood of press releases from participating companies. Here is a small sample of the many press releases we've seen today.

• MySQL Adds Subselects, Upgrades Performance and Security
• Mellanox Partners with IBM to Power Enterprise Applications on InfiniBand IT Environment at LinuxWorld
• Ximian to Present Software Enabling Enterprise Linux Deployment and Management at LinuxWorld
• SCO Announces SCOoffice Server for Linux
• Dot Hill Displays New Linux Storage Solutions at LinuxWorld NYC
• SteelEye Announces Availability of SteelEye LifeKeeper for mySAP.com on Linux
• Red Hat to Keynote at LinuxWorld Event With Morgan Stanley
• SGI to Define Future of High-Performance Linux Computing at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
• Technology Showcase: Linux Servers from NEC Solutions Showcased by Producers of LinuxWorld Expo
• CA Extends Leadership in Enterprise Linux Market With New Releases for Apache, Mysql and Websphere
• Progeny Announces Key Enhancements to the Linux Programmer's Toolkit -PTK- with HP

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Wednesday LinuxWorld press release roundup

Here's a selection from the dozens of LinuxWorld press releases which have found their way to our inbox:

• Dell has announced a new set of high-density supercomputer cluster offerings.

• Egenera has sold a number of its BladeFrame systems to JPMorgan Chase.

• HP has announced a new set of big customers and various new offerings; the company claims to have done $2 billion in Linux business in 2002.

• IBM's big announcement is the availability of the Lotus iNotes client for Linux. "In addition, IBM announced enhancements to its Linux hardware and software offerings for Linux, including a new reference platform that makes it easier to create Linux-based smartphones and personal digital assistants (PDAs); Tivoli(R) systems management software for Linux; integrated software and services for its mainframe Linux support; as well as performance improvements for Intel(R) processor-based Linux servers running Linux." A separate announcement talks about new customers, including the PGA Golf Tour.

• Linuxcare has announced the general availability of its Levanta server consolidation software.

• LTrix Engineering is pitching its kernel debugger (with the appealing name of "lice"); $2000/seat.

• RealNetworks has released the code for its Helix DNA server. This pretty much completes the set of code releases that RealNetworks promised to the community.

• Red Hat seemingly has no new products to announce at this time; instead, the company has put out a press release on what a good year 2002 was.

• SGI has announced several new customers for its "Altix 3000" Linux-based supercomputers. SGI has also announced an expansion of its Linux developer program.

• Sun announces the Sun ONE software stack for Linux (several new products), an expansion of support for the Grid Engine project, the forthcoming availability of "Mad Hatter" (Sun's Linux desktop), and a few other things. There is also a separate PR for the Grid Engine "portlet" code contribution.

• Sun and Ximian have announced the availability of the "Sun ONE Connector for Ximian Evolution."

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Linux.conf.au 2003 draws record numbers

Registrations for the Australian national Linux conference, Linux.Conf.Au 2003, have closed online in a mad rush as punters secured their seats at this technically focused event. While the main conference is kicking off on Wednesday, January 22, 2003, numerous mini-conferences being held prior to the conference are already well under way.

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Linux Summit 2003, Finland

The Linux Summit will be held in Espoo, Finland on Febrary 27 and 28, 2003. "A two-day conference in Finland aims to convince IT managers of the commercial advantages of using GNU/Linux and Open Source, by presenting real-life examples."

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OMG Days Europe 2003

OMG Days Europe 2003 will be held across Europe from February 18 to June 11, 2003. "An OMG Information Day is a one-day conference and exhibition with focus on Enterprise Integration."

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Desktop Linux Summit Almost Sold Out

Lindows.com, Inc. has announced that the Desktop Linux Summit, to be held on February 20 - 21, 2003 in San Diego, is nearly sold out. Early registration ends January 17, 2003.

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Disagreement over the Desktop Linux Summit

DesktopLinux.com has posted an article on its withdrawal from the Desktop Linux Summit, which, they believe, has become dominated by a single vendor. "Then, last week, Lindows.com suddenly and unilaterally directed DesktopLinux.com to substitute a new agenda for the old one -- one that had not been discussed or reviewed with the Advisory Board. The agenda was a completely new one, with major changes such as substitution of Lindows.com CEO Michael Robertson for Open Source advocate Bruce Perens in the conference welcome keynote slot." (Thanks to Timothy R. Butler).

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YAPC::NA::2003 CFP Announced (use Perl)

Use Perl has an announcement for YAPC::NA, to be held in Boca Raton, Florida on June 16-18, 2003. A CFP has been issued for the conference.

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OpenOffice.org Conference CFP

The first OpenOffice.org Conference will be held on March 20 and 21, 2003 in Hamburg, Germany. A CFP has been announced for the conference.

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Events: January 23 - March 20, 2003

Date	Event	Location
January 23 - 25, 2003	Linux.conf.au 2003	Perth, Australia
January 23 - 24, 2003	LinuxWorld Conference & Expo	(Jacob K. Javits Center)New York, NY
January 27 - 31, 2003	SAINT-2003	Orlando, Florida, USA
February 3 - 6, 2003	O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference	(Westin Horton Plaza.)San Diego, CA
February 4 - 6, 2003	Linux Solutions 2003	(CNIT)Paris, France
February 8 - 9, 2003	Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting(FOSDEM)	Brussels, Belgium
February 10 - 14, 2003	The fifth NordU/USENIX Conference(NordU2003)	(Aros Congress Center)Västerås, Sweden
February 20 - 21, 2003	Desktop Linux Summit	(Vivendi Universal Building)San Diego, CA
February 22 - 24, 2003	CodeCon 2.0	(Club NV)San Francisco CA, USA
February 27 - 28, 2003	Linux Summit 2003	(Dipoli Conference Center)Espoo, Finland
March 17 - 19, 2003	Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU	(The Marvin Center Grand Ballroom, George Washington University)Washington, DC
March 20 - 21, 2003	First OpenOffice.org Conference(OOoCon2003)	(University of Hamburg)Hamburg, Germany

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Web sites

Linux Music and Sound Software Updated

Dave Phillips has updated his Linux Music & Sound Software page, check out the Musings and New Additions sections.

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Software announcements

Helix Community Updates #3

The Helix Community Newsletter #3 is available. This issue looks at the Helix DNA Server release on January 22; new mailing lists; the Helix Community is hiring; and more open source news from RealNetworks.

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This week's software announcements

Here are the software announcements, courtesy of Freshmeat.net. They are available in two formats:

• Sorted alphabetically,
• Sorted by license.

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Miscellaneous

LinuxWorld Names Finalists for Open Source Product Excellence Awards

Finalists have been announced for the LinuxWorld Open Source Product Excellence awards. The winners will be announced next week at LinuxWorld.

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