Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
Bakbone Software joins OSDL
Bakbone Software has become the newest member of the Open Source Development Labs. "Through participation in OSDL's Data Center Linux Working Group, BakBone will help the working group focus on enterprise Linux data protection technologies. Data storage and protection are recognized as key to the acceleration of enterprise-wide adoption of Linux-based applications."
Alan Cox wins free software award
A quick update from FOSDEM 2004 in Brussels: this year's FSF award for the advancement of free software was awarded to Alan Cox, seemingly as much for his support for GNOME as for his kernel work. The award was presented by Richard Stallman.FFII alert on EU's IP enforcement directive
The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) warns that the EU Parliament's Legal Affairs committee is set to rubber stamp a new text on Monday for the EU Directive on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights.Wikipedia reaches 500,000 articles in 50 languages
The Wikipedia online Free Content Encyclopedia has reached a new milestone of 500,000 articles in 50 languages.wxWindows library renamed to wxWidgets
The wxWindows project has a new name, wxWidgets. "the "wxWindows" library has been renamed "wxWidgets" because of the similarity of the name to a certain known product from a US based software company."
Commercial announcements
MySQL Licensing Survey
MySQL AB is running a licensing survey. "MySQL AB is always interested in getting feedback from customers and the open source community on the best way to communicate our licensing policy. In order to continue to gather input, we have a short five question survey."
OpenOffice.org BizDev Project
The OpenOffice.org Business Development (BizDev) project has been launched. "The goals of this project are to build a business partners' network around OpenOffice.org. In this regard the BizDev project is the place where commercial leads, and business and consulting information can be discussed. It is a project for services professionals who are looking for customers, projects, and for contributing the way they want."
Linuxant releases DriverLoader 1.6
Linuxant has released version 1.6 of its DriverLoader software."DriverLoader is a revolutionary compatibility-wrapper allowing standard Windows NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification) drivers shipped by hardware vendors to be used as-is on Linux x86 systems."
JBoss Closes $10 Million in Venture Financing
JBoss, Inc. has announced it has secured $10 million in an oversubscribed first round of venture financing led by Matrix Partners.JBoss has also announced a successful fourth quarter for 2003.
Opersys releases Quick Reference Guide
Opersys has released a quick reference guide providing the key commands for building embedded Linux systems straight from source. Opersys' quick reference guide is available here.VMware Announces New Virtual Infrastructure Software
VMware has announced the release of its GSX Server 3 virtual infrastructure software.Wind River & Redhat
Wind River is working with Red Hat to build an embedded platform based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. (Thanks to Esben Nielsen)
New Books
Exploiting Software: How to Break Code
Addison-Wesley has published Exploiting Software: How to Break Code by Greg Hoglund and Gary McGraw.
Resources
LDP Weekly News
The February 18, 2004 edition of the Linux Documentation Project Weekly News is out with the latest new documentation.LSB-VSX2.0 Beta Release Available
The beta release of the LSB-VSX test suite is available. "This release is targeted for use with the LSB version 2.x testing and certification program. There are a number of new tests added over previous releases."
Slides from Daniel Glazman's Talk on Nvu (MozillaZine)
MozillaZine points to some slides from FOSDEM 2004. "The slides from Daniel Glazman's talk on Nvu at this weekend's Mozilla Developers Meeting in Europe 4.0 at FOSDEM 2004 are now available. Consisting mostly of technical information, the slides also cover how the Nvu project was started, what's been developed so far and what's coming up in the future."
Another set of FOSDEM slides
are available.
"The visuals from Gervase Markham's presentation on the Mozilla Foundation are online too. In the talk, Gerv discussed the how the Mozilla Foundation started, who works there, how the decisions are made and what's coming next.
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Upcoming Events
OSBC 2004 adds Larry Lessig to discuss open source legal issues
Lawrence Lessig has been added to the schedule for the Open Source Business Conference 2004. The event runs March 16 and 17 at the Westin St. Francis hotel in San Francisco.LinuxUser & Developer Expo
The LinuxUser & Developer Expo will be held in London, England on April 20 and 21, 2004.2004 gcc summit call for papers
The 2004 GCC & GNU Toolchain Developers' Summit will be happening June 2 to 4 in Ottawa. The call for papers is out now; if you would like to present at the summit, you need to get a proposal in by the beginning of March.LogOn Briefings at CeBIT 2004
LogOn Technology Transfer and Deutsche Messe AG will present the LogOn Briefings at the CeBIT 2004 conference in March, 2004. "The events, to be held at the CeBIT Convention Center, will feature a program of tutorials for technical IT professionals, as well as a free business conference with focus on IT management issues."
Austrian Perl Workshop (use Perl)
The first Austrian Perl Workshop has been announced. The event will take place from May 20-22, 2004 in Vienna, Austria.Nordic Perl Workshop Welcomes You (use Perl)
Use Perl has an announcement for the Nordic Perl Workshop. The event will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark on March 27 and 28, 2004.YAPC::NA::2004 Registration Open (use Perl)
Use Perl has announced the YAPC::NA::2004 Perl conference. The event will take place in Buffalo, NY on June 16-18, 2004.Open Source Forum 2004
The Open Source Forum 2004 will be held in Sydney, Australia on March 25 and 26, 2004.Hands-on Linux Demo in Davis, CA
The Linux Users' Group of Davis, CA will hold a Linux demonstration on Saturday, February 28, 2004.The 4th Annual Meeting of Bioinformatics.Org
The 4th Annual Meeting of Bioinformatics.Org has been announced. The event will take place in Boston, Massachusetts on March 30 - April 1, 2004.Events: February 26 - April 22, 2004
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| February 26 - 27, 2004 | PostgreSQL Bootcamp | (Big Nerd Ranch, Inc.)Atlanta, GA |
| February 26, 2004 | UKUUG LISA/Winter Conference and Tutorial | (Lansdowne Campus, Bournemouth Univ.)Bournemouth, UK |
| February 26 - 27, 2004 | GNU/Linux Summit 2004 | (Finlandia Hall)Helsinki, Finland |
| February 27, 2004 | Mozilla Developer Day | Mountain View, CA |
| March 1 - 5, 2004 | PHP|Cruise | The Caribbean |
| March 4 - 5, 2004 | Linux Automation Konferenz | Hannover, Germany |
| March 5, 2004 | Perl Workshop 2004 | Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| March 6 - 7, 2004 | Linux-Day Chemnitz | Chemnitz, Germany |
| March 15 - 17, 2004 | Open Source in Government Conference | (George Washington University)Washington, DC |
| March 16 - 17, 2004 | Open Source Business Conference 2004 | (The Westin St. Francis)San Francisco, CA |
| March 18 - 24, 2004 | CeBIT | (Hannover Exhibition Center)Hannover, Germany |
| March 21 - 26, 2004 | Novell BrainShare 2004 | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| March 24 - 26, 2004 | PyCon DC 2004 | Washington, D.C. |
| March 25 - 26, 2004 | Open Source Forum 2004 | (The Sydney Marriott Hotel)Sydney, Australia |
| March 27 - 28, 2004 | Nordic Perl Workshop 2004 | (Symbion Science Park)Copenhagen, Denmark |
| March 27 - 28, 2004 | YAPC::Taipei::2004 | Taipei, Taiwan |
| April 5 - 7, 2004 | Samba eXPerience 2004 | (Hotel Freizeit In)Göttingen, Germany |
| April 13 - 15, 2004 | Real World Linux 2004 Conference & Expo | (Metro Toronto Convention Centre)Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| April 14 - 16, 2004 | MySQL Users Conference and Expo 2004 | (Peabody Hotel Orlando)Orlando, FL |
| April 14 - 17, 2004 | ACCU Spring Conference 2004 | (Randolph Hotel)Oxford, England |
| April 20 - 21, 2004 | LinuxUser & Developer Expo | (Olympia)London, England |
| April 22 - 23, 2004 | 2004 Desktop Linux Summit | (Del Mar Fairgrounds)San Diego, California |
Mailing Lists
KDE Usability Process Strengthened (KDE.News)
A new moderated mailing list has been set up for discussion of KDE usability issues. "The primary goal of this new email list will be to find, promote and implement methods to integrate ongoing usability efforts with existing KDE design methodologies. KDE developers will be encouraged and given the tools to include usability as a primary concern at the earliest phases of application development."
Web sites
LinuxQuestions.org adds a Linux Wiki
LinuxQuestions.org has added a new Linux Wiki to its site.PHP Editors webpage - moved
The PHP Editors site has moved. "The page now features a filtering mechanism to allow readers to list editors by platform and/or licence." Thanks to Keith Edmunds.
New Polish Mozilla Firefox Website Launches (MozillaZine)
A Polish language web site devoted to the Mozilla Firefox browser has been announced.
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.
Page editor: Forrest Cook