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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements FSF and Stephen Fry celebrate the GNU Project 25th anniversaryThe GNU project is turning 25 this year, and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) has kicked off its month-long celebration of the anniversary by releasing "Happy Birthday to GNU," a short film featuring the English humorist, actor, novelist and filmmaker Stephen Fry.
Summer of Code Recap (use Perl)use Perl recaps the Google's Summer of Code's Perl projects. "Google's Summer of Code 2008 is wrapping up now and I'm very pleased with how well The Perl Foundation's students and mentors have done. The five projects which survived the halfway point have all finished with great results. Many thanks to all of the mentors and students as well as everyone in the community who helped or supported the process. Also, thanks to Google for putting on the program and to Richard Dice and Jim Brandt at TPF."
2008Q3 Grants Results (use Perl)use Perl reports on the 2008 third quarter Perl Foundation grant results. "Unfortunately TPF is unable to fund all the proposed grants as they exceed the funds available for Grants. Thus, TPF GC ranked proposals accordingly with its relevance to the community, and the first few were funded. These are the funded proposals: * Perl cross-compilation for linux and wince * Barcode support in Act * Tcl/Tk access for Rakudo * Embedding perl into C++ applications * Extending BSDPAN"
September 24 is World Day Against Software PatentsWorld Day Against Software Patents will take place on September 24. "Five years ago, on 24 September 2003, the European Parliament adopted amendments to limit the scope of patent law and thereby protect small software companies from the harmful effects of broad and trivial software patents. A global petition asking to effectively stop software patents worldwide will be launched on 24 September 2008, together with specific additional requests for certain regions such as Europe, the United States or India."
Commercial announcements Novell Reports Financial Results for Third Fiscal Quarter 2008Novell, Inc. has announced its third 2008 quarter financial results. "2008. For the quarter, Novell reported net revenue of $245 million. This compares to net revenue of $237 million for the third fiscal quarter 2007. Income from operations for the third fiscal quarter 2008 was $1 million, compared to a loss from operations of $10 million for the third fiscal quarter 2007. Loss from continuing operations in the third fiscal quarter 2008 was $15 million, or $0.04 loss per share, due to a $15 million impairment charge related to our auction-rate securities. This compares to a loss from continuing operations of $4 million, or $0.01 loss per share, for the third fiscal quarter 2007."
SGI releases fourth quarter financial resultsSGI has announced its 2008 fourth quarter financial results. "SGI today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2008 ended June 27, 2008. The Company achieved its stated objectives for the fiscal year of strong growth in bookings, a strengthened leadership team, an array of new products and services, and penetration into new customer accounts."
New Books Head First Ajax - New From O'ReillyO'Reilly has published the book Head First Ajax by Rebecca M. Riordan.
Resources Linux Gazette #154 is outIssue #154 of the Linux Gazette has been announced. Topics include: Mailbag, Mailbag 2, Talkback, 2-Cent Tips, News Bytes, by Deividson Luiz Okopnik and Howard Dyckoff, Hacking a Canon A720IS digital camera with CHDK on GNU/Linux, by Sujith H, Book Review: Blown to Bits, by Kat Tanaka Okopnik, WPA Supplicant LEAP, by Nic Tjirkalli, Software Review: uvhd - file investigation utility, by Owen Townsend, HelpDex, by Shane Collinge, Ecol, by Javier Malonda, XKCD, by Randall Munroe and The Linux Launderette.
Meeting Minutes Perl 6 Design Minutes (use Perl)use Perl has published the meeting minutes for the July 2, 2008, July 9, 2008 and July 16, 2008 Perl 6 design team meetings. "Larry, Allison, Jesse, Jerry, Patrick, and chromatic attended."
Calls for Presentations MySQL Conference and Expo Opens Call for ParticipationA call for participation has been opened for the MySQL Conference & Expo. "O'Reilly Media has opened the Call for Participation for the 2009 MySQL Conference & Expo, scheduled for April 20-23, in Santa Clara, California. Conference program chair Colin Charles and the program committee invite proposals for conference sessions, panel discussions, and tutorials. More than 2,000 attendees are expected to participate in over 120 sessions at next year's event." Submissions are due by October 22.
Upcoming Events The Linux Foundation End User Collaboration SummitThe Linux Foundation End User Collaboration Summit will be held on October 13-14, 2008 in New York, NY. "The Linux Foundation will be hosting our first ever End User Collaboration Summit this October in New York. This forum is designed for sophisticated users of Linux who will be able share best practices about how they are using Linux and speak directly with the core developers of the Linux platform."
The MontaVista Vision 2008 Embedded Linux Developers ConferenceThe MontaVista Vision 2008 Embedded Linux Developers Conference has been announced, LWN's Jon Corbet will be speaking. "The Vision 2008 Embedded Linux Developers Conference will be held Oct. 1-3 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California. Developers who attend Vision 2008 will learn how to work with new technologies such as multicore processors and mobile applications, will meet other developers and industry experts, and will see the breadth of platforms and solutions available for embedded Linux development."
Events: September 11, 2008 to November 10, 2008The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
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