Announcements
Commercial announcements
IBM releases 2003 Linux Software Evaluation Kit
The new IBM Linux Software Evaluation Kit that has been expanded to 4 CDs for 2003. In addition to the newest levels of DB2 Universal Database, WebSphere Application Server, and Lotus Domino, the 2003 SEK will also include WebSphere Studio Site Developer, WebSphere MQ, Tivoli Access Manager, Linux porting tools, along with many white papers and tutorials. Sign-up here and get the Linux Software Evaluation Kit mailed to you at no charge.Pioneer-Standard Announces Alliance with HP to Support Linux-based Business Solutions for HP ProLiant Servers
Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc. has announced an alliance with HP to advance Linux-based HP ProLiant and Intel(R) Itanium(TM) server solutions in the marketplace.Storever Introduces OpenBrick Wifi Extranet Server based on Mandrake Linux
Storever introduced the OpenBrick Wifi Extranet Server. Based on the OpenBrick Advanced Extranet Server, the new OpenBrick provides a simple solution to setup advanced secure WiFi networks.OpenBrick Introduces Umigumi: The Instant Appliance Setup Program
The OpenBrick Community has introduced "Umigumi". Umigumi can reconfigure any embedded platforms or even a standard PC in just a few seconds, or change them into an appliance: router, firewall, VPN, OGG player, print server, thin client, etc. Umigumi is an open source product designed for the OpenBrick platforms by the OpenBrick community, but it can easily be extended to support any embedded hardware platforms running Open Source operating systems like GNU/Linux and FreeBSD/OpenBSD.SCO Establishes SCOsource to License UNIX Intellectual Property
The SCO Group has announced the creation of a new division called "SCOsource" which will be charged with managing the company's "Unix intellectual property." Initially the division will be licensing SCO's System V libraries; it will be interesting to see where it goes after that.Linux Journal Press Releases "Linux In the Workplace" Under GNU FDL
Linux Journal Press has announced the release of Linux in the Workplace under the GNU Free Documentation License (FDL). (LWN reviewed this book last November).
Resources
EDRi-gram: a new European digital rights newsletter
The first issue of "EDRI-gram," a new newsletter on European digital rights, has just been published. Topics covered include the implementation of the European Copyright Directive, the draft software patent law, updates from the UK and Germany, and more. Click below for the first issue, along with information on how to subscribe.
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Thursday's collection of LinuxWorld press releases
Here is another round of press releases from LinuxWorld:- Metrowerks
demonstrated a pre-release version of OpenPDA.
- Red Hat, Inc.
announced plans for a comprehensive framework as the next step in
building an integrated enterprise Linux platform.
- INNOVATION Data Processing announced
a partnership with Sistina Software and Mainline Information Systems,
Inc. to offer a Linux System Solution Package for the IBM zSeries and
S/390 platforms.
- IDG World Expo announced the winners of the Open Source Product Excellence Awards at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo. Award winners SGI and Ximian, Inc. have put out their own press releases.
LinuxWorld and linux.conf.au wrapups
Russell Pavlicek has sent us a wrapup of last week's LinuxWorld conference. "In all the booths, there was a different tone of communication. The magicians and campy actors who had once populated the demo areas were replaced with business presenters earnestly communicating the advantages of their respective corporations."
Leon Brooks, meanwhile, has posted "A Triumphal
Wrapup" from linux.conf.au. "A penguin ambled out on-stage at
the opening session, and then off again. After a few minutes, Rusty
appeared with a penguin head under his arm. 'Ha, ha' said everyone, very
funny, Rusty wore a penguin suit, yay. Then when everyone was thoroughly
disarmed, Linus came back on in his usual casual way, wearing the headless
suit. It took a minute or two for the penny to drop for quite a few people,
but the cheers came.
"
LinuxWorld Attendance Tops 19,000
Here's the official LinuxWorld wrapup from IDG World Expo.ESC San Francisco 2003 Highlights
CMP Media LLC announced its 15th annual Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) San Francisco will be held in the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, April 22 - 26, 2003. Registration is open.OSCON 2003 (Python 11) CFP
A call for participation has been posted for the O'Reilly 2003 Open Source Software Convention in Portland, Oregon on July 7-11, 2003. Submissions are due in by February 15.CFP: 3rd Workshop on Open Source Software Engineering
A call for papers has gone out for the 3rd Workshop on Open Source Software Engineering, to be held in Portland, Oregon on May 3, 2003. Submissions are due in by February 15.YAPC::Europe::2003 Call for Participation (use Perl)
Use Perl has announced the call for participation for the YAPC::Europe::2003 conference, to be held in Paris on July 23-25, 2003.YAPC::Canada Slated for May 15-16, 2003 (use Perl)
Use Perl has an announcement for the YAPC::Canada converence, it will be held in Ottawa, Ontario on May 15 and 16, 2003.More FOSDEM interviews posted
The latest set of FOSDEM speaker interviews is up: Jon 'maddog' Hall, Owen Taylor, and Havoc Pennnigton.Events: January 30 - March 27, 2003
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| January 30 - 31, 2003 | SAINT-2003 | Orlando, Florida, USA |
| February 3 - 6, 2003 | O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference | (Westin Horton Plaza.)San Diego, CA |
| February 4 - 6, 2003 | Linux Solutions 2003 | (CNIT)Paris, France |
| February 8 - 9, 2003 | Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting(FOSDEM) | Brussels, Belgium |
| February 10 - 14, 2003 | The fifth NordU/USENIX Conference(NordU2003) | (Aros Congress Center)Västerås, Sweden |
| February 20 - 21, 2003 | Desktop Linux Summit | (Vivendi Universal Building)San Diego, CA |
| February 22 - 24, 2003 | CodeCon 2.0 | (Club NV)San Francisco CA, USA |
| February 27 - 28, 2003 | Linux Summit 2003 | (Dipoli Conference Center)Espoo, Finland |
| March 17 - 19, 2003 | Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU | (The Marvin Center Grand Ballroom, George Washington University)Washington, DC |
| March 20 - 21, 2003 | First OpenOffice.org Conference(OOoCon2003) | (University of Hamburg)Hamburg, Germany |
| March 26 - 28, 2003 | PyCon DC 2003 | (George Washington University)Washington DC |
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
News on European Patents
Michel Rocard (former Prime Minister of France and now on the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport) is proposing an amendment (PDF format) to explicitly rule out patent-ability on information processing. The amendment is well written and we can only hope that it will have some influence on the European parliament. Thanks to Laurent Guerby
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