Announcements

Singapore Linux Conference Call For Papers

The Singapore Linux Conference will be held October 14 to 16; the call for papers is active now. Submissions should be in by August 16. The theme of the conference this time around is "Linux means business."

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Links From the 2002 Boston Gnome Summit

Ben FrantzDale has published a list of links from the Boston GNOME Summit, check it out for presentations, notes, reflections, and pictures.

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O'Reilly Open Source Convention Coverage

O'Reilly has posted coverage of this year's Open Source Convention.

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2002 OSCON Java Wrap-Up (O'Reilly)

O'Reilly's OnJava site has a report from the unofficial 2002 O'Reilly Open Source Convention Java conference.

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Events: August 1 - September 26, 2002

August 1 - 2, 2002	3rd annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference(BOSC 2002)	Edmonton, Canada
August 2 - 4, 2002	International Conference on Open Source 2002, Taipei	(Academic Sinica)Taipei, Taiwan
August 12 - 15, 2002	Linux World Conference & Expo	(Moscone Center)San Francisco, California
August 24 - 31, 2002	Linux Beer Hike	(Russell Community Centre)Doolin, Co. Clare
August 27, 2002	Seattle Ruby Brigade Meeting	Seattle, Washington
September 11 - 13, 2002	Open source GIS - GRASS users conference 2002(GRASS)	(Centro Servizi Culturali S. Chiara)Trento, Italy
September 18 - 20, 2002	Yet Another Perl Conference Europe 2002(YAPC::Europe 2002)	Munich, Germany

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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.

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LUG Support Program Off To A Great Start

Linux Orbit has set up a LUG Support Program, lots of LUGs are joining in. Click below for the full story.

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2002 XML Application Award -- Final Call for Submissions

A call for submissions has been posted for the 2002 XML Application award. "The award is designed to publicise the best custom applications using XML in the enterprise, and to recognise the professionals implementing the technology." The award will be given at XML Day in Munich on September 18, 2002.

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Active Award Winners Announced (use Perl)

Use Perl congratulates the winners of the ActiveState Active Awards for Perl.

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The Perl Academy Launches in September (use Perl)

The Perl Academy will open on September 1 with Perl training in the Netherlands.

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Open Source Education Foundation announces tax-exempt status

The Open Source Education Foundation (OSEF) announced approval of its application for non-profit tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3), allowing the organization to begin actively pursuing tax-deductible contributions to assist in project development.

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