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os2man writes "ApacheCon Europe 2008, the official user conference of the Apache Software Foundation will be held 7 April through 11 April in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Some of the tracks will be broadcast via live streaming: System Administration (Wednesday), Web Security (Thursday) and Web Services and Web 2.0 (Friday). There's a 99 euro registration fee for the tracks, although all keynote sessions and the opening plenary are available free of charge."

dirkx writes "For the first time in 3 years - the Apache gathering will be once again in Europe." The next ApacheCon Europe will take place July 18-22 in Stuttgart, Germany. It will start off with tutorials about anything from Apache to Tomcat to XML, then continue with presentations on more in-depth topics: scaling, security, and more.

Orbital Sander writes "Registration is now open for ApacheCon 2004, held on November 15-17 in Las Vegas. The conference features over 65 sessions about topics as diverse as the Apache httpd web server (which drives over 67% of all web sites on the Internet including Slashdot) to the foundation's Web Services projects. The weekend preceding the conference has a program of tutorials, three hour hands-on sessions presented by the finest minds in the Apache community. Wanna rub shoulders with the developers and power users of the Apache software? Registering before October 31 gets you $100 off."

Orbital Sander writes "Registration is now open for ApacheCon 2004, held on November 15-17 in Las Vegas. The conference features over 65 sessions about topics as diverse as the Apache httpd web server (which drives over 67% of all web sites on the Internet including Slashdot) to the foundation's Web Services projects. The weekend preceding the conference has a program of tutorials, three hour hands-on sessions presented by the finest minds in the Apache community. Wanna rub shoulders with the developers and power users of the Apache software? Registering before October 31 gets you $100 off."

Orbital Sander writes "Registration is now open for ApacheCon 2004, held on November 15-17 in Las Vegas. The conference features over 65 sessions about topics as diverse as the Apache httpd web server (which drives over 67% of all web sites on the Internet including Slashdot) to the foundation's Web Services projects. The weekend preceding the conference has a program of tutorials, three hour hands-on sessions presented by the finest minds in the Apache community. Wanna rub shoulders with the developers and power users of the Apache software? Registering before October 31 gets you $100 off."

Orbital Sander writes "Registration is now open for ApacheCon 2004, held on November 15-17 in Las Vegas. The conference features over 65 sessions about topics as diverse as the Apache httpd web server (which drives over 67% of all web sites on the Internet including Slashdot) to the foundation's Web Services projects. The weekend preceding the conference has a program of tutorials, three hour hands-on sessions presented by the finest minds in the Apache community. Wanna rub shoulders with the developers and power users of the Apache software? Registering before October 31 gets you $100 off."

Slashback brings you updates tonight on Diebold's attempts to bring undisclosed-source, unauditable black-box voting to a ballot box near you, John Carmack's search for (rocket-fuel, not hair) peroxide, AT&T's (withdrawn) request for its customers' mail server addresses, open source goings on at Comdex, and more -- read on for the details.

Diebold Election Systems Round 2 in MD zznate writes "Looks like Diebold is not going to get off the hook so easily in Maryland after all. For anyone local, feel free to contact delegates Hixson or Hollinger to express your support. Perhaps they could even receive a copy or two (or fifty ;-) of the documents listed here."

Diebold is having an easier time at Swarthmore. yoshi_mon writes "Previously reported on /. was the Swarthmore Students Effort to keep the Diebold leaked memo's online. However that effort has been quashed by one Dean Bob Gross. To quote the dean, "We can?t get out in front in this fight against Diebold." BlackBoxVoting.com reports that '[Swarthmore College] is not willing to take a strong stand against Diebold, and is systematically disabling the network access of any student who hosts the files.'"

AT&T says Ha, just kidding! An anonymous reader writes "In an update to an earlier Slashdot article, Telco giant AT&T rushed to withdraw two notices sent to business partners and customers asking for the IP addresses of all outbound SMTP servers because of a 'human error' gaffe."

All this and cheap shrimp cocktail. blackbearnh writes "While the topic has been raised, I thought I'd mention a few other things going on at COMDEX Open-Source wise.

First off, the Open Source and Linux track has been expanded from a half-dozen sessions last year to nearly twenty this year. These will cover everything from the basics of Open Source (taught by folks like Ken Coar of Apache) to an intro to PHP led by Rasmus Lerdorf.

On the show floor, a massive 2500 sq foot Open Source Innovation Center will serve as the site for hourly talks by Open Source evangelists on business-related topics such as case studios proving the benefits of Open Source. There will also be a staffed "clinic" area where attendees can get advice on what Open Source technologies would work well in their business. There will also be install parties held at noon each day, where attendees can bring their laptops to get help installing MySQL or Debian. And lastly, a .ORG village inside the center will host representitives from more than a dozen prominent Open Source organizations, including OpenOffice and Mozilla.

Also, the COMDEX/ApacheCon exchange program continues this year. COMDEX members can get access to the ApacheCon expo floor and BOF sessions, while ApacheCon member can visit the COMDEX show floor and the Open Source keynotes. Shuttle service will link the two conventions.

James Turner
Co-Chair, Open Source, Fall 2003 COMDEX"

It's a crapshoot, eh. Dick Faze writes " Royal Bank of Canada is part of a $50 Million investment in SCO: Has our communist neighbor to the north finally flipped completely?" (We know Mr. Faze is being facetious, here ... don't we?) This is the same $50,000,000 investment deal in which some people suspected Microsoft's involvment.

Patent Office Cancels Swing Patent An anonymous reader writes "Remember the swing patent issued last year covering the method of swinging a swing? Well, the Patent Office must've taken offense at the amount of criticism it received over this patent. It initiated a reexam proceeding and after a year's worth of reexamination, they cancelled the patent on July 1, 2003."

But all the other patents are up to snuff, don't worry.

Carmack's Peroxide Troubles Over? Rob Jellinghaus writes "John Carmack's aerospace company has had problems getting enough concentrated 90% peroxide for their engines. So they have been working on mixed monoprop engines that would need only 50% peroxide, which would pretty much end their fuel troubles for good. They have had many failures, but they may have just succeeded. In his words: 'This is Very Good.'"

Remember, most of the world is still dial-up, at best. Anothermouse Cowered writes "It's a router, it's a firewall, it's a home gateway it's a... In another giant leap for the Open Source community, you can now hack on your own embedded Linux system for under $70. The source code for the ActionTEC Dual modem previously mentioned on Slashdot ('Hacking the Actiontec 56k Modem/Gateway') in September has now been released under the GPL. Downloads available here."

Dan writes "Apache.org's Joshua Slive says that ApacheCon, the official conference of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), announced today the opening of registration for ApacheCon 2003, to be held November 16-20, 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Apachecon kicks off with intensive full- and half-day tutorials that offer real world insight, techniques, and methodologies pivotal to the increasing demand for open source software. Agenda and sessions include topics such as Apache with XML and Java; All Things Apache; and Apache with Perl and PHP."

Dan writes "Apache.org's Joshua Slive says that ApacheCon, the official conference of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), announced today the opening of registration for ApacheCon 2003, to be held November 16-20, 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Apachecon kicks off with intensive full- and half-day tutorials that offer real world insight, techniques, and methodologies pivotal to the increasing demand for open source software. Agenda and sessions include topics such as Apache with XML and Java; All Things Apache; and Apache with Perl and PHP."

pdw writes "Apache Week this week has a feature detailing the happenings at last week's ApacheCon in Vegas. Read up to find out what's new in the world of Apache."

rbowen writes "Early-bird registration for ApacheCon closes on October 1. Sign up now to save $200 on the premier Apache event in the world. Don't miss out on a chance to mingle with the folks that wrote Apache, and get your Apache dilemmas solved by the leading experts in the field."

rbowen writes "Early-bird registration for ApacheCon closes on October 1. Sign up now to save $200 on the premier Apache event in the world. Don't miss out on a chance to mingle with the folks that wrote Apache, and get your Apache dilemmas solved by the leading experts in the field."

groundhog00 writes "The ApacheCon US 2002 Conference has been announced and all submissions have been turned in for speakers. A final session speaker list should be available in late June/early July. Total, there have been over 150 abstracts submitted for the Las Vegas conference, and should include some very popular speakers. I've attended the last couple (US 2001 in San Jose, CA and the European 2000 in London, UK), and been a bit overwhelmed with the quality of material covered. The European 2000 conference sessions can be found here and the US 2001 San Jose session listings can be found here. Take a look at what has been offered, because there is a considerable amount of GREAT projects that have been featured in the past. Overall, the investment in those two conferences will last me a lifetime. "

groundhog00 writes "The ApacheCon US 2002 Conference has been announced and all submissions have been turned in for speakers. A final session speaker list should be available in late June/early July. Total, there have been over 150 abstracts submitted for the Las Vegas conference, and should include some very popular speakers. I've attended the last couple (US 2001 in San Jose, CA and the European 2000 in London, UK), and been a bit overwhelmed with the quality of material covered. The European 2000 conference sessions can be found here and the US 2001 San Jose session listings can be found here. Take a look at what has been offered, because there is a considerable amount of GREAT projects that have been featured in the past. Overall, the investment in those two conferences will last me a lifetime. "

groundhog00 writes "The ApacheCon US 2002 Conference has been announced and all submissions have been turned in for speakers. A final session speaker list should be available in late June/early July. Total, there have been over 150 abstracts submitted for the Las Vegas conference, and should include some very popular speakers. I've attended the last couple (US 2001 in San Jose, CA and the European 2000 in London, UK), and been a bit overwhelmed with the quality of material covered. The European 2000 conference sessions can be found here and the US 2001 San Jose session listings can be found here. Take a look at what has been offered, because there is a considerable amount of GREAT projects that have been featured in the past. Overall, the investment in those two conferences will last me a lifetime. "

ApacheCon Chair Ken Coar sent out the following notice today: "Due to financial considerations beyond our control and unrelated to past ApacheCon conferences, our conference producer has decided that they are unable to produce the upcoming ApacheCon Europe 2001 in Dublin. With only three months left before the conference was scheduled to begin, The Apache Software Foundation has decided that it is in the best interests of attendees to cancel the show now rather than attempt to find another conference organizer for the Dublin event."

"Our current plan is to begin evaluating proposals by conference organizers for upcoming ApacheCon conferences, both in Europe and the U.S. News of future events will be posted to the ApacheCon announcements list and on ApacheCon.com when they become available."

Great news from the Apache Conference. A new version of Apache 2.0 has been released as a beta. You can find more information in their announcement. In other news according to Roy Fieldling's talk on the state of Apache, as of their next fiscal year individuals should be able to make tax deductible contributions to the Apache Foundation.

Sander van Zoest writes: "The preliminary ApacheCon schedule is now online, with a list of session titles and speakers. Abstracts and BOFs are still being worked on."
And if you are interested in how slash works and what direction we are taking I will be giving a talk at the conference on Wednesday, April 4, 2001 at 9:30 AM.

Sander van Zoest writes: "The preliminary ApacheCon schedule is now online, with a list of session titles and speakers. Abstracts and BOFs are still being worked on."
And if you are interested in how slash works and what direction we are taking I will be giving a talk at the conference on Wednesday, April 4, 2001 at 9:30 AM.

Sander van Zoest writes: "The preliminary ApacheCon schedule is now online, with a list of session titles and speakers. Abstracts and BOFs are still being worked on."
And if you are interested in how slash works and what direction we are taking I will be giving a talk at the conference on Wednesday, April 4, 2001 at 9:30 AM.

ApacheCon has announced who the keynote speakers for the April convention in Santa Clara will be. John 'maddog' Hall will be speaking along with David Brin (one of my favorite authors). No announcements yet for sessions, but hopefully we will see that sometime soon.

ApacheCon has announced who the keynote speakers for the April convention in Santa Clara will be. John 'maddog' Hall will be speaking along with David Brin (one of my favorite authors). No announcements yet for sessions, but hopefully we will see that sometime soon.

ApacheCon 2001 has made a call for papers for the next conference in San Clara. So this is your chance to drag out all those goofy Apache tricks that are sure to amaze audiences.

ApacheCon 2001 has made a call for papers for the next conference in San Clara. So this is your chance to drag out all those goofy Apache tricks that are sure to amaze audiences.

Registration for ApacheCon Europe 2000 is now open. Also available online is the official session list, which was designed to be semi-"track" like. ApacheCon Europe 2000 follows closely on the heels of the very successful ApacheCon 2000 conference in Orlando, Fla., held in March and boasting over 1000 attendees.

Registration for ApacheCon Europe 2000 is now open. Also available online is the official session list, which was designed to be semi-"track" like. ApacheCon Europe 2000 follows closely on the heels of the very successful ApacheCon 2000 conference in Orlando, Fla., held in March and boasting over 1000 attendees.

Registration for ApacheCon Europe 2000 is now open. Also available online is the official session list, which was designed to be semi-"track" like. ApacheCon Europe 2000 follows closely on the heels of the very successful ApacheCon 2000 conference in Orlando, Fla., held in March and boasting over 1000 attendees.

Registration for ApacheCon Europe 2000 is now open. Also available online is the official session list, which was designed to be semi-"track" like. ApacheCon Europe 2000 follows closely on the heels of the very successful ApacheCon 2000 conference in Orlando, Fla., held in March and boasting over 1000 attendees.

The Apache Software Foundation today released a PR officially announcing ApacheCon Europe 2000. This conference continues in the tradition of the previous ApacheCon, which was held in Orlando, FLA.

In support of the upcoming ApacheCon Europe 2000 conference, scheduled for London, England, Oct. 25-25, 2000, the ApacheCon Conference Committee has released a Call For Papers. During the CFP for the Orlando Conference, they received more than double the available open slots. Send in yours!

In support of the upcoming ApacheCon Europe 2000 conference, scheduled for London, England, Oct. 25-25, 2000, the ApacheCon Conference Committee has released a Call For Papers. During the CFP for the Orlando Conference, they received more than double the available open slots. Send in yours!

It's been a week now since ApacheCon 2000 ended. There's been some discussion over the events, with the release of Apache 2.0a being the main topic of conversation. But AC2K was more than just the venue that 2.0a was announced. It was an important and noteworthy conference in it's own right. If you're curious about what happened at AC2K, read on. At this point I think it's prudent to make people aware that I was on the AC2K planning committee, but I'm not speaking for no one but myself. Also, I won't be giving a complete chronological account of AC2K. As the title says, these are my reflections on AC2K.

AC2K was held at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida on March 8-10. Many people may have wondered about the choice of location, but in fact it was an extremely nice facility. Since the conference center and the hotel suites were located on the same campus and within easy walking distance, it kept the conference local and personal. The facilities had an extremely resort-like feel about them, most likely because ... wait for it, wait for it ... it's an actual resort. It was nice to be able to take a quick swim in the pool between sessions.

The conference started on the 8th, and there were many more walk-in registrations than anticipated. As a result, there weren't enough of some goodies (most noteworthy being the cool ApacheCon bags) to go around. In some ways, this was a Good Thing, since it meant that more people would be attending than originally expected, but it's never fun to run out of giveaways. Still, I got my share of coffee mugs and t-shirts. I think most people did as well :)

The conference opened with a plenary session of the Apache Software Foundation. AC2K boasted the biggest concentration of ASF members of any recent event, and provided the opportunity for many members to meet for the first time. The plenary also allowed for a nice Q&A session between the audience and the ASF. The big topic of interest was 2.0, and it was at this time that that a release of 2.0-alpha was promised by the weeks' end, or the following Monday at the latest.

Meanwhile, in the hallway of the conference center, Apple was busy setting up its Internet pavilion. The pavilion provided over a dozen Macs as well as several Ethernet drops for laptops. The entire pavilion was wired to the Net. Personally, I hope the pavilion was a success for Apple, because once it was set up, it was pretty much in constant use. The hotel also had Ethernet Net access in many of the suites. Unfortunately, the access was pretty flaky at times. When it worked, though, and when it wasn't overloaded, it was pretty nice.

There were three keynote addresses at ApacheCon. The first was given Thursday by Alfred Spector of IBM. Alfred talked about IBM's involvement in Open Source, Apache and Linux, stressing IBM's work in helping to make Apache 2.0 a reality. He also emphasized the need for developers to have easier access to tools and code to help them do their work. His keynote also included some talk of IBM's Websphere.

The 2nd keynote, also on Thursday, was given by Brian Behlendorf, President of the ASF. Brian spoke about what the ASF is, what it was designed to do, and what it's doing to help the various projects under the ASF umbrella. Key to the ASF is providing the infrastructure required to allow each project to focus on coding and development.

The final keynote was delivered Friday by Patricia Sueltz of Sun's Java Software Group. Patricia noted Sun's commitment to Open Source, citing Sun's release of code to various Open Source projects, such as the Tomcat servlet engine.

All three keynotes were extremely well-attended and, I think, extremely well-received. One of the common comments heard at AC2K was that although self-described "geeks and nerds" are Pro-Apache (and Pro-Open Source) that it's hard to convince "management" to move in that direction. At the very least, having heavyweights like Sun, IBM and Apple behind Apache should provide some justification to the movement.

Apache 2.0a was released at the conference's closing ceremony. The announcement was unique: Before the crowd of attendees, the announcement article was posted on Slashdot. When the main Slashdot page was refreshed, and the article was displayed, the crowd started to applaud. "There it is... we've announced 2.0a." At the same time, announcements were being sent to the various Apache mailing lists. During the closing plenary, the audience provided feedback regarding the conference while we all monitored the load and downloads on the Apache site on the viewscreen. It was all very geeky.

On Thursday and Friday, AC2K held an Expo with quite a number of vendors. Even the ASF had a booth, where nifty pins and luggage tags where given out. It was a great opportunity for the ASF to meet more personally with developers. I know I had a great time in the "ASF kissing booth." The Expo hall also had an area set aside for Expo vendors to do short presentations. The most popular presentation, IMO, was the one from ZEND by Zeev Suraski. It was standing-room-only, and there was even applause at the end of his presentations, an usual sound at Expo exhibits.

In general, the quality of the actual Conference presentations and speakers were quite good. Some audiences contained a mix of newbies and experts, so it was difficult for the speaker to get the right "technical level," but I think that everyone most likely left whatever presentation they went to with some new information. The "Birds Of a Feather" sessions were also very successful, since they were more brainstorming get togethers.

All in all, the conference was a great success. The feedback at the closing plenary certainly seemed to reinforce that. Sure, there were things that could have been done "better" and these will certainly be "fixed" in later ApacheCon's. But this was the first ApacheCon actually coordinated directly by the ASF. When all was said and done, there were more than 1000 attendees -- again, more than anyone expected. Of course, the feedback from those 1K attendees is very important. Attendees were encouraged to fill out "feedback/survey" forms, and one will be available online at the ApacheCon site soon. If you attended, please be sure that you are honest and thorough in your feedback.

Almost as important as the technical intercourse ("heh heh heh, he said 'intercourse'"), was the social aspect of the conference. It was great meeting so many Apache developers face to face, and having the opportunity to socialize with them. The 2 AC2K "social events" were some very bright spots of the conference. A lot of development happened right there while drinking a beer or munching on some buffalo wings.

With one successful ApacheCon under their belt, the ASF has no intention of not taking advantage of the momentum. ApacheCon Europe was announced at AC2K, and will be held October 23-25, 2000 in London, England at the Olympia Conference Center. Very soon, there will be a call for papers/presentations. Keep your eye on the ApacheCon site for more info.

Long live the feather!

At the closing ceremony at the ApacheCon 2000 conference in Orlando, FLA, the Apache Software Foundation announced the availability of an Apache 2.0 Alpha release. 2.0a offers a number of improvements over the 1.3 codebase, including support for threads and the inclusion of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library. 2.0a is being released in order to really kick development into high gear. Let the hacking begin!! UPDATE And how, exactly, did the ASF announce 2.0a? By posting the news on Slashdot, projected on a viewscreen in front of the closing ceremony audience. A first!

As reported in this week's ApacheWeek, the preliminary session schedule for ApacheCon 2000 is available. The Conference Planning Committee received over double the number of session abstracts required to fill the available slots.

As reported in this week's ApacheWeek, the preliminary session schedule for ApacheCon 2000 is available. The Conference Planning Committee received over double the number of session abstracts required to fill the available slots.

As reported in this week's ApacheWeek, the preliminary session schedule for ApacheCon 2000 is available. The Conference Planning Committee received over double the number of session abstracts required to fill the available slots.

ApacheCon 2000 has been announced for the days of March 8, 9 and 10th, 2000, in Orlando, FLA. The last ApacheCon was over a year ago, so it's about time.

The Call For Papers is open until October 22, 1999, so if you have an idea for a presentation (from 90minutes to 3 hours), send it in soon.

Word is that a site redesign is in the works and should be available soon.

ApacheCon 2000 has been announced for the days of March 8, 9 and 10th, 2000, in Orlando, FLA. The last ApacheCon was over a year ago, so it's about time.

The Call For Papers is open until October 22, 1999, so if you have an idea for a presentation (from 90minutes to 3 hours), send it in soon.

Word is that a site redesign is in the works and should be available soon.

Another cool conference that I can't afford to go to has just been announced: ApacheCon. It's sponsored in part by IBM, and will occur on Oct 14-16 in San Francisco. I guess I could write a paper on how to use Apache to create dynamic news sites and try to get them to fly me out there *grin*. Anyway, they're seeking actual papers as well as sponsors, so check out their web site if you're interested. Thanks to David Welton for letting us know.