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TECTONIC NEWS - 13 September, 2007 Tracking the shifts in technology www.tectonic.co.za ------------ CELEBRATE SOFTWARE FREEDOM THIS SATURDAY http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1717&s=news Viva software freedom viva! Software Freedom Day takes place this Saturday. A worldwide celebration, there are several events taking place around the country. VIRTUALISATION TOOLS GO OPEN SOURCE http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1718&s=news VMware has announced the release of the majority of its VMware Tools as open source software as part of the Open Virtual Machine Tools project. Working with various Linux distribution developers, we can expect to see these tools incorporated into forthcoming distributions. RURAL UGANDANS BANK ON OSS-BUILT SYSTEM http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1710&s=news East African cellphone company, Simba Telecoms, has introduced an innovative local money transfer service in Uganda. Tectonic speaks to Cape Town-based Jeshurun Consulting's development manager to find out what was used to build the system. MICROSOFT, NOVELL WIN BIG LINUX DEALS http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1712&s=news BMW and Siemens yesterday became the latest corporations to buy Linux services through Microsoft. NEW OUTKAFE RELEASE FIXES BUGS http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1713&s=news Version 5.2.2 of OutKafe, the SA-developed Internet Cafe free software, was released yesterday. OPEN TUESDAY HEARS GOVERNMENT OSS PLANS http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1714&s=news Assembled open source enthusiasts last night heard the programme manager for SITA's open source migration project, Arno Webb, speak about his role in directing the migration of government's many departments to open source. FREE PASCAL 2.2.0 OUT AFTER TWO YEARS http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1715&s=news After more than two years of development, Free Pascal 2.2.0 was released this week and has sparked a resurgence in interest in a programming language many had forgotten about. ASTERISK SPEEDS UP CALL CENTRE RESPONSE http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1716&s=news Achievement Awards Group, a South African motivational organisation, has implemented the open source voice over IP solution, Asterisk, to upgrade the capability of its specialist call centre and to react quickly to the needs of clients. MINISTER CHAMPIONS OPEN SOURCE ENDEAVOUR http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1711&s=news South Africa's minister of public services, Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, this week accepted an invitation to be a patron of FOSSFA. On her acceptance, Fraser-Moleketi emphasised that she did not want to be a figurehead for an inactive structure, but rather wanted to be involved with something that was going somewhere. Tectonic spoke to FOSSFA to find out what it had planned. SHUTTLEWORTH FOUNDATION BACKS ISO RULING http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1708&s=news The Shuttleworth Foundation has shown its support for the ISO decision not to approve the OOXML format as a standard. The foundation's intellectual property fellow, Andrew Rens, explains why. IBM THROWS WEIGHT BEHIND OPENOFFICE.ORG http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1709&s=news PC giant underlines its support for OpenDocument Format by joining the OpenOffice.org community and committing to provide programming input to the project. LENOVO UPS INTEREST IN LINUX FOR LAPTOPS http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1704&s=news Is PC maker Lenovo looking for a Linux distribution to ship with their product range? A blog by a senior Lenovo staffer calling for users to vote for their favourite distribution suggest the company may be doing exactly this. FREE FIREWALL SMOOTHWALL 3.0 RELEASED http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1705&s=news SmoothWall has released the latest version of its open source network firewall - SmoothWall Express 3.0. Code-name Polar, this version claims huge advances on Version 2. SA DEVELOPER ELECTED TO JOOMLA DEV TEAM http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1706&s=news South African programmer Charl van Niekerk has been invited to be part of the Joomla development working team following his successful Google Summer of Code project. KDE TEAM UPDATES RELEASE PLANS FOR 4.0 http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1703&s=news The long-awaited KDE 4.0 desktop environment will be available to users in December but a development platform version will be released on October 30 to give third party developers time to port their applications to the new platform. ---------------------------------------- Contact Tectonic: Editor Alastair Otter [EMAIL PROTECTED] 083-267-7657 -- Tectonic's newsletter is sent out weekly to subscribers and delivers the best of open source news from around the continent direct to their desktop. To subscribe visit http://phplist.tectonic.co.za/lists/?p=subscribe or send your email address to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To advertise in Tectonic's weekly newsletter email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or phone 083-267-7657. 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