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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements A "state of open source" message from Bruce PerensBruce Perens has put up a lengthy "state of open source" message to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Open Source Definition. "We have actually changed the way that innovation happens. Innovation has gone public. Many companies, institutions, and individuals share innovation on a daily basis, entirely in the open, through Free Software development communities. The products they produce are the leaders in their field."
Commercial announcements Misys to release Open Source Code at SCALEMisys has announced plans to release some of its proprietary code during the SCALE conference. ""In October 2007, we announced our intention to release the Misys Connect Healthcare solution to the open source community and now we're delivering on our promise," said Bob Barthelmes, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the newly created Open Source Solutions division at Misys. "We've been focusing on forming partnerships that will (eventually) advance the collaborative development and quality of new products and reduce the price of software. We hope to improve healthcare delivery. That's our goal," said Bob."
Novell announces SiteScape acquisitionNovell, Inc. has announced the acquisition of SiteScape. "SiteScape, the founder of the ICEcore open source collaboration project, brings impressive team workspace and real-time collaboration capabilities to Novell -- key components of a broad unified communications and collaboration strategy. The melding of the two firms creates the industry's clear leader in open, enterprise-strength collaboration and social networking offerings, giving customers powerful, flexible ways to integrate new communications technologies into their environment and drive employee productivity and business innovation."
Purple Labs announces sub-$100 LiMo feature phonePurple Labs has announced an under $100 LiMo feature phone at the Mobile World Congress. "Purple Labs, a leading supplier of embedded Linux solutions for mobile phones, announced today that its new Purple Magic feature phone has received LiMo Foundation(tm) certification. The 3G Linux phone is a LiMo Platform(tm) Type I device, and will serve as a reference product for ODMs and phone manufacturers wanting to accelerate time to market for low-cost 3G handsets."
STMicroelectronics' Nomadik multimedia processor adds Linux and Trolltech application environmentSTMicroelectronics has announced the integration of Linux and the Trolltech Qtopia application environment to the Nomadik multimedia application processor ecosystem. "This powerful platform provides equipment manufacturers with a complete reference design that facilitates fast development and customization of the latest generations of multimedia applications including smart phones, wireless PDAs, internet appliances and car entertainment systems. Based on ST's distributed-processing architecture with smart multimedia accelerators, the Nomadik processors enable compelling multimedia applications with ultra-low power consumption."
SYSOPENDIGIA releases source code of its 3G Linux smartphoneSYSOPENDIGIA has announced the release of the source code for its 3G Linux smartphone. "The SYSOPENDIGIA 3G Linux smartphone has been created using Linux operating system and other open-source software components, as well as commercially licensed Qtopia application platform and user interface from Trolltech. "We see that the only way for the mobile industry to answer the rapidly growing need for new functionality and services is increased re-use of existing software asset. Leveraging open-source software is a good way to avoid re-implementing such functionality that is not important for differentiation." says Tuukka Turunen, Director, Special Projects from SYSOPENDIGIA."
Trolltech announces support for mobile touch screens DevicesTrolltech has announced the continued evolution of Qtopia Phone Edition, its application platform and user interface for Linux-based mobile phones. With version 4.3 of Qtopia Phone Edition, Trolltech boasts major improvements in real-world start-up speeds, external benchmarking for compliance with key industry standards, and a range of new features.
Trolltech's Qt WebKit Integration brings Web 2.0 services to mobile phonesTrolltech has announced the integration of its Qt cross-platform development framework with the WebKit mobile phone browser technology. "Google(tm) Earth and iTunes are examples of such services currently available on the desktop. With Trolltech's Qt WebKit Integration, these type of applications - along with services such as social networking, instant messaging and real-time financial updates - can also be delivered to mobile phones."
Vimicro launches Vinno-III open mobile platformVimicro International Corporation has announced the launch of its Vinno-III Linux-based open mobile platform. "Vinno-III-Linux platform is based on Vimicro's newly launched Vinno-III application processor running popular open source Linux OS. Along with traditional, strong multimedia processing capabilities enabled by Vimicro chips, the platform also integrates useful applications such as office file reader, WAP and MMS. Vimicro's new Mobile Multimedia Processors enhance the user experience in video, audio, camera and file transfer when adopted for basic mobile phones."
New Books Ajax: The Definitive Guide -- New from O'ReillyO'Reilly has published the book Ajax: The Definitive Guide by Anthony T. Holdener III.
Rails for PHP Developers--New from Pragmatic BookshelfPragmatic Bookshelf has published the book Rails for PHP Developers by Derek DeVries and Mike Naberezny.
Wicked Cool PHP--New from No Starch PressNo Starch Press has published the book Wicked Cool PHP by William Steinmetz with Brian Ward.
Resources AMD's open GPU documentation siteAMD has announced the existence of its open GPU documentation site, wherein one can find register-level documentation on several ATI graphics processors (R5xx and R6xx can be found there now).
FSFE NewsletterThe February 12, 2008 edition of the FSFE Newsletter is online with the latest Free Software Foundation Europe news. Topics include: GPL-violations.org and FSFE's Freedom Task Force plan future interaction, NLnet continues to support FSFE's Freedom Task Force, Berlin Fellowship meeting and talk, Duesseldorf Fellowship meeting and planning future events, FSFE meeting in Göteborg, Sweden and SELF Open Documentary Contest.
Contests and Awards DreamWorks wins an award for its innovative use of Linux (c|net)c|net notes the winning of an a Annie Award by DreamWorks. "Linux (and principally Red Hat Enterprise Linux) has become the primary production platform for the animation industry, largely due to the engineering efforts of DreamWorks. Behind that effort sits Ed Leonard, chief technology officer at DreamWorks, who has been recognized for his work with an Annie Award for "promoting the Linux open system for animation in animation studios and gaming software development.""
Meeting Minutes Minutes for GNOME Foundation directors meetingThe minutes from the January 30, 2008 GNOME Foundation directors meeting have been published.
Perl 6 Design Meeting Minutes (use Perl)The minutes from the February 6, 2008 Perl 6 Design Meeting have been published. "The Perl 6 design team met by phone on 06 February 2008. Larry, Jerry, Will, Jesse, Nicholas, and chromatic attended."
January PSF board meeting minutes are availableThe minutes from the January 14, 2008 Python Software Foundation board meeting have been published.
Calls for Presentations CMG'08 Conference call for papers and presentationsComputer Measurement Group has announced a call for papers and presentations for the CMG'08 Conference. "The Computer Measurement Group (CMG), the Information Technology professionals responsible for planning, measuring, analyzing, and managing the world's largest IT infrastructures, announced today its call for papers and presentations for the 34th International Conference to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, December 7th through 12th, 2008 at the Paris Hotel." Abstracts are due by May 16, 2008.
Upcoming Events Meet the KDevelop Crowd (KDE.News)KDE.News has announced a meeting of the KDevelop developers on April 12 and 13, 2008. "It is the time of the year to gather and spend some time on our favourite IDE. Continuing the tradition to meet in cities famous for alcohol-based beverages and oversized servings of meat, Munich was the obvious pick. Pretending to be a civilised crowd, we managed to convince the boss of the Trolltech's Munich office to generously provide us with a room, a 4MBit SDSL line and lots of coffee."
Northern California installfest for schoolsAn installfest is planned for Saturday March 1 in four bay area locations to benefit schools. Organized by Untangle and the Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC), the plan is to try to install Linux on several hundred computers that have been pieced together from old computers recycled at ACCRC. The installfest locations are in San Francisco, Berkeley, Novato, and San Mateo in northern California. The rejuvenated computers will be donated to local schools and non-profit organizations. More information can be found here.
Events: February 21, 2008 to April 21, 2008The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
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