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Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
Finnish Government supports Open Source in South Africa
The Finnish government will fund the use of Midgard in South Africa. "The Finnish government has funded Ungana-Afrika to support Southern African NGOs, which will include the recommendation of appropriate web-site and content management solutions using the Open Source Midgard Content Management System (CMS)."
Medical gives FreeB and OpenEMR greenlight (LinuxMedNews)
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Non-Profit Mozilla Europe Group Launches (MozillaZine)
MozillaZine has an announcement for a new non-profit European Mozilla group. "Mozilla Europe aims to promote Mozilla, encourage contributions to project and provide services to stimulate enterprise adoption. The group plans to work with existing Mozilla communities throughout the continent and has the full backing of the Mozilla Foundation, which has designated the nascent organisation as its first international affiliate."
The Open Group's February 12 Teleconference Minutes
The minutes from the February 12, 2004 Open Group teleconference are available.
Commercial announcements
Allnet GmbH resolves iptables GPL violation
The Netfilter/iptables project has sent out a press release noting that Allnet GmbH, which had been shipping a couple of routers containing netfilter code but which had not been making source available as required by the GPL, has come to a settlement with the project. Allnet will bring itself into compliance with the GPL; the company will also be making a "significant" donation to the Free Software Foundation Europe and the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure.
Aonix Expands Its ObjectAda for Linux Product Line
Aonix has announced the availability of its product line on Linux. "Aonix, a leading provider of Ada 95 software development environments, is pleased to announce the expansion of their Linux product line with the new ObjectAda(R) for Linux cross PowerPC/LynxOS."
Astaro Unveils Configuration Manager for Management of Security Policies on Astaro Firewalls
Astaro has released a new configuration manager. "Astaro (www.astaro.com), makers of the popular Astaro Security Linux, an all-in-one Internet security software appliance, today announced shipping of the Astaro Configuration Manager, a configuration tool that allows users to manage and configure their security policies centrally, automating the provisioning of network security rules on Astaro firewalls and VPNs."
BitRock InstallBuilder 1.0 Released
Version 1.0 of BitRock InstallBuilder has been announced. "BitRock InstallBuilder simplifies the installation process of commercial Linux software, helping Independent Software Vendors and custom application developers improve the packaging, distribution and deployment of their products."
Grand Central Communications Elects Tim O'Reilly to Board of Directors
Tim O'Reilly has been elected to the Board of Directors of Grand Central Communications, Inc.
Lin---s (Lindash) Program Ensures LindowsOS for all
Lindows.com has announced the "Lin---s" (Lindash) program. In countries where the use of 'Lindows' is no longer allowed, the company has launched a new website at www.lin---s.com.
MailStripper 1.1.4 released
Version 1.1.4 of MailStripper, a commercial spam filter, is available.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Chosen for Electronic Design Automation
Red Hat has announced that it has made inroads into the EDA market. "..Red Hat Enterprise Linux has been selected as the recommended Linux platform for the x86, Itanium 2, and Opteron hardware architectures specified in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Operating System Industry Roadmap published by the EDA Consortium. Leading EDA software companies such as Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Mentor Graphics and Synopsys, Inc. have also demonstrated their support for Red Hat by releasing products running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux."
Red Hat Appoints Matrix As Distributor of Its Solutions and Services In Israel
Red Hat has announced the appointment of Matrix as its main Solutions and Services Distributor in Israel.
SCO OpenServer Update Pack 2
For your amusement: the SCO Group has just announced the availability of "OpenServer Update Pack 2." Bleeding-edge features in this update include support for USB devices and the bundling of PostgreSQL. Free software, it seems, is OK if it does not compete with SCO products. The "OpenServer development roadmap" calls for the eventual addition of other advanced features, including Apache and Mozilla.
New Books
"The Perl CD Bookshelf, Version 4.0" Released by O'Reilly
O'Reilly has published The Perl CD Bookshelf, Version 4.0. ""The Perl CD Bookshelf" keeps all the books Perl programmers have come to rely on right at their fingertips, wherever they may go. Version 4.0 gives them convenient access to their favorite books, traight from their CD-ROM drive."
Resources
IBM releases free Q104 Software Evaluation Kit
IBM has released a new Q104 Software Evaluation Kit on two DVDs. "Get the latest DB2, Lotus, Rational, Tivoli, and WebSphere Linux code from IBM on DVD. This is the fastest way to get access to all of IBM middleware that has been ported to Linux."
LSB-FHS 2.3 Beta Release Available
The Open Group has announced the beta release of the LSB-FHS test suite for the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard Version 2.3, used to test the filesystem hierarchy aspects of the Linux Standard Base. This release is targeted for testing the LSB 2.x specification release series and is not for use with LSB 1.3 or earlier.
Upcoming Events
Real-time and Embedded Systems Workshop CFP
A call for papers has gone out for the Annual Real-time and Embedded Systems Workshop. The event will take place in Washington, DC on July 12 - 15, 2004.
Novell's Chris Stone Will Not Speak at Harvard Feb. 23 - Moglen Will (Groklaw)
Novell's Chris Stone is unable to speak at the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology on February 23, Eben Moglen will take his place. "Due to concerns regarding litigation filed by SCO after our invitation for Mr. Stone to speak was issued, Novell's General Counsel has informed us that Novell Vice Chairman Chris Stone will be unable to come speak to JOLT on Feb 23rd."
OSBC 2004: Major Linux VCs, Users and Legal experts
Open Source Business Conference 2004 debuts March 16 and 17 at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco. Keynote presentations, panel sessions and speakers from some of the world's leaders in business, law, venture capital and technology assess the financial impact of open source software on global business.
PyCon Early Bird Registration Extended
The early bird registration for PyCon 2004 has been extended to February 22.
Invitation to GNU/Linux Summit 2004
The GNU/Linux Summit 2004 Seminar will be held in Helsinki, Finland on February 26 and 27, 2004.
Events: February 19 - April 15, 2004
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| February 20 - 22, 2004 | CodeCon 2004 | (Club NV)San Francisco, CA |
| February 20 - 24, 2004 | PaWS PHP and Web Standards UK 2004 | Manchester, UK |
| February 21 - 22, 2004 | Mozilla Developers Meeting in Europe 4.0 | Brussels, Belgium |
| February 21 - 22, 2004 | FOSDEM 2004 | (SOLBOSCH)Brussels, Belgium |
| February 23 - 27, 2004 | PostgreSQL Bootcamp | (Big Nerd Ranch, Inc.)Atlanta, GA |
| February 25 - 26, 2004 | UKUUG LISA/Winter Conference and Tutorial | (Lansdowne Campus, Bournemouth Univ.)Bournemouth, UK |
| February 26 - 27, 2004 | GNU/Linux Summit 2004 | (Finlandia Hall)Helsinki, Finland |
| February 27, 2004 | Mozilla Developer Day | Mountain View, CA |
| March 1 - 5, 2004 | PHP|Cruise | The Caribbean |
| March 4 - 5, 2004 | Linux Automation Konferenz | Hannover, Germany |
| March 5, 2004 | Perl Workshop 2004 | Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| March 6 - 7, 2004 | Linux-Day Chemnitz | Chemnitz, Germany |
| March 15 - 17, 2004 | Open Source in Government Conference | (George Washington University)Washington, DC |
| March 16 - 17, 2004 | Open Source Business Conference 2004 | (The Westin St. Francis)San Francisco, CA |
| March 18 - 24, 2004 | CeBIT | (Hannover Exhibition Center)Hannover, Germany |
| March 21 - 26, 2004 | Novell BrainShare 2004 | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| March 24 - 26, 2004 | PyCon DC 2004 | Washington, D.C. |
| March 27 - 28, 2004 | Nordic Perl Workshop 2004 | (Symbion Science Park)Copenhagen, Denmark |
| March 27 - 28, 2004 | YAPC::Taipei::2004 | Taipei, Taiwan |
| April 5 - 7, 2004 | Samba eXPerience 2004 | (Hotel Freizeit In)Göttingen, Germany |
| April 12 - 14, 2004 | Samba eXPerience 2004 | (Hotel Freizeit In)Göttingen, Germany |
| April 13 - 15, 2004 | Real World Linux 2004 Conference & Expo | (Metro Toronto Convention Centre)Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| April 14 - 16, 2004 | MySQL Users Conference and Expo 2004 | (Peabody Hotel Orlando)Orlando, FL |
| April 14 - 17, 2004 | ACCU Spring Conference 2004 | (Randolph Hotel)Oxford, England |
Web sites
new Linux Portal and the Linux E-Magazine
The Linuxhotbox E-Magazine is a new Linux portal and online magazine. "The magazine will focus on issues interesting to Linux users and professionals, with Linux news and articles and information regarding to Linux software and distributions."
PostgreSQLFr.org launched
PostgreSQLFr.org is new French language web site that is devoted to coverage of the PostgreSQL database.
Software announcements
This week's software announcements
Here are the software announcements, courtesy of Freshmeat.net. They are available in two formats:
- Sorted alphabetically,
- Sorted by license.
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