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Wind River's Unique Build Methodology Enables Use of Standard Open Source Linux for Aerospace and Defense Application

ActiveState Software Inc., the leading provider of tools and services for dynamic languages, today announced the technical pre-release of Komodo 4.0, introducing advanced support for Web 2.0 technologies to the award-winning IDE for dynamic languages. The release is available for download now.

Last week, I listed the Top five things Linux can learn from Microsoft. Well, it's a two-way street: Microsoft could really stand to learn a few things from Linux, too.

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest: Work begins on integrating C# support in KDevelop, as the second phase of the "C# parser for KDevelop" Summer Of Code project, whilst a companion effort concurrently starts to support Java. Eigen, a matrix and vector mathematics library is begun. okular is ported to QGraphicsView. Infrastructure improvements in Solid and Kalzium. "Siox" tool ported to Krita.

The open-source Linux operating system has made deep in-roads into the servers of large companies, but employee desktop's have so far remained Microsoft's stronghold.

[Much of this article compares SUSE to MS, with SUSE coming out on top. However, it concludes with this strange comment: "Hopefully Microsoft will respond by making its own software faster, more stable, more innovative, more secure and less hungry for memory and processor power." I say it is strange because the author appears to be advocating avoiding what is here and works, in favor of what might come about under some hoped-for scenario. Haven't people suffered long enough to see how false that hope is? -- grouch]

For more information about GPLv3 and how to participate, see our GPLv3 project page.

Below shows the combined text of version 2 of the GNU GPL and draft 2 of GNU GPL version 3. Text that was in version 2, but which is not in the second draft, has a line through it. Text which is new in draft two is in bold.

[Interesting technique to see the changes; much clearer than other comparisons I've seen. -- grouch]

Features:

• Clustering Is Not Rocket Science by Rowan Gollan, Andrew Denman and Marlies Hankel
• Getting Started with Condor by Irfan Habib
• DRBD in a Heartbeat by Pedro Pla
• Mainstream Parallel Programming by Michael-Jon Ainsley Hore

Plus In-Depth, Columns and Reviews.

The new draft clarifies that the license only directly restricts DRM in the special case in which it is used to prevent people from sharing or modifying GPLv3-covered software. The clarified DRM section preserves the spirit of the original GPL, which forbids adding additional unfree restrictions to free software. GPLv3 does not prohibit the implementation of DRM features, but prevents them from being imposed on users in a way that they cannot remove.

[The real story takes place in the debate in the comments following the news article. Linus Torvalds and others square off in disagreement with PJ and others, regarding GPL3 vs. GPL2. I think all concerns were well-aired. May a better GPL be the result. -- grouch]

Suddenly, the Web browser is in the spotlight again -- and it's looking better than ever.

[The author presents a nice run-down of the battle of 3 browsers. Firefox is the only one of the 3 with the free (libre) feature. Isn't competition wonderful? -- grouch]

Virtuas Open Source Solutions, provider of enterprise-level support and enablement services for open source software, announced the releaseof its comprehensive service and support offerings for AppFuse.

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The report states that Palm is in negotiations to expand its development and distribution rights to the current version of the Palm OS. This could indicate that Palm desires to further develop the Palm OS itself, picking up where PalmSouce stopped.

Since being acquired by Access PalmSource has abandoned future development on the Palm OS in favor of Access Linux Platform. While ALP will offer Palm OS Garnet compatibility, PalmSource wants developers to move to its new linux based tools and APIs.

India is expanding a government-led program to provide free, local language software to all of its citizens, as it tries to broaden computer use in the country.

Motorola's success with its Linux-based smartphones in China shows signs of the open source platform's growing influence.

The world No. 2 mobile phone maker, which debuted the Ming smartphone in March this year in China, shipped more than one million Linux-based units in China alone last quarter, according to research firm Canalys.

Open source software came under scrutiny at a recent forum organized by the IP Academy and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS). Moderated by Associate Professor Daniel Seng from Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore and Senior Fellow at IP Academy, the forum examined the open source model from the point of view of the end user, the service provider, the Business Software Alliance and the legal community.

Users of the Firefox Web browser have been flocking to Netcraft Ltd.'s Web site to download the security company's new antiphishing toolbar, a company representative said Thursday.

In recent months, my job -- running stateside IT for an international stock trading/brokerage house based in Zurich -- has started to feel a lot like being dropped into the middle of a gangster movie in which dangerous racketeers plot and scheme to kill one another. Or maybe it's more like a Shakespearean tragedy in which all the characters are dead at the end of the play. Either way, you need to watch your back.

[We don't have a "Story type" of "tragedy", but we do have "humor". As long as you're not in this situation, it's humorous, in a dark sort of way. -- grouch]

FSMLabs has updated its real-time Linux overlay and toolsuite, adding real-time networking improvements, A/D drivers, an Eclipse-based IDE, and support for 2.6.16 kernels on x86, among other improvements. The RTLinuxPro Development Kit 2.2.3 targets hardware-in-loop (HIL) simulation, telecom and network equipment, enterprise/factory real-time, and mobile devices, according to the company.

[Looks like Linux and Eclipse are the only Free parts. I could be wrong. -- grouch]

Trolltech has released a preview of the long awaited Java bindings for Qt 4. "Qt Jambi technology integrates Qt with the Java programming language, providing new possibilities for both Java and C++ programmers. This technology enables Java developers to take advantage of the powerful features of Qt from within Java Standard Edition 5.0 and Java Enterprise Edition 5.0."

Xandros, in responding to Microsoft's July 11 announcement that it will discontinue security patches and technical support for Windows 98, 98SE, and ME, is offering a 50 percent mail-in rebate to users who "upgrade" to either the Xandros Desktop Home Edition or Home Edition Premium versions of its Linux distribution.