---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, October 18th Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 12:23:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Denise Olliffe To: farli@unitywave.com O'Reilly User Group Program NEWSLETTER October 18, 2001 Highlights this week... News: - W3C Patent Policy Opposed by O'Reilly - Why Biologists Want to Program Computers - Will you see Open Source J2EE Implementations? - Monitoring Applications with Palm OS & Tomcat - Ten Common Palm OS Programming Pitfalls - O'Reilly Linux Books Win Award *************************************************** NEWS from O'Reilly & Beyond *************************************************** Please forward these articles to your members: GENERAL INTEREST: -------------------------- W3C PATENT POLICY OPPOSED BY O'REILLY The Web's success depends on fully open standards, implemented without restrictions, according to O'Reilly & Associates' official comment on the W3C's proposed Patent Policy Framework: http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/761 WRITING FOR O'REILLY We're always on the look-out for new authors. To find out what our ideal requirements are, topic areas of interest to us, and style info go to: http://www.oreilly.com/oreilly/author/intro.html BIOINFORMATICS: -------------------------- WHY BIOLOGISTS WANT TO PROGRAM COMPUTERS Bioinformatics is fast-rising, and scientists are finding new ways to explore their data through programming. James Tisdall, author of O'Reilly's upcoming release "Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics" explains the benefits of biologists learning to program, in this article: http://www.oreilly.com/news/perlbio_1001.html Bioinformatics is an avenue seasoned programmers can take to expand on their skills. O'Reilly is offering a Bioinformatics Conference this January--more to come on this. We've also released "Developing Bioinformatics Computer Skills," a book that Perl and C# programmers in particular may want to take a look at. JAVA: --------------------------- WILL YOU SEE OPEN SOURCE J2EE IMPLEMENTATIONS? O'Reilly & Associates' Executive Java Editor Mike Loukides gives us his take on the current state of open source enterprise Java and the hurdles open source projects like JBoss experience. He also wonders about Sun's current open source licensing policies regarding J2EE. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2001/10/10/osjava.html AN INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD MONSON-HAEFEL, AUTHOR OF JUST RELEASED "ENTERPRISE JAVABEANS, 3rd EDITION" http://java.oreilly.com/news/ejb_interview_1001.html OPEN SOURCE: --------------------------- O'REILLY WINS AWARD FOR LINUX BOOKS "Most Indispensable Linux Book" awarded to O'Reilly's "Linux in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition" and "Running Linux, 3rd Edition," by LinuxJournal Reader's Choice Awards: http://www2.linuxjournal.com/cgi-bin/frames.pl/ljissues/issue91/5441.html If you voted...thanks! PALM: --------------------------- TEN COMMON PALM OS PROGRAMMING PITFALLS the title of this article speaks for itself... http://palmos.oreilly.com/news/palmosprog_1001.html MONITORING APPLICATIONS WITH PALM OS & TOMCAT Learn how to build a Palm Query Application that communicates through a Tomcat server to monitor and manage mission-critical systems. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2001/10/05/monitor.html ************************************************* BOOKS...BOOKS...BOOKS.... ************************************************* Review copies available Email me for a copy If you'd like a copy of the press release, just ask. .NET FRAMEWORK ESSENTIALS This recently released O'Reilly title generates lots of buzz. Here is what VBZone said: "One of the best .NET books I've read so far is '.NET Framework Essentials' by Thuan Thai & Hoang Q. Lam. .NET will be a fundamental shift in how you develop software for Windows, and now is the time to start getting your head around it. Even if you haven't loaded Beta 2 yet, '.NET Framework Essentials' is a fine way to start getting familiar with this brave new world of computing." --Don Kiely, VBZone Book of the Week, August 21, 2001 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dotnetfrmess/ EXIM "Basically, if you're already using Exim, or considering it, you want this book. It covers everything you've ever wanted to know about Exim, and probably quite a few things that you didn't know you wanted to know (but will be glad to find out). It's an extremely thorough, well-organized book. Even if this weren't the only book on Exim, it would still be the best." --Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier, UnixReview.com, Sept. 2001 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/exim/ JJJJava.... Java Cookbook, http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javacook/ Java & XML, http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javaxml2/ Java & XSLT, http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javaxslt/ *DISCOUNT* 20% discount is offered to your members when purchasing direct from O'Reilly. Please inform your members to use the DSUG discount code when placing an order online at www.oreilly.com or by calling 800-998-9938. USER GROUP ONLINE BOOK REVIEWS: --------------------------------- "Java Security," reviewed by Java Metroplex Users Group: http://www.javamug.org/reviews/ora/javasec.html "Beyond Contact," reviewed by Licking County Computer Society http://www.lccsohio.org/Reviews/Beyond%20Contact/BeyondContact.htm "AppleScript in a Nutshell," reviewed by CherryMUG http://www.cherrymug.com/articles/applescript/default.html Make sure to send me reviews of our books. They are extremely valuable. Thanks to all the groups that send in reviews online and in newsletters. ************************************************ EVENTS ************************************************ NEXT WEEK: ------------- Microsoft Professional Developers Conference October 22-26, 2001 Los Angeles Convention Center Los Angeles, California VISIT O'REILLY BOOTH #724 http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/pdc/ NOVEMBER: ------------- O'Reilly Peer-to-Peer & Web Services Conference November 5-8, 2001, Washington, D.C. The Westin Grand http://conferences.oreilly.com/p2p/ REGISTER FOR A FREE EXHIBIT HALL PASS http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/p2pweb2001/create/ord16 5th Annual Linux Showcase and Conference November 6-10, Oakland, CA Oakland Convention Center VISIT O'REILLY BOOTHS #709, 711, 713 http://www.linuxshowcase.org/exhibition.html ************************************************ REMINDER ************************************************ O'Reilly has moved its offices in CA. Please update your contact info and newsletter mailing list: Denise Olliffe c/o O'Reilly & Associates 1005 Gravenstein Hwy North Sebastopol, CA 95472 Direct line: 707-827-7090 707-827-7000 x7090 deniseo@oreilly.com Until next time, Denise -------------------------------------------------------