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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements Request for Submissions for Open Source Reference Book 2003 The Center of Open Source & Government has announced that it will publish The Open Source Reference Book 2003 subtitled [What Local/National Governments, the Defense Establishment, and The Global 1000 Need To Know About Open Source Software]. This is a request for submissions.
Commercial announcements Human-Size Household Robot Developed on MontaVista Linux
MontaVista Software has
announced that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. has chosen MontaVista
Linux to power 'wakamaru,' the first human-size robot that can provide
companionship, or function as a caretaker and house sitter.
GRID WARS Parallel Programming Challenge Featured at ClusterWorld Conference and Expo Engineered Intelligence Corporation (EI) has announced that the next "GRID WARS" parallel programming challenge will be held live at the ClusterWorld Conference and Expo in San Jose, June 23-26. HP will provide a Linux-based Itanium cluster for the challenge.
The Axis device server Axis has announced the availability of the "AXIS 83 Device Server." It's a Linux-based single board system with two ethernet ports, a USB port, and some flash memory. It looks like a fun toy for the creation of well-connected embedded systems.
Novell Becomes LPI's Latest Gold Sponsor Linux Professional Institute has announced that Novell has selected LPI's professional certification program as a step towards its own Novell Certified Linux Engineer (Novell CLE). LPI exams are now available at Novell's Utah test centers as part of the Novell CLE certification program.
Resources Comparing Microsoft's EULA and the GPL The folks at Cybersource have taken a long look at the Microsoft Windows XP Professional end user license agreement and produced a document comparing it, in detail, to the GPL. The result is available as a 30-page PDF file. It is a good analysis of what a user is getting into by agreeing to either license.
Upcoming Events Jupitermedia Announces IBM as Cornerstone Sponsor for Its Enterprise Linux Forum Jupitermedia Corporation has announced that IBM has signed on as the Cornerstone Sponsor for its upcoming Enterprise Linux Forum Conference & Expo, to be held June 4-6, 2003 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California.
First ever Linux Summit in Finland a success The first Linux Summit in Finland has been declared a success for both organizers and attendees. Arranged by SOT in co-operation with HP, Oracle and F-Secure, the conference attracted close to 400 visitors from Finland's largest corporations and public organizations.
PHPCon East Opens Wednesday in NYC The PHP conference circuit heads to New York City this week with an expanded program that includes a third day of tutorials and several new and returning PHP gurus. PHPCon East 2003, the first of two regional, PHP-centric shows scheduled in 2003, runs April 23 to 25, 2003 at the Park Central Hotel in New York City, NY.
Pogo Linux Inc. Supports LinuxFest Northwest Pogo Linux Inc. has announced it will provide free, round-trip transportation for Seattle-area attendees to LinuxFest Northwest (LFNW) in Bellingham, Washington, on Saturday, April 26, 2003.
London Open Source Conference The Open Group Conference / Open Source in the Enterprise event will be held in London, England on May 7, 2003.
CFP: Real Time Linux Workshop, Valencia A Call for Papers has gone out for the Fifth Real-Time Linux Workshop, to be held in Valencia Spain on November 9-11, 2003.
WSJX 2003 series, Europe The WSJX 2003 series will be held across Europe from September 15 - October 30, 2003. "LogOn is launching a new series of pan-European events which integrates and expands the existing series of XML and Java Days into a comprehensive pan-European tour focusing on Web Services, Java and XML."
Events: April 24 - June 19, 2003
Web sites New Perl Beginners Portal (use Perl) Use Perl mentions the move and rework of the Perl Beginners' Site, a resource for new Perl programmers.
Software announcements This week's software announcements Here are the software announcements, courtesy of Freshmeat.net. They are available in two formats:
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