Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
OpenDocument approved as OASIS Standard
It's official: the OpenDocument 1.0 specification has been adopted as an OASIS standard. In the short term, OpenDocument will make it easier to move documents between free office applications, which are quickly adopting it as their native format. Eventually that large, legacy application may end up supporting OpenDocument as well.GNOME Partners with the Open Source Consortium
The GNOME Foundation is partnering with the Open Source Consortium (OSC), the independent voice of the Open Source business community in Europe. GNOME will join OSC's Community Advisory Board, and work with the OSC to promote the Open Source desktop.ClearHealth Demo Available (LinuxMedNews)
LinuxMedNews has an announcement for ClearHealth 1.0. "ClearHealth now brings to the medical market the first open source package to include the big five features. Covering the five major area of practice operations including scheduling, billing, EMR, HIPAA Security and Medical Accounts Receivable it is suitable for running practices from end to end."
Public Domain Enhancement Act reintroduced
The Public Domain Enhancement Act has been reintroduced into the U.S. House of Representatives by Zoe Lofgren. This law would require that owners of copyrighted works file a registration form and pay a $1 fee to keep the copyright in force after the first 50 years. Works which, after 50 years, have been abandoned will enter the public domain.
Commercial announcements
EnterpriseDB 2005 database public beta
EnterpriseDB Corporation has released a public beta version of EnterpriseDB 2005 (EDB2005). "Built on the open source PostgreSQL database, EDB2005 is an enterprise-class relational database management system that supports update-intensive, high-volume applications. In addition, EDB2005 is compatible with many applications written for Oracle databases."
GenoLogics and the Institute for Systems Biology collaborate on open source tools
GenoLogics Life Sciences Software Inc. has announced that it has established a strategic partnership with the Institute for Systems Biology to collaborate on increasing the widespread utility of ISB's open source software tools within the life sciences community.Open Source Community Embraces JetBrains Support Initiative
JetBrains, Inc. has announced that its Open Source Support Initiative has been accepted by the open source developer community. "In February, JetBrains began making free licenses for its acclaimed IntelliJ IDEA Java IDE available to qualifying open-source developers. Since then, developers from more than 150 open source projects have qualified to receive free renewable annual licenses for the preferred integrated development environment for top-level Java developers."
Worldwide Tour of MySQL 5.0 Training Workshops
MySQL AB has announced a series of MySQL 5.0 Training Workshops in San Francisco, Washington DC, Toronto, Munich, London and Paris. "Being held in June across North America and Europe, these workshops will introduce experienced MySQL and database professionals to MySQL's implementation of advanced relational data management features such as stored procedures, triggers, views, cursors, XA and information schema."
Novell Drives Linux Into Academia With Training and Technology
Novell, Inc. has announced a new Linux training course. "Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL) today launched a new introductory Linux training course designed for academic environments, giving educational institutions a powerful new tool to promote open source training and students a new option for learning Linux. Unique among Linux vendor offerings, Novell's new course maps directly to one of the most widely recognized vendor-neutral certifications in the Linux market, CompTIA(R) Linux+, newly updated for 2005. Novell also announced it will donate $1.5 million in SUSE LINUX software and training materials to educational institutions to help promote Linux adoption."
Search Cacher Joins OSDL
Open Source Development Labs has announced its latest member, Search Cacher, an Enterprise Search Provider. "Search Cacher will participate in OSDL's Data Center Linux (DCL) working group to increase the adoption of Linux across the distributed enterprise."
Simula Labs provides support to emerging open source companies
Simula Labs has announced its official formation. The company is backed by Mission Ventures and Redpoint Ventures, and aims to provide venture capital, entrepreneurial guidance and infrastructure to open source companies.Trolltech Secures $6.7 Million
Trolltech has announced the completion of a $6.7 million Series B round of financing led by Index Ventures. Existing investors Teknoinvest and Northzone Ventures also participated in this round. Trolltech also announced that Neil Rimer, co-founder and general partner of Index Ventures, will be joining Trolltech's Board of Directors.
New Books
Classic Shell Scripting - O'Reilly's Latest Release
O'Reilly has published the book Classic Shell Scripting by Arnold Robbins and Nelson H. F. Beebe.Syngress Releases "InfoSec Career Hacking"
Syngress has published the book InfoSec Career Hacking: Sell Your Skillz, Not Your Soul by Chris Hurley, James C. Foster, Drew Miller, and Christopher W. Klaus.Assembling Panoramic Photos: A Designer's Notebook published
O'Reilly has published the book Assembling Panoramic Photos: A Designer's Notebook by William Rodarmor.Database in Depth: Relational Theory for Practitioners published
O'Reilly has published the book Database in Depth: Relational Theory for Practitioners by C. J. Date.SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition (O'Reilly)
O'Reilly has published the book Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition by Daniel J. Barrett, Richard E. Silverman, and Robert G. Byrnes.
Resources
Gimp User Manual 0.8 released (GnomeDesktop)
Version 0.8 of the Gimp User Manual has been announced. A new Hacking styleguide, translation work, and lots of bug corrections are included.
Contests and Awards
UKUUG Award 2005
The UKUUG Award 2005 has been given to Christopher Gutteridge for his work on the GNU EPrints open archive software.
Upcoming Events
AUUG 2005 CFP
A Call for Papers has gone out for the AUUG 2005 conference. The event will take place in Sydney, Australia from October 16-21, 2005. Proposals are due by May 27.GOTO10 workshop at 0KN0 Belgium, July 2005
A GOTO10 workshop will be held on July 11-14, 2005 in Brussels, Belgium. "The ASP Introduction workshop from goto10 and hosted by okno.be intends to introduce the students to the basics of Audio Signal Processing in the fields of realtime music production. The workshop is specifically made for people willing to develop their work in the digital sound field and for people curious about the processes involved behind audio software they already use. The workshop will also teach and demonstrate which free technologies are available for audio and video streaming."
GUADEC 6 Adds Exciting Speakers and a New Track
The GNOME Foundation has published an update on events at the upcoming GUADEC conference. "The sixth annual GNOME User and Developer European Conference (GUADEC), announced additions to the already impressive slate for GUADEC, which will be held in Stuttgart, Germany May 29-31, 2005. The high-level conference has added a special multimedia track, on the latest in free media technology, including speakers from the BBC and Nokia. Keynote addresses by Mark Shuttleworth, founder of HBD Venture Capital and the Shuttleworth Foundation and Nathan Wilson, Project Lead, Software of Dreamworks Animation Studio have been added to the program. Keynotes by Miguel de Icaza, GNOME Founder and VP of Developer Platforms at Novell and Daniel M. Kusnetzky, Program VP, System Software, Enterprise Computing at IDC round out the program."
Ohio LinuxFest 2005 - Call for Presentations
A Call for Presentations has gone out for the Ohio LinuxFest 2005. "We are looking for talks from introductory lectures on Linux and Open Source applications through to more advanced discussions on software development, databases, server applications, networking, system administration, open source platforms and tools, community, and more. We also invite those using Linux and Linux applications to give talks about their experience and lessons learned." The event will be held in Columbus, Ohio on October 1, 2005.
OOoCon 2005 announced
The Third International OpenOffice.org convention (OOoCon) will be held in Koper (Capodistria), Slovenia on September 28-30, 2005.Registration Opens for O'Reilly OSCON
Registration is open for the 7th Annual O'Reilly Open Source Convention. The event will be held in Portland, Oregon from August 1-5, 2005.SIGGRAPH 2005 Announces Computer Animation Festival Program
SIGGRAPH 2005 has announced the program for the 2005 SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival. "The Computer Animation Festival jury chose 68 selections from 560 entries for exemplary use of computer-generated imagery and compelling storytelling. This year marks the first two-time winner (Baginski) in the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival history. Additionally, there are 38 international selections, 11 scientific, and 26 student pieces in the Festival." The event will be held in Los Angeles, CA from July 31 - August 4.
Events: May 26 - July 21, 2005
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| May 26 - 27, 2005 | XTech 2005 Conference | (Amsterdam RAI Center)Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| May 26, 2005 | Linux World New York Summit 2005 | (New York City Marriott Marquis)New York, NY |
| May 26, 2005 | PalmSource Worldwide Mobile Summit and DevCon | (Fairmont Hotel)San Jose, California |
| May 26, 2005 | ISPCON Spring 2005 | (Baltimore Convention Center)Baltimore, MD |
| May 28 - 29, 2005 | Linux User Group of Bulgaria Seminar | Stara Zagora, Bulgaria |
| May 29 - 31, 2005 | GNOME Users and Developers European Conference(GUADEC 2005) | Stuttgart, Germany |
| June 1 - 3, 2005 | The Red Hat Summit 2005 | (Hilton New Orleans)New Orleans, LA |
| June 1 - 4, 2005 | Fórum Internacional Software Livre(FISL) | Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil |
| June 9 - 10, 2005 | Austrian Perl Workshop | (Kapsch CarrierCom)Vienna, Austria |
| June 9 - 10, 2005 | The French Perl Workshop | (Faculté des Sciences de Luminy)Marseille, France |
| June 11, 2005 | PHP West | Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| June 15 - 17, 2005 | AstriCon Europe 2005 | (Auditorium Madrid Hotel)Madrid, Spain |
| June 17 - 19, 2005 | RECON 2005 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| June 19 - 22, 2005 | International Lisp Conference 2005(ILC 2005) | (Stanford University)Palo Alto, CA |
| June 20 - 21, 2005 | Linux Cluster Summit 2005 | Walldorf, Germany |
| June 22 - 25, 2005 | LinuxTag 2005 | (Kongresszentrum)Karlsruhe, Germany |
| June 23 - 24, 2005 | Italian Perl Workshop 2005 | (University of Pisa)Pisa, Italy |
| June 25, 2005 | LugRadio Live 2005 | (Molyneux Stadium)Wolverhampton, UK |
| June 25, 2005 | XML Prague 2005 | Malá Strana, Prague, Czech Republic |
| June 27 - 29, 2005 | Yet Another Perl Conference(YAPC::NA 2005) | (University of Toronto)Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| June 29 - 30, 2005 | Where 2.0 Conference | (Westin St. Francis Hotel)San Francisco, CA |
| July 1 - 6, 2005 | Linux Desktop Development and KDevelop Developers Conference 2005 | Kiev, Ukraine |
| July 5 - 9, 2005 | LSM 2005 Libre Software Meeting for Medicine | Dijon, France |
| July 6 - 9, 2005 | IV Jornades de Programari Lliure | Campus de Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain |
| July 10 - 18, 2005 | Debconf 5 | Helsinki, Finland |
| July 11, 2005 | Evolution of Open-Source Code Bases(EVOSC05) | Genova, Italy |
| July 11 - 15, 2005 | First International Conference on Open Source Systems(OSS2005) | Genova, Italy |
| July 11 - 14, 2005 | GOTO10 workshop | (OKNO)Brussels, Belgium |
| July 17 - 19, 2005 | Desktop Developer's Conference | (Ottawa Congress Centre)Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| July 18 - 22, 2005 | ApacheCon Europe 2005 | Stuttgart, Germany |
| July 18 - 22, 2005 | PostgreSQL Bootcamp | (Big Nerd Ranch)Atlanta, GA |
| July 20 - 23, 2005 | Ottawa Linux Symposium(OLS 2005) | Ottawa, Canada |
| July 20 - 22, 2005 | North American Plone Symposium | (The Astro Crowne Plaza)New Orleans, Louisiana |
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