Fsf-friends March 2004

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[Fsf-friends] More on level, Napster, US federal agencies, Gartner, driver support
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 10 Mar '04

10 Mar '04

WINDOWS/LINUX fight moves to the cash register Geek.com - USA Microsoft and Linux are competing on more and more levels these days. A report by IHL Consulting Group released this week shows ... <http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Mar/gee20040310024217.htm> See all stories on this topic: <http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&client=google&num=3…> NAPSTER Calls on Linux PC World - USA ... The application uses eServer BladeCenter systems from IBM that run on Linux and allows digital music files from Napster to be stored in on-site servers rather ... <http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,115137,00.asp> See all stories on this topic: <http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&client=google&num=3…> OPEN-SOURCE gets serious: A new window on Linux USA Today - USA Thanks to its streamlined and relatively secure core, the Linux operating system has gradually been winning a place on servers in federal agencies. ... <http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techreviews/2004-03-10-linux-review_x.htm> GARTNER CIO Update: Linux in the Enterprise Tekrati (press release) - Belmont,CA,United States Gartner finds that as Linux climbs the enterprise ladder, it is becoming more commercial and is moving away from the ideal of being cost- and risk-free. ... <http://www.tekrati.com/T2/Analyst_Research/ResearchAnnouncementsDetails.asp…> NATIONAL Instruments adds motion control Linux driver support Linux News - USA Virtual instrumentation specialist National Instruments has developed commercial Linux drivers for its motion controllers, and has added Linux support to its ... <http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3483787122.html> This daily-once News Alert is brought to you by Google News (BETA)... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Create another News Alert: http://www.google.com/newsalerts?hl=en Try Google News: http://news.google.com/

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Interview with RMS by Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
by Dileep M. Kumar 08 Mar '04

08 Mar '04

GNUHeads, Two interviews with RMS. Interview with RMS by Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay: http://www.gnu.org.in/rms_interview.html A Q&A session with Richard M. Stallman by Samuel Abraham: http://www.gnu.org.in/rms-ques-ans.html Regards -- .''`. Dileep M. Kumar <dileep(a)kumarayil.net> : :' : http://www.kumarayil.net `. `'` Mobile: 98474-47437 `- Debian GNU/Linux - Choice of the Freedom Lovers

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[Fsf-friends] Prix Ars Electronica 2004 - Digital Communities Category (fwd)
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 07 Mar '04

07 Mar '04

It would be nice if some Indian FLOSS-ventures could consider taking part in this contest. FN ---------- Forwarded message ---------- We would like to invite you to participate in this year's Prix Ars Electronica, the foremost international prize for computer-based art. To mark Ars Electronica's twenty-fifth anniversary in 2004, the Prix Ars Electronica has expanded its international competition for cyberarts to include a new "Digital Communities" category singling out for recognition projects of great sociopolitical relevance. This new category encompasses the social consequences of the Internet as well as the latest developments in the domain of mobile communications and wireless networks. For a detailed description of the category and about Prix Ars Electronica in general, please see the attached PDF file or our website http://prixars.aec.at. Prizes Two Golden Nicas will be awarded with 10,000 Euro each and 4 Awards of Distinction with 5,000 Euro each and up to 14 Honorary Mentions. The closing deadline for the entries is March 26th 2004 . If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us. Looking forward to your positive reply! Sincerely yours, Clara Picot Clara Picot AEC Ars Electronica Center Linz Museumsgesellschaft mbH Hauptstrasse 2 A-4040 Linz / Austria Tel: +43-732-7272-74 Fax: +43-732-7272-676 Email: communities(a)prixars.aec.at http://prixars.aec.at/ <<prix_folder_DC.pdf>> Prix Ars Electronica 2004 Prix Ars Electronica 2004 is the 18th editition of the foremost international competition for computer-based art. To mark Ars Electronica's 25th anniversary in 2004, it is being expanded to include a "Digital Communities" domain dedicated to social developments of great current relevance. Deadline for submissions is March 26th 2004 . Prix Ars Electronica 2004 will be awarded in the following categories: "Computer Animation / Visual Effects", "Digital Musics", "Interactive Art", "Net Vision" and "Digital Communities". Computer Animation / Visual Effects The "Computer Animation / Visual Effects" category has been part of the Prix Ars Electronica since its very inception. It recognizes excellence in independent work in the arts and sciences as well as in high-end commercial productions in the film, advertising and entertainment industries. In this category, artistic originality counts just as much as masterful technical achievement. Digital Musics Contemporary digital sound productions from the broad spectrum of "electronica" come in for consideration in the "Digital Musics" category, as do works combining sound and media, computer compositions ranging from electro-acoustic to experimental music, or sound installations. This category's programmatic agenda is to expand horizons beyond the confines of individual genres and artistic currents. Interactive Art The "Interactive Art" category is dedicated to interactive works in all forms and formats, from installations to performances. Here, particular consideration is given to the realization of apowerful artistic concept through the especially appropriate use of technologies, the innovativeness of the interaction design, and the work's inherent potential to expand the human radius of action. Net Vision The "Net Vision" category singles out for recognition artistic projects in the Internet that display brilliance in how they have been engineered, designed and- especially-conceived, works that are outstanding with respect to innovation, interface design and the originality of their content. The way in which a work of net-based art deals with the online medium is essential in this category. Digital Communities "Digital Communities" encompasses the wide-ranging social consequences of the Internet as well as the latest developments in the domain of mobile communications and wireless networks. "Digital Communities" will spotlight bold and inspired innovations impacting human coexistence, bridging the digital divide regarding gender as well as geography, or creating outstanding social software and enhancing accessibility of technological-social infrastructure. This new category will showcase the political potential of digital and networked systems and is thus designed as a forum for a broad spectrum of projects, programs, initiatives and phenomenain which social innovation is taking place, as itwere, in real time. u19-freestyle computing Competition for young people under 19 in Austria Prix Ars Electronica u19-freestyle computing is an open category for all works that have been designed with or executed by the computer-from websites to software to robots. "freestyle computing" stands for freedom from the restrictions associated with the use of different tools and for a competition that pays just as much attention to innovation and creativity as it does to the age of the individual submitting it. [The next idea] Art and Technology Grant Discovering ideas for tomorrow in young minds today is the aim of this spin-off the highly successful u19 competition. Artists age 19-27 are invited to submit ideas and proposals for works not yet realized. The winner receives a stipend in the amount of 7,500 Euro and will be invited to spend a term as Artist in Residence at the Ars Electronica Futurelab-a great opportunity to bring project ideas to fruition and subsequently to present them to a large international audience at the Ars Electronica Festival.

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Re: [Fsf-friends] QT Designer
by Mahesh T. Pai 07 Mar '04

07 Mar '04

Smith S.Raj said on Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 08:57:59AM -0800,: > my name is Smith and i'm doing my 2nd year MCA inNoorul Islam > College, thuckalay,Tamil Nadu... Hi!!! > I was doing many projects in VB../but now i decided to turn to > Linux...as common man can afford it... Welcome to the world of freedom, and GNU/linux. > i would like to design same type of application that i used to develop in Vb in Linux...Pls advice.... What is the distro you are using?? Most distros come with default IDEs including IDES for QT and GNOME. For GNOME, we have Glade, which is developed by Naba Kumar, and Indian ... But `point and click' is a very very *bad* way of learning to write programmes ... better learn it the ha[nr]d way. -- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ Mahesh T. Pai, LL.M., 'NANDINI', S. R. M. Road, Ernakulam, Cochin-682018, Kerala, India. http://paivakil.port5.com +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+

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Re: [Fsf-friends] QT Designer
by p.suresh＠hotpop.com 06 Mar '04

06 Mar '04

On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 08:57:59AM -0800, Smith S.Raj wrote: > my name is Smith and i'm doing my 2nd year MCA inNoorul Islam College, thuckalay,Tamil Nadu...I was doing many projects in VB../but now i decided to turn to Linux...as common man can afford it...i would like to design same type of application that i used to develop in Vb in Linux...Pls advice.... > > heard there is QT designer Similar to VB designer... > Try Gambas from http://gambas.sourceforge.net This is an inplementation of BASIC interpreter and will replace weebee KDE3 and QT3 will be needed for compiling the source This is still in the evolving stage suresh p

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SCO vs IBM
by doxa＠sancharnet.in 06 Mar '04

06 Mar '04

The judgement goes like this ".... I. SCO Plaintiff/Counterclaim-Defendant is hereby ORDERED: 1. To fully comply within 45 days of the entry of this order with the corut's previous order dated December 12, 2003. This is to include those items that SCO had difficulty in obtaining prior to the Court's previously ordered deadline of January 12, 2004. 2. As previously ordered, SCO is to provide and identify all specific lines of code that IBM is alleged to have contributed to Linux from either AIX or Dynix. This is to include all lines of code that SCO can identify at this time. 3. SCO is to provide and identify all specific lines of code from Unix System V from which IBM's contributions from AIX and Dynix are alleged to be derived. 4. SCO is to provide and identify with specificity all lines of code in Linux that it claims rights to. 5. SCO is to provide and identify with specificity the lines of code that SCO distributed to other parties. This is to include where appplicable the conditions of release, to whom the code was released, the date and under what circumstances such code was released." More on the story at http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040303195948664 CK Raju Thrissur

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halloween
by Mahesh T. Pai 04 Mar '04

04 Mar '04

Halloween #10 is up. See http://www.opensource.org/halloween/halloween10.html I have not gone through the contents yet. -- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ Mahesh T. Pai, LL.M., 'NANDINI', S. R. M. Road, Ernakulam, Cochin-682018, Kerala, India. http://paivakil.port5.com +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+

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malayalam-0.8 latex
by suresh p 03 Mar '04

03 Mar '04

Alex, The malayalam latex is a welcome thing for typesetting in our malayalam language.The "rachana" fonts used for this is also very good as it is a nice font package and now "rachana" fonts are released under GPL.(I am not sure about the licensing terms of "keli" fonts).But I feel that some glyphs for 'koottaksharam's(conjunts) in the "rachana" fonts aren't used at all. But I am vary about the "mm" preprocessor( from Malayalam-tex 1.6 by Jeroen Hellingman) used by you. Its source is not permitted to distribute in the modified form without the consent from the author(see the "README" of Malayalam-tex 1.6).You could have used the "indica" preprocessor included with Sinhala_tex.2.1.1 which is licensed under GPL. I have also made some modifications to the metafont files of the Malayalam-tex to add some veriety to the fonts.But I am unable to distribute the same because of the abovementioned clause.Now I have started to create some metafonts which provides different shapes by changing some parameters. We should collectively make an attempt to make the Malayalam-tex released under GPL. suresh p

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