>Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 15:49:35 -0700 (PDT) >From: Marsee Henon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, June 28 > >O'Reilly User Group Program >NEWSLETTER >June 28, 2002 > > >HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: >NEWS: >-The Strange Case of the Disappearing Open Source Vendors >-Wearable Computers >-O'Reilly's Improved Shopping Cart >-Colin Moock on Flash MX >-ActiveState Active Awards 2002-Today is the Last Day to Submit >Nominations >-Seven Common SSL Pitfalls >-I've Switched From Windows, Now What? >-Pizza, HoHos, and MacHack 2002 >-User Controls and Custom Server Controls, Part 1 > >CONFERENCE NEWS >-New Presentations Added to OSCON >-Julian Cash's Amazing Photos From Last Year's Open Source Convention > >BOOK NEWS: >-VB.NET Core Classes in a Nutshell >-Perl & LWP >-Java Management Extensions >-XML in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition >-Network Security with OpenSSL >-sed & awk Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition > >================================================ >NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND >================================================ > >Spread the word to your members.... > >------------------------------- >GENERAL NEWS >------------------------------- >THE STRANGE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING OPEN SOURCE VENDORS >Tim O'Reilly explains why open source is good for businesses even if it >isn't always good for software vendors. "Customer lock-in is the real >enemy of business, not the GPL," Tim says. >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/06/28/vendor.html > >For the latest on open source, don't miss O'Reilly's upcoming Open >Source Convention in July. http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ > >User Group members are eligible for the "User Group" discount of 20%. >The User Group discount code is DSUG. > >To register go to: >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/create/ord_os02 > > >WEARABLE COMPUTERS >Remember when the Dick Tracy communicator watch seemed like something >out of science fiction? Well here we are. Now what? Tim O'Reilly and >Jon Orwant write about the fashion potential of wearable computers in >the latest Ask Tim. http://www.oreilly.com/ask_tim/ > > >O'REILLY'S IMPROVED SHOPPING CART >We've streamlined our online ordering process and added features that >make it quicker and easier to shop on oreilly.com >(http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/prdindex.html), check the status of >your order, and manage your O'Reilly account. >To create or modify your account, go to: >https://epoch.oreilly.com/account/accountmanagement.asp?retUrl=http://www.oreilly.com > >Remember, User Group members get a 20% discount on orders direct from >O'Reilly. When ordering, be sure to use the User Group discount code: >DSUG > >--------------------- >FLASH >--------------------- >COLIN MOOCK ON FLASH MX >Colin Moock talks about Macromedia's re-christened suite of MX >applications, and how they can be used to develop web services and >richer interfaces. >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/06/18/flashmx.html > >Colin is the author of "ActionScript: The Definitive Guide." >Order Number: 8520 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscript/index.html > >--------------------- >OPEN SOURCE >--------------------- >ACTIVESTATE ACTIVE AWARDS 2002 >-TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS >Programmers' Choice: Nominations >Do you know someone who's really made a difference to open language >programming? Maybe it's the author of your favorite module, or the guy >who maintains your favorite advocacy site. Maybe it's the person that >has made the most bug fixes, or simply someone that writes really cool >code. Now's your chance to give them the recognition they deserve. >Nominate your favorites for the Programmers' Choice Active Awards. >Until June 28, 2002, you can select the one programmer that you think >has done the most for each language. > >Perl, PHP, Python and XSLT winners will be announced at O'Reilly's Open >Source Conference July 23, 2002. Tcl winners will be announced at the >Tcl conference in September. >http://www.activestate.com/Corporate/Awards/ActiveAwards.html > > >SEVEN COMMON SSL PITFALLS >If you are deploying SSL-enabled applications with OpenSSL here are >seven pitfalls you'll want to avoid, by the authors of "Network >Security with OpenSSL." >http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2002/06/27/openssl.html > >Network Security with OpenSSL >Order Number: 270x >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openssl/ > >--------------------- >MAC >--------------------- >I'VE SWITCHED FROM WINDOWS, NOW WHAT? >Terrie Miller is a full-time web producer who is documenting her switch >to Mac OS X. Here she covers some of the issues she's found related to >keyboard commands, shortcuts, andnavigation. >http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/06/25/wintomac_one.html > >For more information on Mac OS X, get a copy of David Pogue's >"Mac OS X: The Missing Manual." >Order Number: 0820 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macosxmm/ > > >PIZZA, HOHOS, AND MACHACK 2002 >Here's what you don't go to MacHack 2002 for: 1) sleep, 2) lose weight, >and 3) try out your new Dell laptop. But if you miss all-nighters from >your college days and love a good geek fest, this is the place to be. >http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/06/21/machack_report.html > >--------------------- >.NET >--------------------- >USER CONTROLS AND CUSTOM SERVER CONTROLS, PART 1 >G. Andrew Duthie and Matthew MacDonald provide an overview of ASP.NET >controls in this excerpt from "ASP.NET in a Nutshell." >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/excerpt/aspdotnetian_6/index1.html > >ASP.NET in a Nutshell >Order Number: 1169 >http://www.oreillynet.com/catalog/aspdotnetnut/ > >================================================ >CONFERENCE NEWS >================================================ >NEW PRESENTATIONS ADDED TO OSCON >We've added many new exciting presentations to our OSCON program. See >what's new, and take advantage of a great program >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/15/whats_new.html > > >CHECK OUT JULIAN CASH'S AMAZING PHOTOS FROM LAST YEAR'S >OPEN SOURCE CONVENTION. >http://www.spidereyeballs.com/os5/ > >================================================ >BOOK NEWS >================================================ >REVIEW COPIES ARE AVAILABLE, email me for a copy. >If you need your books by a certain date, please allow at least three >weeks for shipping. > >Please email or send me copies of your newsletters and book reviews. > >Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase >directly from O'Reilly. Just use Code DSUG when ordering. > >Press releases are available on our press page: http://press.oreilly.com/ > >VB.NET CORE CLASSES IN A NUTSHELL >Order Number: 2572 >The .NET platform gives Visual Basic developers access to an entirely >new and comprehensive class library that promises to further simplify >and speed VB application development. In "VB.NET Core Classes in a >Nutshell," VB Programmers will find a concise and thorough reference to >the types found in the core namespaces of the .NET Framework Class >Library. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/vbdotnetcore/ > > >PERL & LWP >Order Number: 1789 >Perl soared to popularity as a language for creating and managing web >content, but with LWP (Library for WWW in Perl), Perl is equally adept >at consuming information on the Web. LWP is a suite of modules for >fetching and processing web pages. The Web is a vast data source that >contains everything from stock prices to movie credits, and with LWP >all that data is just a few lines of code away. Anything you do on the >Web, whether it's buying or selling, reading or writing, uploading or >downloading, news to e-commerce, can be controlled with Perl and LWP. >You can automate Web-based purchase orders as easily as you can set up >a program to download MP3 files from a web site. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perllwp/ > >Chapter 7, "HTML Processing with Tokens," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perllwp/chapter/index.html > > >JAVA MANAGEMENT EXTENSIONS >Order Number: 2459 >"Java Management Extensions" is a practical, hands-on guide to using >the JMX APIs, Sun Microsystems new Java-based tool for managing >enterprise applications. This one-of-a kind book is a complete >treatment of the JMX architecture (both the instrumentation level and >the agent level), and its loaded with real-world examples for >implementing Management Extensions. It also contains useful information >at the higher level about JMX (the big picture) to help technical >managers and architects who are evaluating various application >management approaches and are considering JMX. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javamngext/ > >Chapter 2, "Standard Mbeans," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javamngext/chapter/index.html > > >XML IN A NUTSHELL, 2ND EDITION >Order Number: 2920 >This powerful new edition provides developers with a comprehensive >guide to the rapidly evolving XML space. Serious users of XML will find >topics on just about everything they need, from fundamental syntax >rules, to details of DTD and XML Schema creation, to XSLT >transformations, to APIs used for processing XML documents. Simply put, >this is the only reference of its kind among XML books. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xmlnut2/ > >Chapter 9, "Xpath," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xmlnut2/chapter/index.html > > >NETWORK SECURITY WITH OPENSSL >Order Number: 270x >"Network Security with OpenSSL" enables developers to use this protocol >much more effectively. Traditionally, getting something simple done in >OpenSSL could easily take weeks. This concise book gives you the >guidance you need to avoid pitfalls, while allowing you to take >advantage of the librarys advanced features. And, instead of bogging >you down in the technical details of how SSL works under the hood, this >book provides only the information that is necessary to use OpenSSL >safely and effectively. In step-by-step fashion, the book details the >challenges in securing network communications, and shows you how to use >OpenSSL tools to best meet those challenges. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openssl/ > >Chapter 1, "Introduction," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openssl/chapter/index.html > > >SED & AWK POCKET REFERENCE, 2ND EDITION >Order Number: 3528 >For people who create and modify text files, sed and awk are power >tools for editing. sed, awk, and regular expressions allow programmers >and system administrators to automate editing tasks that need to be >performed on one or more files, to simplify the task of performing the >same edits on multiple files, and to write conversion programs. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sedawkrepr2/ > >The "sed & awk Pocket Reference" is a companion volume to "sed & awk, >Second Edition," "Unix in a Nutshell, Third Edition," and "Effective >awk Programming, Third Edition." These books are still available for >review copies, just let me know. > >Effective awk Programming, 3rd Edition >Order Number: 0707 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/awkprog3/ > >sed & awk, 2nd Edition >Order Number: 2255 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sed2/ > >Unix in a Nutshell: System V Edition, 3rd Edition >Order Number: 4274 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/unixnut3/ > > >Until next time, > >Marsee
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