Announcements
Commercial announcements
Samaritans goes Linux with IBM and Trustix
The emotional support charity, Samaritans, has chosen Trustix and IBM to incorporate Linux based security solutions into the charity's expanding IT infrastructure. The charity is already using SuSE Professional Linux distribution.Open Source Experts, Perens and Ghosh, Join CSPRI
The George Washington University announced that Bruce Perens and Rishab Aiyer Ghosh have joined its Cyber Security Policy and Research Institute (CSPRI).François Bancilhon joins MandrakeSoft as new CEO
François Bancilhon has taken the position of MandrakeSoft CEO."SuSE Linux Names Richard Seibt as New CEO"
Richard Seibt is taking over the position of CEO at SuSE.FSF's Position on Proposed W3 Consortium "Royalty-Free" Patent Policy
The Free Software Foundation has released a position paper on the proposed patent policy from the W3 Consortium. "The proposed policy permits W3C members participating in W3 technical working groups to commit their patent claims "royalty-free" for use by implementers of the standard, but with "field of use" restrictions that would be incompatible with section 7 of the GNU General Public License. Such "field of use" restrictions, in other words, would prevent implementation of W3C standards as Free Software."
SRA announced PowerGres, a multi-threaded Windows port of PostgreSQL 7.3
SRA announced PowerGres, a multi-threaded Windows port of PostgreSQL 7.3, which will be on sale in March 2003. The license has not been specified yet.
Resources
Mail::Audit mailing list (use Perl)
A mailing list has been announced for users of the Perl Mail::Audit module.Installing and configuring ALSA, JACK, & Ardour on Red Hat 7.3
Jan Depner has put together a HOWTO on using the Alsa sound driver with the Jack Audio Connection Kit and the Alsa multitrack recorder under Red Hat 7.3.November 2002 Netcraft Web Server Survey
Here is the Netcraft Web Server Survey for November 2002, with the latest web statistics.I Andago Report on the use of Linux in Spain
The I Andago Report on the use of Open Source technologies in Spain is available in PDF files (in Spanish). According to the report, 25% of Spanish firms use technology based on free software and one of every four firms are thinking of incorporating it in the near future.Evans Data survey on Chinese use of Linux
Evans Data Corporation has announced the results of its latest survey: 65% of Chinese software developers, it is claimed, plan to write a Linux application in the next year.
Upcoming Events
Linux Bangalore/2002 schedule published
The Linux Banglalore/2002 talk schedule is available online. The conference runs from December 3-5, 2002.Government of India endorses and sponsors Linux Bangalore/2002
Government of India has officially endorsed and sponsored the massive Linux/OSS conference Linux Bangalore/2002.Red Hat to Keynote at Enterprise Linux Forum
Red Hat, Inc. has announced that Chairman and CEO Matthew Szulik will give the keynote address at Enterprise Linux Forum, December 3 - 4, 2002, in Boston.Linux Summit in Finland
A group of companies including SOT, F-Secure, HP, and Oracle are organizing a Linux Summit for IT experts. The event will be held in Dipoli, Finland on February 27 and 28, 2003. "This summit includes information aimed at helping business and IT managers assess and deploy GNU/Linux and Open Source solutions. It will also give realistic end-user experiences concerning the TCO and cost savings"
YAPC::Israel::2003 - CFP (use Perl)
A call for proposals has been announced for the YAPC::Israel::2003 conference, to be held on May 12, 2003 in Revohot.CFP for Open Source CMS conference III
The third Open Source Content Management Systems Conference will be held April 16 to 18 in Boston, MA. The call for papers has gone out now, with a submission deadline of January 15.2002 KDE e.V. Meeting Report
A report has been published for the KDE e.V. meeting that was held in Hamburgh, Germany on August 24-28, 2002. "KDE e.V. is a registered non-profit organisation set up to represent the KDE Project in legal and financial matters, by supporting the developers."
Events: December 5, 2002 - January 23, 2003
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| December 5, 2002 | Linux Bangalore/2002 | (J.N.Tata Auditorium)Bangalore, India |
| December 9 - 20, 2002 | UMeet conference | On IRC |
| December 9 - 10, 2002 | Forum du PHP 2002 | Paris, France |
| January 21 - 24, 2003 | LinuxWorld Conference & Expo | (Jacob K. Javits Center)New York, NY |
| January 22 - 25, 2003 | Linux.conf.au 2003 | Perth, Australia |
Web sites
Accessibility.kde.org resurrected
KDE.News has am announcement for some new changes at the accessibility.kde.org site. "After several weeks of technical problems, Accessibility.kde.org is on-line again with a completely renewed and enhanced version of the web site. You can now find a new section with Accessibility Reports, and detailed information on the KDE Accessibility Project's first IRC meeting."
Help Improve perl.apache.org (use Perl)
Use Perl has published a request seeking help filling in the perl.apache.org site. "Back in July a new perl.apache.org site was released. We are quite happy with the new site's usability, though unhappy about several sections of the site. If you use mod_perl we need your help to fill in the gaps. Do you know of any new mod_perl based products that aren't listed already. Do you know of mod_perl training companies, ISPs supporting mod_perl, commercial mod_perl support, etc., which is not already listed?"
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
Indian localization of OpenOffice.org
A team from NCST, Bangalore is working on the localization and internationalization of OpenOffice.org for the Hindi and Tamil Languages.Petition for Aegir CMS license change
A group spearheaded by Henri Bergius is attempting to get the Hong Kong Linux Center to change the Aegir CMS licensing to the GNU GPL.LinuxQuestions.org weekly contest
LinuxQuestions.org will be holding a weekly contest with prizes including boxed distributions and books.UKUUG - Open Source Award
The UK UNIX User Group recently announced details of its Open Source Award for 2003. This is to be an annual prize, open to current students in UK Education, and will be awarded for a significant contribution to the free and open source community.National Technology Alliance to Define Open Source Strategy Within Federal Government
The National Technology Alliance (NTA) has partnered with the Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) as part of an NTA Open Source Program. The NTA Open Source Program is dedicated to the development and implementation of open source technology for use within the U.S. Government.
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