>Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 11:55:10 -0800 (PST) >From: Marsee Henon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 1 > >O'Reilly User Group Program >NEWSLETTER >March 12, 2002 > >HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK > >NEWS: >-How Will History View Richard Stallman? >-Local Rules: Of Ants and IP Routing >-Stop the Copying, Start a Media Revolution >-A Pressplay Test Drive >-What Is LAMP? >-Apache Web-Serving With Mac OS X, Part 5 >-Directory of Linux Commands >-Stopping Spam with SpamAssassin >-Top Ten Cool New Features of Java 2SE 1.4 >-The Changing Mac Community >-Using AppleScript to Compile and Run Java Code > >BOOK NEWS: >-Free as in Freedom >-.NET Framework Essentials, 2nd Edition >-Programming ASP.NET >-Programming C#, 2nd Edition >-Access Cookbook > >CONFERENCE NEWS: >-Emerging Technology Brochures >-Emerging Technology Discounts >-Put up a Conference Banner get a free book >================================================ >NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND >================================================ > >Spread the word to your members.... >------------------------------------------------------------------ >GENERAL NEWS >------------------------------------------------------------------ >HOW WILL HISTORY VIEW RICHARD STALLMAN? >An interview with Sam Williams, >author of O'Reilly's new book "Free as in Freedom" >by Bruce Stewart >"Free as in Freedom" traces Richard Stallman's evolution from gifted, >solitary child to teen outcast to revered and reviled crusader. As the >leader of the free software movement, Stallman is one of the most >influential and controversial personalities in hacker culture today. >Through extensive interviews with Stallman, his family, and fellow >hackers, author Sam Williams has created an intimate portrait of this >freedom fighter. >http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2002/02/28/williams.html >For more information on "Free as in Freedom" see: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/freedom/ > >LOCAL RULES: OF ANTS AND IP ROUTING >by Ravi Malhotra, author of "IP Routing" >Watching a line of ants work its way along his roof deck, Ravi Malhotra >noticed the ants were quick to find the shortest route between two >points or around a sudden obstacle. How do they do it? By using local >rules, the same way IP routers bump traffic around the Internet. >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/03/08/iprouting.html >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >P2P >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >STOP THE COPYING, START A MEDIA REVOLUTION >Andy Oram has a plan to wrest control of the media. >"The movie and music studios are tightening their grip on the Internet. >Their tools are lawsuits, laws such as the Digital Millennium Copyright >Act (DMCA) and the even more constricting Security Systems Standards >and Certification Act (SSSCA) that is now in the House, and a general >atmosphere of intimidation." >http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2002/03/08/media.html > >A PRESSPLAY TEST DRIVE >by Steve McCannell >With the ability to burn CDs and download tracks, can the record label's >new services win over the Napster crowd? We took a look at Pressplay to >see if they've made it easier to pay for tracks instead of pirate >them. >http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2002/03/07/pressplay.html >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >LAMP >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >WHAT IS LAMP? > >Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl, PHP, Python > >http://www.onlamp.com/ > >ONlamp is currently featuring the following articles: > >DIRECTORY OF LINUX COMMANDS >This directory of Linux commands is from "Linux in a Nutshell, 3rd >Edition." Click on any of the 379 commands shown to get a description >and list of available options. >http://www.onlamp.com/linux/cmd/ > >APACHE WEB-SERVING WITH MAC OS X, PART 5 >Kevin Hemenway returns with his fifth article concerning Apache, OS X, >and the immense power available to the common man. Having established a >good, firm pool of Apache knowledge in the first four articles, Kevin >takes the time to focus on a popular supplementary technology, namely >the database server MySQL. >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/03/08/apache_mac_5.html > >STOPPING SPAM WITH SPAMASSASSIN >by Simon Cozens >SpamAssassin and Vipul's Razor are two Perl-based tools that can be >used to dramatically reduce the number of junk emails you need to see. >http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/03/06/spam.html >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >JAVA >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >TOP TEN COOL NEW FEATURES OF JAVA 2SE 1.4 >David Flanagan describes his favorite new features in Java 2SE 1.4, >with plenty of sample code. For more details on Java 2SE 1.4, get a >copy of David's recently updated "Java in a Nutshell, 4th Edition." >http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/03/06/topten.html >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >MAC >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >The Changing Mac Community >After more than 500 emails and lots of conversations, Derrick Story has >completed his report on the effect that Mac OS X is having on the Apple >community. >http://oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/03/05/mac_community.html > >USING APPLESCRIPT TO COMPILE AND RUN JAVA CODE >Until recently, Daniel Steinberg did all of his coding in a text >processor and used the Terminal to compile and run the code. In this >month's column, he shows you how to use AppleScript to automate many of >these tasks. >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/03/01/osx_java.html >================================================ >BOOK NEWS >================================================ >REVIEW COPIES ARE AVAILABLE, email me for a copy. >Please allow at least three weeks for shipping. > >Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase >direct from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. > >FREE AS IN FREEDOM >Order Number: 2874 >"Free as in Freedom" interweaves biographical snapshots of GNU project >founder Richard Stallman with the political, social and economic >history of the free software movement. "Free as in Freedom" looks at how >the latest twists and turns in the software marketplace have done >little to throw Stallman off his pedestal. If anything, they have made >his logic-based rhetoric and immovable personality more persuasive. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/freedom/ >Read Chapter 3, "A Portrait of the Hacker as a Young Man": >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/freedom/chapter/ch03.html > >.NET FRAMEWORK ESSENTIALS, 2ND EDITION >Order Number: 3021 >Fully updated for Microsoft's official release, ".NET Framework >Essentials, 2nd Ed" is an objective, concise, and technical overview of >the new Microsoft .NET Framework for developing web applications and >services. Specifically written for intermediate to advanced VB, C/C++, >Java, and Delphi developers, it is also useful to system architects and >leaders who are assessing tools for future projects. The authors devote >special attention to the writing of .NET components plus web >applications and services. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dotnetfrmess2/ >Read Chapter 6, "Web Services": >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dotnetfrmess2/chapter/ch06.html > >PROGRAMMING ASP.NET >Order Number: 1711 >Jesse Liberty and Dan Hurwitz teach you everything you need to know to >write web applications and web service applications. The book focuses >on ASP.NET development using both C# and Visual Basic .NET, and coding >examples are presented in both languages. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progaspdotnet/ >Read Chapter 14, "Custom and User Controls" >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progaspdotnet/chapter/ch14.html > >PROGRAMMING C#, 2ND ED. >Order Number: 3099 >C# (pronounced C sharp) was designed from the ground up for development >on Microsoft's .NET framework. As such, it's a high-performance >language that's simple, safe, object-oriented, and Internet-centric. >"Programming C#, 2nd Ed." teaches this new language in a way that >experienced programmers will appreciate-by grounding its applications >firmly in the context of Microsoft's .NET platform and the development >of desktop and Internet applications. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progcsharp2/ >Read Chapter 18, "Attributes and Reflection": >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progcsharp2/chapter/ch18.html >Check out Jesse Liberty's web site at: >http://www.libertyassociates.com/pages/Books.htm > >ACCESS COOKBOOK >Order Number: 0847 >contains a comprehensive collection of problems, solutions, and >practical examples for the Access power user or programmer who is >running up against some of the apparent limits of the Access user >interface or of Access application development. The diverse problems >and solutions presented here are of interest to Access power users and >programmers at all levels, from the relatively inexperienced to the >most sophisticated. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/accesscook/ >Read some sample excerpts here: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/accesscook/chapter/excerpts.html >================================================ >CONFERENCE NEWS >================================================ >EMERGING TECHNOLOGY BROCHURES >By now many of you have received a copy of >"The O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference" brochure in the mail, >if you are interested in more of these please let me know >and I can send you some. > >A copy of this brochure is available online here: >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etcon2002/etech_mailer.pdf > >EMERGING TECHNOLOGY DISCOUNTS >The O'Reilly user group discount is 20% for conferences. >Use the discount code:DSUG. Register before March 22nd, >and receive a double discount! >Your 20% will apply towards already reduced "Early Bird" >pricing if you register early. > >We are also offering 30% off for two or more from one company. >Use the discount code:ET02TEAM > >Register here: >http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/ > >PUT UP A CONFERENCE BANNER, GET A FREE BOOK >We are still looking for user groups to display our conference banners >on their web sites. If you send me the link to your user group site >with our Emerging Technology conference banner, I will send you the >O'Reilly book of your choice. If you have done this already, put it on >your own personal web site and let me know. I will send you another >book. > >O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference banners: >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/18/banner_ads.html > >O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference >P2P, Web Services, Wireless, and Beyond . . . >Westin Santa Clara >May 13-16, 2002, Santa Clara, CA >For more information about this conference: >http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/ > >================================================ >ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM YOUR PEERS >================================================ > >Please let me know if you have anything you would like me to announce. > > >Until next week, > >--Marsee
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