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Linux and Business

Jack Valenti's Congressional testimony. For those who are interested, here is a transcript of MPAA CEO Jack Valenti's testimony to a U.S. House subcommittee. He whines at length about the problems of piracy, but does not actually come out asking for the CBDTPA. "Then there is the mysterious magic of being able, with a simple click of a mouse, to send a full-length movie hurtling with the speed of light (186,000 miles per second) to any part of this wracked and weary old planet. It is that uncomprehending fact of digital life that disturbs the sleep of the entire U.S. film industry."

Petition supporting free software in Italian government. The Associazione Software Libero and the Italian Linux Society have launched a call for signatures in support of a proposed law which would require the adoption of free software and document formats in the Italian government. They want real signatures - there is a PDF file to be downloaded, printed, signed, and sent to the Associazione in Florence. It's all in Italian, of course.

HP Receives Top Ranking from D.H. Brown for Leadership in Linux and Open Source; HP Also Unveils Linux and Open Source Book Series Authored by HP Experts. Hewlett-Packard Company announced that in a comparison of Linux strategies by top IT vendors, HP's was deemed the most clearly communicated for customers and the industry, according to a new research report issued by D.H. Brown Associates, Inc. HP also unveiled a series of books authored by executives from HP Labs and HP's Linux organizations to further the education, research, adoption and development of Linux, Itanium and open source.

A new PostgreSQL book in the works. No Starch Press has announced the forthcoming availability of PostgreSQL: An Introduction to Software Engineering, to be published in cooperation with PostgreSQL, Inc.

PHP and MySQL: the Building Blocks of Successful Web Database Applications. O'Reilly announced the release of "Web Database Applications with PHP & MySQL", by Hugh E. Williams and David Lane.

Transgaming Technologies unleashes WineX 2.0. Transgaming Technologies has announced the release of WineX 2.0, which allows over 80 Windows games to be played on Linux. Downloads are only available to subscribers, who must pay a $5 membership fee.

VA Software Introduces SourceForge Enterprise Edition 3.1; Features Broader Enterprise Integration, Enhanced Project Administration, New User Interface. VA Software Corp. announced SourceForge(TM) Enterprise Edition 3.1, the latest version of its flagship product.

Linux Stock Index for April 19 to April 24, 2002.
LSI at closing on April 19, 2002 ... 25.23
LSI at closing on April 24, 2002 ... 23.99

The high for the week was 25.23
The low for the week was 23.89

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