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AnnouncementsCommercial announcements IBM joins Oracle for OpenJDK workIBM has announced that it will be working with Oracle to develop the OpenJDK Java environment. "With today's news, the two companies will make the OpenJDK community the primary location for open source Java SE development. The Java Community Process (JCP) will continue to be the primary standards body for Java specification work and both companies will work to continue to enhance the JCP."
GTK+/MeeGo Handset integration work, call for bidsThe GNOME Foundation is looking for developers to enhance the developer experience of using GTK+ to port and create applications on MeeGo Handset devices. "Knowledge of the MeeGo Handset development process, and GTK+ internals will be required to carry out the work."
Legal Announcements Motorola Mobility sues AppleThe mobile telephony patent suits continue: today's lawsuit is Motorola Mobility v. Apple. "Overall, Motorola Mobility's three complaints include 18 patents, which relate to early-stage innovations developed by Motorola in key technology areas found on many of Apple's core products and associated services, including MobileMe and the App Store. The Motorola patents include wireless communication technologies, such as WCDMA (3G), GPRS, 802.11 and antenna design, and key smartphone technologies including wireless email, proximity sensing, software application management, location-based services and multi-device synchronization." The list of specific patents involved does not appear to be available yet.
Articles of interest HTC Willfully Violates the GPL in T-Mobile's New G2 Android Phone (Freedom to Tinker)Over at the Freedom to Tinker blog, Steve Schultze reports that HTC is delaying the release of modifications it made to the Linux kernel in the G2 phone for 90-120 days. These modifications might help folks in circumventing the technical barriers to changing the firmware on the phone. "As it turned out, the internal memory chip included an option to make certain portions of memory read-only, which had the effect of silently discarding all changes upon reboot. However, it appears that this can be changed by sending the right series of commands to the chip. This effectively moved the rooting efforts into the complex domain of hardware hacking, with modders trying to figure out how to send these commands. Doing so involves writing some very challenging code that interacts with the open-source Linux kernel. The hackers haven't yet succeeded (although they still could), largely because they are working in the dark. The relevant details about how the Linux kernel has been modified by HTC have not been disclosed."
Hall: LPI and My First International Proctoring "Job"Jon "maddog" Hall reminisces about the first LPI testing in Brazil. "In January of 2002 a FOSS training company in Brazil named "4Linux" decided that Brazil needed a certification for Linux. They naturally looked to LPI to supply that certification. However, the fledgling LPI stated that only LPI representatives could give the tests, and it was not cost effective to fly someone from Canada to Brazil to test 100 or 200 people, particularly when Marcelo Marques, one of the owners of the 4Linux company kept telling LPI that 200 US dollars was "too much money" for the test."
New Books The Perl Language Reference Manual v5.12.1 - printed editionThe "Perl Language Reference Manual (for Perl version 5.12.1)" is now available as a printed book.
Enterprise JavaBeans 3.1, 6th Edition--New from O'Reilly MediaO'Reilly has released "Enterprise JavaBeans 3.1, Sixth Edition" by Andrew Lee Rubinger and Bill Burke.
Surveys Linux Foundation survey on enterprise Linux useThe Linux Foundation has released a survey on enterprise Linux use at its annual End User Summit. "In short, the survey found that Linux is poised for growth in the coming years; 76.4% of companies are planning to add more Linux servers in the next twelve months. In contrast, only 41.2% of respondents are planning to add Windows servers in the next year, while 43.6% say they will be decreasing or maintaining the number of Windows servers in their organizations over the same time period." Registration is required to obtain the full report.
Calls for Presentations Red Hat Summit and JBoss World Call For Papers Now OpenRed Hat has announced that the call for papers is now open for the seventh annual Red Hat Summit and JBoss World. These events will take place May 3-6, 2011 in Boston, MA. The deadline to submit a proposal is Nov. 15, 2010.
Upcoming Events Linux Plumbers Conference keynote and event lineupThe Linux Plumbers Conference has announced keynotes by Michael Meeks and Jonathan Corbet, as well as several evening events. The conference will take place in Cambridge, MA, November 3-5, 2010. If you would like to go and haven't registered yet, be aware that there are only a few places left and the price goes up October 19.
Events: October 21, 2010 to December 20, 2010The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it. Web sites Announcing: The virt-tools.org websiteRichard WM Jones has announced the virt-tools.org website. "Virt Tools are open source virtualization management tools for Linux system administrators. The virt tools site provides tutorials, videos, documentation, online help and roadmaps to help you get started with and understand the tools."
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