Announcements
Commercial announcements
SBE Aims Adapter at the Linux Enterprise Market
SBE Inc.has announced a PCI version of its wanPMC-C4T1E1 adapter card. Three versions include single, dual, and quad port options as wanADAPT-C1T1E1, wanADAPT-C2T1E1, and wanADAPT-C4T1E1. This adapter was a result of customer demand for T1 or E1 links in a Linux server or router.HP ProLiant Servers Running Linux-based Sendmail Outperform Sun Platforms
HP and Sendmail, Inc. announced the results of a performance benchmark testing Sendmail's email software on industry-standard HP ProLiant servers vs. proprietary Sun systems. The results show that significant price/performance benefits and better message throughput are achievable when Sendmail's software is deploying mail and messaging solutions on industry-standard hardware running Linux, as compared to more expensive Sun servers running Solaris.NuSphere and MySQL settle
NuSphere and MySQL have issued a press release announcing the resolution of their long-standing legal dispute. "The settlement resolves all outstanding issues between the two companies including ownership and use of trademarks and domain names and assignment to MySQL AB of copyrights for all NuSphere contributions to the MySQL program, and MySQL AB has issued a letter to NuSphere Corporation verifying GPL compliance."
Turbolinux announced "TurboDB", a commercial PostgreSQL-based product
Thanks to LWN correspondent Maya Tamiya we have an idea of what Turbolinux is up to these days. It seems that SRA, the company that recently acquired Turbolinux, is the current employer of Bruce Momjian, one of the core developers of PostgreSQL, leading to TurboDB, a PostgreSQL-based product.Fonix DECtalk Now Available for Linux
Fonix Corporation has announced the availability of a Linux version of Fonix DECtalk. "...the world's most intelligible text-to-speech solution for embedded device applications. The new Linux support will be especially useful for application providers developing screen readers and other reading aids for the visually challenged on the Linux platform."
"Building Secure Servers with Linux" Released by O'Reilly
"Building Secure Servers with Linux" has been released by O'Reilly. The book focuses on the most common use of Linux, as a hub offering services to an organization or the larger Internet, and shows readers how to harden their hosts against attacks.HP's Itanium 2-based Workstation Advantage for Higher Education
HP is offering US colleges and universities discounts on HP Workstations zx2000 and zx6000 loaded with 64-bit Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation operating system, for a limited time.Red Hat to Distribute Oracle Cluster File System
Red Hat, Inc. announced that it will make the Oracle Cluster File System (OCFS) available to Red Hat enterprise customers. "The Oracle Cluster File System, combined with Red Hat Linux Advanced Server, allows customers to manage their database storage in an Oracle9i Real Application Cluster (RAC) configuration as easily as on a single system. The Oracle Cluster File system supports all database files, archive logs, redo files and control files. This greatly simplifies Oracle database installation and management."
New Aurora Linux Driver Offers Async Serial Connection and Custom Baud Rates
Aurora Technologies, Inc. announced its SIOLX 2.11, a new Linux device driver that supports Aurora's PCI asynchronous serial communications cards. The new SIOLX Linux driver works with Intel-based systems running a distribution of the 2.4 Linux kernel and supports Aurora's Aries family of 8 and 16-port asynchronous PCI multiport serial controllers.Rococo Software Releases Bluetooth DevKit for Linux Over BlueZ
Rococo Software announced the release of Impronto Developer Kit for Linux, a Bluetooth development environment that makes building Bluetooth applications in Linux faster and easier. Impronto Developer Kit for Linux is available free of charge for non-commercial use from Rococo's web site.Yamaha Invests in MontaVista Software
MontaVista Software Inc. announced it has received an equity investment from Yamaha Corporation, the global company that manufactures and markets a broad range of products including digital musical instruments, professional audio and recording, and home entertainment systems.Zintec Selects MontaVista Linux as Foundation Platform for New Set-Top Box Products
Zintec Holding and MontaVista Software Inc. are collaborating on the development of next-generation set-top box products.Evolution 1.2 released
Ximian has announced the release of version 1.2 of the Evolution mail client. There'a s long list of new features; see the announcement for the details. There is also a new version of Ximian Connector to go along with the new Evolution, of course.Qt 3.1 released
Trolltech has announced the release of Qt 3.1. The biggest addition this time around appears to be "QMotif," which allows Motif applications to be gradually shifted over to the Qt toolkit.Luke Macpherson Wins John Lions Award For 2002
The Australian UNIX and Open Systems User Group (AUUG, Inc.) announced that Luke Macpherson has won the John Lions Award for 2002 for his work on IP Spoofing and Aliasing for the BSD Network Stack.Linux NetworX announces "Life Sciences Cluster"
Linux NetworX has announced a new "Life Sciences Cluster" product. It is a Linux-based cluster with a number of life science applications (BLAST, HMMer, ClustalW, Amber, etc.) thrown in. The announcement is interesting in that it shows the Linux cluster industry developing more focus and aiming its products at specific sets of customers. Free software is well suited to this sort of focus; there should be numerous business opportunities out there for companies creating application-specific products.
Upcoming Events
Linux Cluster: the openMosix Approach
A one-day workshop on using openMosix for building Linux clusters will be held in Bologna, Italy on November 28, 2002.Perl Conference dates and location announced (use Perl)
Use Perl has an announcement for the Open Source Convention and accompanying Perl Conference, to be held in Portland, Oregon on July 7-11, 2003.YAPC::Europe Committee nominated (use Perl)
Accdording to Use Perl, president of the Perl YAS has nominated the members of the YAPC::Europe Committee in preparation for the upcoming event.YAPC::Europe 2003 to be held in Paris (use Perl)
According to Use Perl, the next YAPC::Europe will be held in Paris sometime in 2003.Red Hat Chairman and CEO, Matthew Szulik, to Deliver Keynote at International Oracle User Group Event
The International Oracle Users Group has announced that Sunday at the International Oracle User Group (IOUG) Day at Oracle World, Red Hat will kick off the week with an address from Red Hat Chairman and CEO, Matthew Szulik. Oracle users will hear first-hand about Red Hat's relationship with Oracle and how the two companies work together to support "Unbreakable Linux" and to provide business infrastructure solutions to enterprise customers.Events: November 14, 2002 - January 9, 2003
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| November 14 - 15, 2002 | The Open Source Health Care Alliance(OSHCA) | (UCLA Medical Center)Los Angeles, CA |
| November 14 - 15, 2002 | Java Days Europe | Helsinki, Oslo, Frankfurt, Zurich, Milan |
| November 18 - 21, 2002 | Embedded Systems Conference, Boston | (Hynes Convention Center)Boston, Mass |
| November 18 - 21, 2002 | ApacheCon US 2002 | (Alexis Park Resort)Las Vegas, NV |
| December 3 - 5, 2002 | Linux Bangalore/2002 | (J.N.Tata Auditorium)Bangalore, India |
| December 9 - 20, 2002 | UMeet conference | On IRC |
Web sites
The latest from LinuxLookup
LinuxLookup.com has a number of new articles, including a review of Tablet PCs with LindowsOS, an editorial on embedded Linux, tools to transition from Windows to Linux, and more.
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
Open Source Victoria
A new Australian Linux advocacy group known as Open Source Victoria has been formed. "A new advocacy group, Open Source Victoria, has been formed to educate Victoria's business and government leaders about the benefits of using Open Source software for both server and desktop environments. Open Source Victoria also intends to seek State funding from the Next Wave program in order to set up an Open Source Cluster in Victoria."
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