Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
An open letter to the NIH (Bioinformatics.Org)
Bioinformatics.Org has posted an open letter to the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding the freedom of scientific research materials and related software issues. "We also wish to take this opportunity to address some related problems with the current publishing model. First, there is often no requirement for the availability of the software used in bioinformatics and related research for results to be published, thus preventing the necessary condition of reproducibility. Not only should the software be available in binary form, but one should also be able to obtain and/or inspect the source code of that software to ensure the accuracy of the results. It is too often the case that a non-public entity has conducted an experiment with its own, proprietary software, making it impossible to independently verify the results."
Commercial announcements
Absoft Announces New Cluster Builder's Kit
Absoft Corporation has announced version 2.0 of its Cluster Builder's Kit. "Absoft Corporation has announced a new Cluster Builder's Kit version 2.0 which replaces its Beowulf Tool Kit v1.0. The Cluster Builder's Kit (CBK) is used in conjunction with Absoft high performance compilers and debugging solutions and is designed to facilitate building and setting up cluster systems."
BEA Announces Open-Source Milestones for Apache Beehive
BEA Systems, Inc. has announced milestones in the company's open-source efforts including code release milestones, updated tools and additional platform support for Apache Beehive. They'll be showcasing Apache Beehive at ApacheCon.Conectiva, Mandrakesoft, Progeny, and Turbolinux form consortium
Four distributors - Conectiva, Mandrakesoft, Progeny, and Turbolinux - have announced a project to build a common core distribution compliant with LSB 2.0. The newly-formed Linux Core Consortium plans to put out a release every 18 to 24 months. Click below for the press release, or see the LCC FAQ for more information, including an answer to the obvious "isn't this just another UnitedLinux?" question.HP Drives Mainstream Adoption of Open Source Software with JBoss Deal
HP has announced an agreement with JBoss, Inc. to provide a single point of contact for JBoss support, as well as a full range of consulting services.McObject and MontaVista announce eXtremeDB
McObject and MontaVista Software Inc. have announced the release of eXtremeDB, an in-memory embedded database.ReelTime to Deploy Linux Operating Systems
Reeltime Rentals, Inc, a video rental outfit, has announced that it will be using Linux on its IRDS video rental servers. "According to Alex Stanczyk, CEO of Reeltime Rentals, "Using Linux as the OS on our IRDS Servers is a very exciting step for the company. Due to the robust nature of the platform coupled with its security and uptime, ReelTime will be able keep its cost infrastructure extremely low allowing the Company to greatly increase its profitability."
Terra Soft announces new PowerPC clusters
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc has announced its new IBM PowerPC 970-based clusters.Slashmail.org announces improvements
UCE Bee has announced improvements to it's email service, Slashmail.org. "Slashmail.org is powered by Open Source technologies. Riding the wave of creativity and grassroots genius inherent with the Open Source software model, Slashmail.org is committed to supporting a simple business model: For a nominal annual charge, Slashmail.org will provide a clutter-free email service that allows you to focus on the task at hand: "personal and private communications"."
Voyager Capital Becomes the First Venture Firm to Join the Open Source Development Labs
The Open Source Development Labs has announced that Voyager Capital, a Pacific Northwest information technology venture firm has become the latest member of OSDL. "Voyager will bring its network of important business contacts, its insights into developments of both software and hardware technologies, and aid in the expansion of OSDL's member consortium."
New Books
"Gaming Hacks" Released by O'Reilly
O'Reilly has published the book Gaming Hacks by Simon Carless."Inside the Spam Cartel" Released by Syngress Publishing
Syngress Publishing has published the book Inside the Spam Cartel by Stu Sjouwerman and others."Java Network Programming, Third Edition" Released by O'Reilly
O'Reilly has published the book Java Network Programming, Third Edition by Elliotte Rusty Harold.Building Applications with the Linux Standard Base
IBM Press has published the book Building Applications with the Linux Stanndard Base by the Linux Standard Base Team."SELinux" Released by O'Reilly
O'Reilly has published the book SELinux by Bill McCarty."Smart Home Hacks" Released by O"Reilly
O'Reilly has published the book Smart Home Hacks by Gordon Meyer.SpamAssassin : A Practical guide to Configuration, Customization and Integration
Packt Publishing has published the book SpamAssassin: A Practical guide to Configuration, Customization and Integration by Alistair McDonald.
Resources
Is Open Source the new cell phone?
A survey by VA Software Corporation has revealed that while Open Source tools, technologies and techniques are used in a majority of enterprises, executive resistance to Open Source may be hindering greater adoption of Open Source development methods for internal software development.The LDP Weekly News
The November 17, 2004 edition of the Linux Documentation Project Weekly News is online with the newest documentation releases.SSC Publishing to Launch TUX
SSC Publishing has announced the launch of a new monthly print and online publication, TUX, a magazine for new Linux users. The magazine will launch February 1, 2005.
Contests and Awards
KPDF Icon Contest Announces Winner (KDE.News)
KDE.News has announced the winner of the KPDF icon contest. ""But who won?" you might ask. Well the jury have given their scores, and it has become clear that Marco Martin has won the icon contest for another kpdf icon. Congratulations Marco!"
Upcoming Events
GNOME Love Day (GnomeDesktop)
A new GNOME Love Day event has been announced. "Sunday, November 21st is a very special GNOME love day dedicated to spreading the love for Yelp, GNOME's own rocking help browser. Our friendly and experienced hackers will be on hand to help bring new developers up to speed."
Bug squashing in Cambridge, November 27th to 28th
A Debian bug squashing event will be held in Cambridge, Mass on November 27 and 28, 2004.JavaPolis 2004 announced
JavaPolis 2004 will be held in Antwerp, Belgium on December 13-17, 2004.PHP Quebec Call For Speakers
A call for speakers has gone out for the 2005 PHP Quebec conference. The event will take place in Montreal, Canada from March 30 - April 1, 2005.Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference 2005 CFP
A Call for Proposals has gone out for the Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference 2005. The event will take place in Seattle, WA on April 12-15, 2005.Events: November 18, 2004 - January 13, 2005
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| November 18 - 19, 2004 | Large Installation System Administration Conference(LISA '04) | (Atlanta Marriott Marquis)Atlanta, GA |
| November 18 - 19, 2004 | Forum PHP, Paris | Paris, France |
| November 25 - 26, 2004 | Le forum PHP 2004 | (FIAP Jean Monnet)Paris, France |
| November 29 - 30, 2004 | LinuxPro 2004 | (Hotel Gromada Airport Conference Center)Warsaw, Poland |
| December 1 - 3, 2004 | Australian Open Source Developers' Conference | (Monash University)Melbourne, Australia |
| December 1 - 3, 2004 | Linux Bangalore 2004 | (Indian Institute of Science)Bangalore, India |
| December 4, 2004 | Lightweight Languages 2004(LL4) | (MIT Stata Center)Boston, MA |
| December 5 - 18, 2004 | Ubuntu Conference | MatarĂ³, Spain |
| December 13 - 17, 2004 | JavaPolis 2004 | (MetroPolis Antwerp)Antwerp, Belgium |
| December 27 - 29, 2004 | Chaos Communication Congress(21C3) | (Berliner Congress Center)Berlin, Germany |
Mailing Lists
Zope 3 Users Mailing List
A new Zope 3 users' mailing list has been created: "on popular demand from a couple of people we have decided to create a new Zope 3 Users mailing list that will serve to answer your questions about Zope 3. The Zope 3 developers have made a commitment to answer your questions in a timely manner. We hope that this way the generic Zope and Zope3-Dev mailing list will be disburdened from user-related questions."
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.
Miscellaneous
Celebrate Mozilla Firefox 1.0 with mozparty2 (MozillaZine)
A series of international mozparty2 events have been announced: "aeneas wrote in to remind us about mozparty2, a network of parties taking place around the globe to celebrate the release of Mozilla Firefox 1.0. At the time of writing, 372 parties are planned, with most taking place next weekend (19th-21st November)"
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