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Announcements
Commercial announcements
Bug Labs introduces the BUG platform
Bug Labs has announced the BUG modular consumer electronics platform. "BUG is a collection of easy-to-use, open source hardware modules, each capable of producing one or more Web services. These modules snap together physically and the services connect together logically to enable users to easily build, program and share innovative devices and applications. With BUG, we don't define the final products - you do. BUGbase is the foundation of your BUG device. It's a fully programmable and "hackable" Linux computer, equipped with a fast CPU, 128MB RAM, built-in WiFi, rechargeable battery, USB, Ethernet, and a small LCD with button controls."
Guardian Digital announces SurfSecure
Guardian Digital has launched a redesigned version of SurfSecure, a Web and Content Filtering Solution. "Currently used by organizations from 200 to over 5000 employees, the technology allows Enterprise organizations to leverage the inherent benefits of Open Source technology to improve productivity, minimize web threats and reduce liability in the work place."
Mandriva CEO rants at Steve Ballmer
Mandriva CEO François Bancilhon shows his company's PR skills with this open letter to Steve Ballmer over a deal that appears to have gone wrong. "And then, today, we hear from the customer a totally different story: 'we shall pay for the Mandriva Software as agreed, but we shall replace it by Windows afterward.' Wow! I'm impressed, Steve! What have you done for these guys to change their mind like this? It's pretty clear to me, and it will be clear to everyone. How do you call what you just did Steve, in the place where you live? In my place, they give it various names, I'm sure you know them. Hey Steve, how do you feel looking at yourself in the mirror in the morning?" (Thanks to Sam Bailey).
MontaVista acquires MontaVista Software Korea Co
MontaVista has announced its acquisition of MontaVista Software Korea Co., Ltd. "MontaVista Software, Inc., the leading provider of Linux for intelligent devices and communications infrastructure, announced today that it has purchased a Seoul-based company to meet the growing demand from Korean device manufacturers and software developers for MontaVista embedded Linux software and services. The announcement was made at a press conference in Seoul."
Red Hat pursuing Common Criteria for JBoss
Red Hat has announced that it will be pursuing Common Criteria certification for the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform as well as the MetaMatrix Data Services Platform. "Created in response to increasing threats to network and computer security, Common Criteria is an internationally approved set of security standards used by governments and businesses worldwide. It is designed to bolster end-user confidence by providing clear and reliable assurance that a technology's integrity and security architecture have been thoroughly tested and validated by an accredited, third-party source against the Common Criteria (CC) Standard for Information Technology Security Evaluation (ISO/IEC 15408)."
Linux Game Company Opens Doors
Sixth Floor Labs LLC has announced their existence as a Linux game development company. "Founded by Ethan Glasser-Camp and Carl Li, the company aims to improve Linux's desktop feasibility through the creation of high-quality games. Games are "sold" to the Internet community through the "ransom model" -- for one large payment, the product is released under the GPL and freed forever."
EVE Online available to Mac and Linux users
EVE Online is available for Linux. "CCP, one of the world's largest independent game developers, and TransGaming Inc., a leading developer of software portability products for the electronic entertainment industry, today announced the availability of EVE Online, a leading massively multiplayer online game (MMOG), on the Macintosh and Linux platforms. With this release, EVE Online is now available on the most widely used operating systems - Microsoft Windows, Macintosh and Linux."
Vertica Teams With HP and Red Hat
Vertica Systems has announced a partnership with HP and Red Hat. "Vertica Systems has teamed with HP and Red Hat to deliver a breakthrough software/hardware bundle for managing analytic data marts -- faster and more economically than has been done with earlier generation appliances based on proprietary hardware. The solution opens new analytical possibilities for companies of any size that have large, fast-growing data stores of critical business information such as call detail records (CDRs), stock quotes, customer service history, clickstream logs, radio frequency identification (RFID) and more. The solution includes the HP BladeSystem c3000, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and the column-oriented Vertica(R) Database and will be configured and delivered through HP channel partners."
New Books
The HDRI Handbook--New from Rocky Nook
Rocky Nook has published the book The HDRI Handbook, High Dynamic Range Imaging for Photographers and CG Artists by Christian Bloch.
Packt Publishing announces new Zimbra book
Packt Publishing has published the book Zimbra: Implement, Administer and Manage by Marty Resnick and David Touitou.
Resources
FSFE Newsletter
The November 7, 2007 edition of the FSFE Newsletter is online with the latest Free Software Foundation Europe news. Topics include: European Commission vs. Microsoft decennial battle is over, FSFE at Free Software information event in Austrian school, FSFE's German deputy coordinator discusses Sustainable-IT in Berlin, Sun donates T1000 server to FSFE, Fellows plan the future of the Fellowship portal, FSFE's European Legal and Techincal Networks grow and Brussels meetings and Free Software awareness.
Education and Certification
Free Linux Course for Beginners
LinuxBasics.org has announced their second free Linux class, An Introduction to Linux Basics, which takes place on November 8. "This course is designed to give a foundation of understanding of Linux to a beginner who wants to know a little more about the system. More advanced Linux users will find an opportunity to dig deeper into some areas they always wanted to know more about or discover gaps in their knowledge that they didn't know existed."
LinuxCertified announces Linux Device Driver Development course
LinuxCertified has announced a Linux Device Driver Development course. "LinuxCertified Inc, a leading provider of Linux training and services, today announced its next Linux Device Driver Development Course class to be held in South Bay, CA from November 12th to November 14th."
Linux Professional Institute Announces New Affiliate: LPI-Central Europe
The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has announced the formation of a new regional affiliate, LPI-Central Europe, which will be responsible for promoting Linux professionalism in the nations of Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland. The new affiliate is the result of extensive development efforts by Open Source Certification GmbH, the management team of former LPI affiliate LPI-German.
Introduction to WorldVistA EHR System Administration (LinuxMedNews)
LinuxMedNews has published a press release for a WorldVistA conference. "The not-for-profit Harris County Health Information Cooperative (HCHIC) is sponsoring an intensive, vendor-neutral Educational Conference: "Introduction to WorldVistA EHR System Administration". This three day weekend education event December 7th-9th, 2007 will be held in Houston, Texas."
Calls for Presentations
CFP: LCA Multimedia miniconf
A Call for Presentations has gone out for the LCA Multimedia miniconf. The event takes place on January 28, 2008 in Melbourne, Australia. Submissions are due by November 30.
GNOME.conf.au 2008: Call for Presentations
A Call for Presentations has gone out for GNOME.conf.au. The event takes place from January 28 to February 2, 2008 in Melbourne, Australia. "This year, we're going to focus on a single, action-packed day of short sessions, from 5 minute lightning talks to 25 minute presentations. Please submit a session proposal if you'd like to contribute to GNOME.conf.au's unique blend of pure awesome and rock'n'roll."
DOHCS CFP reminder (LinuxMedNews)
LinuxMedNews has announced a call for paper for DOHCS at SCALE. "This is just a reminder that the second annual Demonstrating Open Source Healthcare Solutions conference (DOHCS) is taking place at SCALE 2008 again in Los Angeles, February 8th. Pre-registration for attendees is now available so please help us publicize the event, https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/reg6/. We would love to have a talk proposal submitted by a wide variety of contributors on a diverse set of topics. Note that this year we are offering both a technical and a business oriented tract. The deadline for submissions is November 30th and there is not a lot of room left for speakers so please don't wait until the last minute."
Upcoming Events
Eclipse Community Conference announces keynotes
The Eclipse Foundation has announced the keynote speakers for EclipseCon 2008. The event will take place on March 17-20, 2008 at the Santa Clara, CA Convention Center. "The keynote presentations for EclipseCon 2008 will feature well known industry speakers including Cory Doctorow, science fiction author and open source advocate; Dan Lyons, also known as the Fake Steve Jobs; and Sam Ramji, Director at Microsoft Open Source Labs."
OpenOffice.org at foss.in
OpenOffice.org will be present at the FOSS.IN conference. "The OpenOffice.org presence in India is large and growing. Millions use it there, in numerous languages. This December, as part of the internationally renown foss.in conference held annually in Bangalore, OpenOffice.org will have its first Project Day: a day devoted to talks and workshops on OpenOffice.org, its code, architecture, community, extensions, future. You are invited. With members from the local community presenting on issues pertinent to India and with speakers flying in from Germany and Canada, the OpenOffice.org Project Day gives all Indian community members the opportunity not just to learn but to speak their own voice directly to the project leads."
Speakers and Exhibitors line up for SCALE 6x
The Sixth Annual So Cal Linux Expo will take place in Los Angeles, CA on February 8-10, 2008. "A few of the speakers and their topics are: Akkana Peck. author of "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional" will speak on "GIMP Demystified"; Jason Dixon of the OpenBSD Project will discuss high availability and fail-over in OpenBSD; Sven Oehme of IBM will speak on how to "Scale Out File Services using Samba and a Clustered Filesystem"; and Stormy Peters of OpenLogic will discuss the motivations behind coding for Open Source Software in her talk "Would you do it again for free?""
Events: November 15, 2007 to January 14, 2008
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| November 11 November 17 |
Large Installation System Administration Conference | Dallas, TX, USA |
| November 12 November 16 |
Ruby on Rails Bootcamp with Charles B. Quinn | Atlanta, USA |
| November 12 November 15 |
OWASP & WASC AppSec 2007 Conference | San Jose, USA |
| November 12 November 16 |
ApacheCon US 2007 | Atlanta, GA, USA |
| November 15 November 18 |
Piksel07 | Bergen, Norway |
| November 15 | Alfresco European Community Conference | Paris, France |
| November 16 November 18 |
aKademy-es 2007 | Zaragoza, Spain |
| November 20 November 23 |
DeepSec ISDC 2007 | Vienna, Austria |
| November 22 November 23 |
Conferencia Rails Hispana | Madrid, Spain |
| November 24 | LinuxDay in Vorarlberg (Deutschland, Schweiz, Liechtenstein und Österreich) | Dornbirn, Austria |
| November 26 November 29 |
Open Source Developers' Conference | Brisbane, Australia |
| November 28 November 30 |
Mono Summit 2007 | Madrid, Spain |
| November 29 November 30 |
PacSec 2007 | Tokyo, Japan |
| December 1 | Django Worldwide Sprint | Online, World |
| December 1 | London Perl Workshop 2007 | London, UK |
| December 4 December 8 |
FOSS.IN 2007 | Bangalore, India |
| December 7 December 8 |
Free Software Conference Scandinavia | Gotherburg, Sweden |
| December 7 December 8 |
PGCon Brazil | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| December 10 | Paris on Rails (2nd Edition) | Paris, France |
| December 11 December 12 |
3rd DoD Open Conference: Deployment of Open Technologies and Architectures within Military Systems | Vienna, VA, USA |
| December 15 December 22 |
Unix Meeting 2007 | IRC, Worldwide |
| December 27 December 30 |
24th Chaos Communication Congress | Berlin, Germany |
| December 31 | Israeli Perl Workshop | Ramat Efal, Israel |
| January 11 January 13 |
FUDCon Raleigh 2008 | Raleigh, NC, USA |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
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