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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements DoD Open Source Policy Statement Released The Center of Open Source & Government tells us that the DoD made its first official statement about Open Source and put it on a level playing field with proprietary software.
Commercial announcements ActiveState's Komodo IDE honored in SD Times 100 ActiveState has announced that its Komodo IDE has earned a place in the SD Times 100 list. In the "Tools and Environments" category, Komodo is "the first professional-quality IDE for scripting language developers".
Open Source Software Faces Uphill Battle in Larger Companies in Europe, Middle East and Africa Evans Data Corporation has completed the third survey in its regionally based series. Europe, Middle East and Africa Development Survey Vol. 1 2003 (EMEA) found that 58% of developers use open source software (OSS) but, in companies with more than 500 employees, 25% of developers indicated that company policies were the primary reason for not using OSS.
MySQL AB Named to First Annual SD TIMES 100 List MySQL AB has put out a press release concerning the inclusion of MySQL in the SD TTMES 100 list. "MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced it has been selected for inclusion in the first annual SD TIMES 100, a list of companies and organizations that demonstrated the greatest innovation and leadership in the software development industry in 2002."
MySQL AB Secures $19.5 Million Investment Round MySQL AB has announced the completion of a $19.5 million Series B round of financing led by Benchmark Capital, and that Kevin Harvey, general partner of Benchmark Capital, will join MySQL AB's board of directors.
OSCI Delivers First Language Reference Manual to Public The Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI) has announced the initial delivery of the SystemC v2.0.1 Language Reference Manual (LRM), a more than 400-page definitive on SystemC semantics that provides an unambiguous definition of the SystemC language.
French CEA using Nuxeo Web Application Nuxeo has sent out a press release announcing that the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is now using Nuxeo's CPS and the Zope platform.
Ximian Announces Ximian Desktop 2 and Ximian Evolution 1.4 Ximian, Inc. has announced Ximian Desktop 2, a new version of its Linux desktop software.Ximian has also announced new versions of both Ximian Evolution and Ximian Connector for Microsoft Exchange.
Resources LDP Weekly News The June 3, 2003 edition of the Linux Documentation Project Weekly News is out. Take a look for a listing of the latest new and updated documentation.
Linux Gazette - June 2003 The Linux Gazette issue #91, June 2003, is out. This month read a book review of Web Hacking: Attacks and Defense, by John B Cole; Installing Slackware and Making It Secure, by Cezary M Kruk; Silicon Valley Humor, Baby Boomer Style, by Janine M Lodato; Creating/Manipulating images with gd, by Shuveb Hussain; Exploring The sendfile System Call, by Jeff Tranter; and much more.
LPI-News May 2003 The Linux Professional Institute's monthly newsletter is out for the month of May. Topics include the retake policy for LPI exams; the volunteer of the month - Jason Record of Novell; and much more.
Upcoming Events SCO/Linux debate at USENIX San Antonio conference The USENIX Technical Conference, which runs from June 9-14 in San Antonio, Texas will hold the First Public SCO/Linux Debate on June 12.
Linuxwochen 2003 An ongoing series of Linux events, known as Linuxwochen 2003 (in German), will be held in various European cities up to June 21, 2003. Thanks to Maximilian Attems.
First Annual GCC Developers' Summit The proceedings and photos from the First Annual GCC Developers' Summit are now available.
JBoss Group's Second Annual Conference JBoss Group has announced JBossTwo, the company's second annual free conference for Java developers. JBossTwo will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., June 11, 2003, at the Sony Metreon in San Francisco.
Third DZUG-Conference in Paderborn (ZopeMembers) The German Zope User Group (DZUG) will hold a Zope conference in Paderborn, Germany on September 26 and 27, 2003.
Events: June 5 - July 31, 2003
Web sites Lisp NYC web site Lisp NYC has put up a new web site. The group is described as: "a group devoted to the advocacy and advancement of professional software developers in their adoption of Common Lisp and associated languages".
Sound & MIDI Software For Linux updated Dave Philips has updated his Sound & MIDI Software For Linux site. The musings column summarizes recent developments in a number of Linux audio projects.
Software announcements This week's software announcements Here are the software announcements, courtesy of Freshmeat.net. They are available in two formats:
Miscellaneous SCO v. IBM resource site Karsten Self has put together a wiki-based page on the SCO/IBM mess. Therein you'll find lots of useful information, including teleconference transcripts, lots of links, and a timeline for the whole affair.
International Eiffel Programming Contest An Eiffel programming contest is being held, the submissions deadline is October 31, 2003. Prizes include cash and commercial software.
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