Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
Linux Foundation appoints Ted Tso as CTO
The Linux Foundation has announced the appointment of Ted Tso as Chief Technology Officer. "Tso is currently a Linux Foundation fellow, a position he has been in since December 2007. He is one of the most highly regarded members of the Linux and open source community and is known as the first North American kernel developer. Other current and past LF fellows include Steve Hemminger, Andrew Morton, Linus Torvalds and Andrew Tridgell. Tso will be replacing Markus Rex as CTO of the Linux Foundation."
Commercial announcements
Red Hat Reports Third Quarter Results
Red Hat, Inc. has announced financial results for its fiscal year 2009 third quarter ended November 30, 2008. "Total revenue for the quarter was $165.3 million, an increase of 22% from the year ago quarter and 1% from the prior quarter. Subscription revenue for the quarter was $135.5 million, up 17% year-over-year and flat sequentially." News&Observer takes a look. (Thanks to Rahul Sundaram)
Surveys
December 2008 Web Server Survey
Netcraft has published the December 2008 Web Server Survey, Apache usage is up again. "nginx shows the 3rd largest growth this month, climbing by more than 10% to reach 3.35 million sites. This server now has nearly 1.8% of the worldwide market share an impressive feat, given that it is the work of just one man, Igor Sysoev."
Education and Certification
Take the Linux certification exam 102 with confidence (IBM developerWorks)
IBM developerWorks presents an LPI exam 102 prep. "Welcome to the next step in studying for the Linux certification exam 102. This tutorial series serves as a comprehensive self-study guide so you can take the exams with confidence. And even if you're not preparing for Linux certification at this time, this series helps you build fundamental skills on Linux systems administration."
Calls for Presentations
CONFidence 2009 CFP
A call for papers has gone out for CONFIDENCE 2008. "Calling all practitioners in the field of IT security! The 5th edition of the best Polish IT security conference, CONFIDENCE 2008, is taking place in May 15/16, 2008. We invite all to send the proposed topic and abstracts of presentation till the end of January."
Upcoming Events
MySQL Conference and Expo Speakers Announced and Registration Open
Registration is open for the 2009 MySQL Conference & Expo. "Sun Microsystems and O'Reilly Media have now opened registration and unveiled the program for the seventh annual MySQL Conference & Expo, April 20-23, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. The world's largest open source database event unites over 2,000 MySQL enthusiasts to harness the power of MySQL and celebrate the huge MySQL community."
SCALE is shaping up nicely
A SCALE status report has gone out. "The 7th Annual So Cal Linux Expo is shaping up nicely. In spite of adding an additional track to the weekend conference, all four tracks have been filled. The Expo received 148 submittals, all of which were excellent, for 45 speaker slots. The speaker selections have been completed and the speakers are being notified. Keynote speaker selection is in progress. While the Call For Papers for the main conference is closed, the Calls for both WIOS and OSSIE are open until December 31st, and there are still a few speaker slots available for those specialty conferences."
Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco registration opens
Registration is open for the Web 2.0 Expo. "O'Reilly Media, Inc. and TechWeb, producers of Web 2.0 Expo and Web 2.0 Summit, today announced the return of Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco, the annual event for developers, designers, marketers, and business professionals building the next generation Web. This year, Web 2.0 Expo centers on the idea of "the Power of Less," exploring how the principles of Web 2.0 can turn constraints into opportunities. Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco is March 31 - April 3, 2009 at Moscone West."
Events: January 1, 2009 to March 2, 2009
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| January 8 January 11 |
Consumer Electronics Show | Las Vegas, NV, USA |
| January 9 January 11 |
Fedora User and Developer Conference | Boston, USA |
| January 15 January 16 |
Foundations of Open Media Software 2009 | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| January 17 January 23 |
Camp KDE 2009 | Negril, Jamaica |
| January 19 January 24 |
linux.conf.au - penguins march south | Hobart, Australia |
| January 25 January 29 |
Ruby on Rails Bootcamp with Charles B. Quinn | Atlanta, GA, USA |
| January 25 January 28 |
GCC Research Opportunities | Paphos, Cyprus |
| January 31 | Greater London Linux Users Group meeting | London, UK |
| January 31 February 3 |
Black Hat Briefings DC | Arlington, VA, USA |
| February 4 February 5 |
DC BSDCon 2009 | Washington, D.C., USA |
| February 4 February 6 |
Money:Tech 2009 | New York, NY, USA |
| February 5 February 9 |
German Perl Workshop | Frankfurt, Germany |
| February 7 | Frozen Perl 2009 | Minneapolis, MN., USA |
| February 7 February 8 |
FOSDEM 2009 | Brussels, Belgium |
| February 9 February 11 |
O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing | New York, NY, USA |
| February 15 | Free Software Awards 2009 Deadline | Soissons, France |
| February 16 February 18 |
Open Source Singapore Pacific-Asia Conference | Singapore, Singapore |
| February 16 February 19 |
Black Hat DC Briefings 2009 | Washington, D.C., USA |
| February 20 | Demonstrating Open-Source Health Care Solutions | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| February 20 February 22 |
Southern California Linux Expo | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| February 24 February 26 |
VMworld Europe 2009 | Cannes, France |
| February 25 February 27 |
German Perl Workshop | Frankfurt Main, Germany |
| February 27 | PHP UK Conference | London, UK |
| February 28 | Belgian Perl Workshop | Leuven, Belgium |
| February 28 | uCon Security Conference | Recife, Brazil |
| March 1 March 4 |
Global Ignite week | Online |
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