CA supports open source Ingres for Linux and Windows
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Computer Associates International Inc has announced that the open source version of its Ingres database management system is now available with enterprise-level support options for Linux and Microsoft&#39;s Windows.
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STAF Version 3.2.0 is now available.  The Software Testing Automation Framework (STAF) is a framework designed to improve the level of reuse and automation in test cases and test environments. The goal of STAF is to provide a complete end-to-end automation solution for testers.   You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/ .  There are several new features in this version, including:  - Added support for Windows Vista.  STAF now works on Windows Vista when logged on as a standard user or an administrator with User Account Controls (UAC) enabled.  - Upgraded the STAF InstallShield installers to use InstallShield MultiPlatform 11.5  There are also many bug fixes in this version.  In particular, note that the libstdc++ and libgcc libraries are no longer packaged in the Linux and Solaris STAF installers.  For more information on this, see section "3.13 Operating System Library Compatability (Linux/Solaris)" in the STAF User's Guide at http://staf.sourceforge.net/current/STAFUG.htm#HDROSCOMPATIBILITY.  Here's a summary of all the changes made:  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- History Log for STAF        Legend:    - Fixes    + Features    = Internal changes    * Changes required to migrate from one release to another  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Version 3.2.0: 10/31/2006    - Fixed install failure on Windows Me and Windows NT (Bug #1524852)   - Fixed a problem where STAFProc fails to start on Linux PPC64-32 / IA64,     and HP-UX IA64-32 with a SIGSEGV due to a connection provider name     resolution issue (Bugs #1556689 and #1371304)   - Fixed a problem where the Process service's temp file creation for stdout/     stderr may fail if the default data directory is overridden (Bug #1556715)   - Updated the STAF FAQ to add information about running the Windows ftp     executable via a PROCESS START request (Bug #1546780)   - Updated the STAF User's Guide to make sure that we document all the options     for PROCESS service requests that resolve variables (Bug #1548850)   - Enabled the keepalive option for client sockets in the TCP connection     provider to fix a problem where some copy requests that had failed with     RC 22 were never being removed from the output of FS LIST COPYREQUESTS on     the "TO" machine (Bug #1559514)   - Improved the performance for C++, Python and Jython marshall and     formatObject methods and for the Java marshall method (Bug #1559277)   - Fixed a typo in C++ example for creating a STAF handle (Bug #1567835)   - Added info to the STAF FAQ about SHLIB_PATH and "set -u" in the HP-UX     profile (Bug #1569958)   - Fixed problems in C++, Java, Python, and Jython marshall and formatObject     methods handling maps with non-existant map classes (Bug #1437654)   - Fixed problems in Python and Jython marshall and formatObject methods to     handle a map class object that doesn't contain all the keys defined in its     map class definition (Bug #1280017)   - Fixed a problem that caused STAF requests to hang due to a deadlock issue     in STAFHandleManager::handleProcessTerminated() (Bug #1571224)     - Added an entry to our FAQ about LD_LIBRARY_PATH not being set on RHEL4-U4     when directly logging into the desktop (Bug #1559586)   + Provided STAF return code constants for Jython and added to Jython version     2.1-staf-v3 provided with STAX, Cron, and EM (Feature #1571762)   + Upgraded the STAF InstallShield installers to use InstallShield     MultiPlatform 11.5 (Feature #1545393)   - Removed the libstdc++ and libgcc libraries from the Linux and Solaris     STAF installers (Bug #1554498)   - Provided more documentation on the trust levels required for the machines     involved in a FS COPY request in the STAF User's Guide (Bug #1584732)   - Provided a PROCESS START example in the STAF User's Guide for a Windows     .bat file that uses the /B option on a EXIT command to show how to get the     real exitCode assigned to the process RC (Bug #1584756)   + Added support for Windows Vista with UAC enabled.  Changed the local IPC     connection provider to use named pipes for interprocess communication     instead of global shared memory on Windows Vista (Feature #1517278)   - Fixed a problem on Windows where logging in via Remote Desktop Connection     would terminate the existing instance of STAFProc (Bug #1553533)  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Linux vendors from Europe, Asia, and North and South America have teamed up to create a common core implementation of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) 2.0.
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Linux e-mail and calendaring vendor Scalix has joined the nonprofit Open Source Development Labs to help push the implementation of desktop Linux.
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Ziff Davis - Microsoft's omission of WinFS from the Longhorn version of Windows may open options for open-source competitors to the forthcoming operating system.
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Computer Associates (CA) has introduced a usage-based pricing and licensing model for its mainframe management products. The model bases licensing costs on measured system usage rather than total potential
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MinGW: A native Win32 port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), with freely distributable import libraries and header files for building native Windows applications; includes extensions to the MSVC runtime to support C99 functionality.   An updated release of GCC 3.4.5 is available, which incorporates a fix for the Windows Vista access() bug. Look for tarballs with "-vista" appended in the gcc-3.4.5 release of the GCC Version 3 package on the SF download page. In addition to the six language packages, there are two other files pertinent to this release: gcc-3.4.5-vista-build.sh, which is the script used to build GCC, and gcc-3.4.5-vista_diffs.tar.gz, which contains a diff of gcc/version.c (necessitated by a change to the version string).   This release incorporates a grand total of three changes from the previous version. First, -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS was added to CFLAGS for the build process. This fixes the problem of GCC drivers thinking they couldn't find the compiler executables in Vista because access() in the Vista runtime doesn't like the X_OK flag. Second (in order to reflect the former change), the version string was updated to read (mingw-vista special). Third, the info/dir files have been omitted from the packages -- you can now safely extract to your final destination without overwriting your dir entries.   If you encounter bugs of any sort while using this release, you should first search the mingw-users mailing list archives to see whether the issue has already been dealt with. If the problem is in fact unique to this release (for example, a packaging bug or an unforeseen consequence of the single important change I made), please post full details -- the bug's symptoms and steps to reproduce it -- to the mingw-users mailing list.
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Mono choice Windows developers can now port Visual Basic applications to Linux without modifying their code, using an open source project backed by Novell.â¦
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Although Linux may be shipping on a growing number of PCs sold in the emerging markets of Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, about 80% of PCs shipped with the open source operating system this year will eventually run pirated versions of Windows
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Running 32-bit and 64-bit applications on the same system is a step closer to reality.
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InfoWorld - Ingres began offering a software bundle on Wednesday&#160;to make it easier for developers to build Eclipse-based applications on top of the Ingres 2006 open-source database.
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Open-source database vendor Ingres Corp. is hoping that its newly released Icebreaker database and Linux combination will help it win new customers and enter fresh markets.
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Enterprises are opening up to open source alternatives to commercial software, panelists said at the SDForum conference âOpen Source Entering the Mainstream,â held in Santa Clara, Calif., last week.
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Ziff Davis - The Free Standards Group's updated standard will improve Linux code portability and interoperability, developers say, and reduce the worry of platform fragmentation.
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Ingres is making it simpler for Eclipse developers to build Java applications to run on its open-source database.
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Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE:CA) today announced general availability of Ingres r3 for Linux and Windows under the CA Trusted Open Source License (CATOSL).
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The eagerly-awaited Ubuntu Studio has been released, adding another entry into the expanding list of multimedia-optimized Linux distributions. I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but interested readers can peruse some installation screenshots or check out the latest news and information on the Ubuntu Studio Wiki. I plan to review the distro in a future column, along with an update on the latest version of the venerable PlanetCCRMA, but in this entry I'm focused on another very exciting new release. Ardour 2.0 is now available for download. This version is a significant improvement over the 0.99 series (1.0 was never released), with many new features and enhancements to performance and stability. The following article profiles the new Ardour as I employed it for three projects, all involving the program in the processes of composition and arranging as well as the more typical tasks of recording and editing. I've described each project in some detail, and each description includes a link to the final audio output.