Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
Barracuda countersues Trend Micro
Barracuda Networks has announced the filing of a software patent countersuit against Trend Micro, using three freshly-acquired patents. "'The reality is that Trend Micro is asking Barracuda Networks to pay for the use of the free and open source ClamAV software,' said Dean Drako, president and CEO of Barracuda Networks. 'We have asserted all along that Trend Micro's actions are unjust and could have serious implications against the open source community and other free and open source projects.'"
See also: this LinuxWorld article on the countersuit.
Fedora announces final board appointment
The final Fedora board appointment has been announced. "Chris Tyler has been selected to fill the final seat on the Fedora Project Board. Many of you may know Chris from his "Fedora Daily Package" website, or his work at Seneca College on open source curricula, or as author of O'Reilly's "Fedora Linux" book." (Thanks to Rahul Sundaram).
Commercial announcements
CadSoft releases Eagle 5.1
CadSoft has released version 5.1 of their Eagle printed circuit CAD application. This release adds some new capabilities and bug fixes. See the What's new document for details.EMCC Software anticipates Symbian Foundation to stimulate growth
EMCC Software anticipates growth in the mobile phone industry due to the Symbian Foundation. "The formation of the Symbian Foundation Platform will bring standardisation and increased certainty to application creators wishing to develop solutions for all Symbian handsets. EMCC foresees a significant reduction in platform fragmentation that will mean a combination of reduced time to market, wider addressable markets for new products, plus reduced porting and testing costs for the leading Smartphone platform in the mobile industry. This should also result in a significant number of new players licensing the new open source platform from the Symbian Foundation for an even wider range of products."
Xandros buys Linspire?
Former Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony has put up an angry weblog posting after being notified that Linspire has been sold to Xandros. "I predict this was done to: 1) help Robertson drain the company of its cash and resources. When I left Linspire, we had a very profitable year and the company had millions in the bank. I predict Robertson has moved this money to himself, family, and his other companies, leaving Linspire's minority shareholders with nothing. 2) help Robertson save face by issuing a 'Linspire Acquired by Xandros!' press release, instead of living with the public humiliation that Linspire failed under his leadership. (Although, being out lasted by Xandros isn't much less embarrassing.)" That press release has not yet been sent out as of this writing; we'll keep an eye out for confirmation of what's going on.
Some answers from Xandros CEO Andreas Typaldos
Xandros has sent out a set of questions and (not entirely satisfying) answers from its CEO regarding the acquisition of Linspire. On the question of how big the combined company will be: "Xandros has been on a fast growth path for the last couple of years; has an aggressive headcount and revenue growth plan at this time; and is currently in heavy hiring mode. We believe that at this point Xandros is already the third largest Linux Company in the world, and that we may already be the largest private Linux Company in the world."
LiPS and LiMo merge
Two competing groups trying to build standardized platforms for mobile telephony - the Linux Phone Standards Forum and the LiMo Foundation - have announced their intent to merge. "This pooling of efforts and resources reflects the industry-wide trend towards unification of Linux-based mobile telephony platforms and will serve to accelerate the emergence of common mobile Linux specifications and implementations. It will also bolster the emerging mobile Linux developer community and support the creation of a range of new applications, services and end-user experiences." It also acknowledges the fact that there's no shortage of mobile platform projects currently.
Netgear's open wireless-G router for open source hackers
NETGEAR has announced a wireless router specifically targeted at the Linux community. The WGR614L is based on a MIPS CPU with 16M of RAM an 4M of flash, along with 802.11g and 10/100 ethernet connectivity. It currently runs Tomato and DD-WRT firmware and will soon add support for OpenWRT. NETGEAR is also sponsoring a community site for developers and users to gather. Click below for the press release.Openmoko Neo Freerunner goes on sale July 4
Openmoko has announced that its long-awaited phone will go on sale on July 4. "The Openmoko Neo FreeRunner utilizes GNU/Linux and comes with core software for dialing, SMS and recording contacts. Openmoko will supplement these features with periodic downloads beginning with a software suite that takes full advantage of the phone's hardware platform. The new software, debuting at Linux world in August, will provide exciting new location based applications."
Preview of Open-Xchange Server Edition announced
Open-Xchange Inc. has announced a preview version of Open-Xchange Server Edition. "Open-Xchange offers email, calendar, contacts, tasks and document sharing to provide companies with all the tools needed to facilitate communication and efficient teamwork."
Rackspace Greenspace Initiative hits one year mark
Rackspace has announced the first year anniversary of its Greenspace Initiative. "Rackspace® Hosting, a leading hosting services provider, began taking a more proactive role in environmental responsibility by launching the Greenspace® Initiative in 2007, which promotes energy conservation through customer offerings, company conservation and employee education on green living. Since that time, Rackspace has focused on providing their customers with offerings that include the most energy efficient products available, the ability to offset carbon emissions and greener services, such as virtualization and cloud hosting."
Terra Soft, Argo Graphics provide Power Linux to Japan 2008
Terra Soft and Argo Graphics have announced a partnership. "Terra Soft Solutions of Loveland, Colorado, USA and Argo Graphics of Tokyo, Japan today announce a collaborative effort to bring enterprise level support to Linux for Power architecture systems in Japan, with immediate support for the IBM PowerXCell 8i 3.2 GHz based QS22 blade and the IBM Cell SDK."
Meeting Minutes
Perl 6 Design Minutes (use Perl)
The minutes from the June 11, 2008 Perl 6 Design Meeting have been published. "The Perl 6 design team met by phone on 11 June 2008. Larry, Allison, Patrick, Jerry, Jesse, Nicholas, and chromatic attended."
Calls for Presentations
BA-Con 2008 CFP
A call for papers has gone out for BA-Con 2008. The event takes place in Buenos Aires, Argentina from September 30 through October 1, 2008, the submission deadline is July 11. "The first annual BA-Con applied technical security conference - where the eminent figures in the international and South American security industry will get together and share best practices and technology - will be held in Buenos Aires on September 30 and October 1st. 2008. The most significant new discoveries about computer network hack attacks and defenses, commercial security solutions, and pragmatic real world security experience will be presented in a series of informative tutorials."
CFP - 25th Chaos Communication Congress 2008
A call for papers has gone out for the 25th Chaos Communication Congress. The event takes place in Berlin, Germany on December 27-30, 2008. Submissions are due by October 5.piksel08 - code dreams :: open call
A call for papers has gone out for Piksel08: code dreams. The event takes place on December 4-7, 2008 in Bergen, Norway, the submission deadline is August 15. "Piksel08 examines the other side of code, an alternative side to a hard-coded reality of work and play. Open hardware and free software project a utopic vision, yet exist within economies of capital, the dream factory of mainstream technology. Within the chance meeting of sewing machine and umbrella on the dissecting table, hardware and software are flattened. Piksel08: code dreams explores the dreams of this soft machine; bachelors coding for pleasure, reverse engineering paranoiac constructs of the real, automatic coding practice, soft hardware, and everyday magic."
The Python Papers call for papers
A call for papers has gone out for The Python Papers. "We would like to call for papers, articles, opinion pieces and feedback to include in Volume 3, Issue 2 of The Python Papers. We would love to receive articles on Python for beginners and discussions about Python performance. Any article will be gratefully received, of course, so do not let the above list of suggestions deter you from considering an article on another topic. We also need volunteers from Python User Groups to include an article on the activities, members and geographical area of their local group. Expressions of Interest Close: Friday, 18 July Initial Draft Submission Deadline: Friday, 25 July".
Upcoming Events
Deepsec Talks 2007 are online - registration for 2008 is open
DeepSec 2008 registration has been opened and videos from the 2007 DeepSec are available. "DeepSec Vienna, the annual In-Depth Security Conference has opened online registrations for 2008. Registrations will receive a discount of 5% off the regular fees until August 31st if you use the following promotional code..."
Far East Perl call for attendees (use Perl)
Far East Perl has been announced. "I am happy to announce the Second Russian Perl Workshop which is called "Far East Perl" and takes place on 13th of September in Vladivostok."
SciPy Conference Updates
Some update information for the 2008 SciPy Conference has been posted. The event will be held at Caltech on August 19-24, 2008. "The SciPy Conference is not too far away. I thought I'd summarize some recent news about the conference in case some of you missed it".
Web 2.0 Expo Keynotes announced
The keynote speakers for the Web 2.0 Expo have been announced. "Web 2.0 Expo New York will convene the brightest minds of the next-generation Web to celebrate the power, size and innovation of the industry on the East Coast. Web 2.0 Expo New York happens September 16-19, 2008 in the Javits Convention Center."
Events: July 10, 2008 to September 8, 2008
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| July 7 July 12 |
EuroPython 2008 | Vilnius, Lithuania |
| July 7 July 12 |
GUADEC 2008 | Istanbul, Turkey |
| July 14 July 18 |
PHP 5 & PostgreSQL Bootcamp at the Big Nerd Ranch | Atlanta, USA |
| July 18 July 20 |
RubyFringe | Canada, Toronto |
| July 19 | Firebird Developers Day | Piracicaba-SP, Brazil |
| July 19 July 25 |
Ruby & Ruby on Rails Bootcamp at the Big Nerd Ranch | Atlanta, USA |
| July 19 July 20 |
LugRadio Live 2008 - UK | Wolverhampton, United Kingdom |
| July 20 | OSCON PDXPUG Day | Portland, OR, USA |
| July 21 July 25 |
O'Reilly Open Source Convention | Portland, OR, USA |
| July 21 July 22 |
Ubuntu Live - cancelled | Portland, Oregon, USA |
| July 23 July 26 |
Ottawa Linux Symposium | Ottawa, Canada |
| July 26 | PyOhio 2008 | Columbus, OH, USA |
| July 26 July 27 |
EuroSciPy2008 | Leipzig, Germany |
| August 1 | LLVM Developers' Meeting | Cupertino, CA, USA |
| August 3 August 9 |
DebCamp 2008 | Mar del Plata, Argentina |
| August 4 August 7 |
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| August 9 August 16 |
Akademy 2008 | Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium |
| August 9 August 17 |
Linuxbierwanderung (Linux Beer Hike) | Samnaun/Compatsch, Switzerland |
| August 10 August 16 |
Debian Conference 2008 | Mar del Plata, Argentina |
| August 11 August 15 |
SAGE-AU'2008 | Adelaide, Australia |
| August 12 August 14 |
Flash Memory Summit | Santa Clara, CA, USA |
| August 13 August 15 |
YAPC::Europe 2008 | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| August 18 | Debian Day | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| August 19 August 24 |
SciPy 2008 Conference | Pasadena, CA, USA |
| August 20 August 22 |
Jornadas Regionales de Software Libre | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| August 23 August 24 |
FrOSCon 2008 | Saint Augustin, Germany |
| August 26 August 29 |
WebGUI Users Conference 2008 | Madison, WI, USA |
| August 27 August 30 |
Drupalcon Szeged 2008 | Szeged, Hungary |
| August 28 August 30 |
Utah Open Source Conference 2008 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
| September 2 September 4 |
RailsConf Europe 2008 | Berlin, Germany |
| September 5 September 7 |
FUDCon Brno 2008 | Brno, Czech Republic |
| September 6 September 7 |
DjangoCon 2008 | Mountain View, CA, USA |
| September 7 September 10 |
Workshop on Open Source Software for Computer and Network Forensics | Milan, Italy |
| September 7 September 14 |
Python Game Programming Challenge | Online |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Audio and Video programs
LugRadio to end soon
The popular LugRadio podcast will soon be recording its last show. The most recent edition was the second-to-last "regular" show, with one more to follow, as well as a live final show to be recorded at LugRadio Live in the UK on the 19th and 20th of July. More info can be found at Jono Bacon's blog as well as Stuart Langridge's blog (from which we quote): "I probably ought to say: it isn't because weve had a row or anything. We want the show to go out on a high always leave 'em wanting more, isn't that the showbiz mantra? and everyone can name programmes that have outstayed their welcome by stringing it out for just one more season. I would like to keep those people who don't think that we jumped the shark 104 shows ago to be still thinking that the show was good even after it's over."
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