October 2003 - apple-list - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

INTEREST: Mac OS X 10.3 and Xcode overviews from MacWorld
by Wayne Billing 28 Oct '03

28 Oct '03

by David Leishman, Senior Editor, Macworld.com (dleishman(a)macworld.com) Apple on Friday released Mac OS X 10.3, also known as Panther. The company claims that Panther offers more than 150 new features, highlighted by Exposé, which the New York Times' David Pogue describes as "the biggest graphical breakthrough that operating systems have achieved in years." Other changes are perhaps less eye-catching, but offer improvements in security, system responsiveness, navigation, file management, and the ubiquitous "more." Many developers have already announced that their products are Panther-compatible, and others are rushing to ensure that they're up-to-date with the new OS. Be sure to check the developer's websites for compatibility announcements regarding the products you use. Take a Peek at Panther http://click.macworld.email-publisher.com/maabBeEaa1DGObV2CGpb/ Panther by the Numbers http://click.macworld.email-publisher.com/maabBeEaa1DGPbV2CGpb/ Panther: A look at the new Mac OS http://click.macworld.email-publisher.com/maabBeEaa1DGQbV2CGpb/ Panther software updates galore http://click.macworld.email-publisher.com/maabBeEaa1DGRbV2CGpb/ But wait, there's more! Apple on Friday also released Panther Server, aimed at IT professionals, and Xcode, the newest version of the company's OS development tools. Server features updated integration with open source tools and open standards, and Xcode includes many new technologies intended to help developers be more productive by allowing them to save time and build better applications. Panther Server: 'Open source made easy' http://click.macworld.email-publisher.com/maabBeEaa1DGSbV2CGpb/ Xcode: The future of Mac development tools http://click.macworld.email-publisher.com/maabBeEaa1DGTbV2CGpb/

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Fwd: Apple Calendar of Events
by Doug Hamilton 27 Oct '03

27 Oct '03

Hello Everyone: Apple is coming to town again this quarter, and time its all about Panther (Mac OS 10.3). This presentation will be at the IMAX theatre. Lets see if we can pack the plac again. Please use the link below to register and see the presentation details. Regards, Doug Begin forwarded message: From: <CANADA-MB(a)list.seminars.apple.com> (events) Date: October 27, 2003 4:00:19 AM GMT-06:00 Subject: Apple Calendar of Events Upcoming Apple Seminars & Events for the Manitoba Listserve Sorted by City, Date & Time ====================================================================== Winnipeg Nov 12, 2003 09:00 AM - 11:30 AM Panther Unleashed For General Audiences Be among the first to get up close and experience the power of Mac OS X version 10.3 Panther. For more details: http://www.seminars.apple.com/goToEvent.html?id=24420&s=300 ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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INFORMATION: Apple Macintosh OS X 10.3 (Panther) licencing
by Wayne Billing 21 Oct '03

21 Oct '03

According to the information provided by Apple so far, there will be two categories of licencing available at the UofM Bookstore Computers on Campus: 1) machines not purchased with university funds: licencing will be standard form. To run 10.3 you must purchase a new copy or an upgrade at the education/bookstore/upgrade price. 2) machines purchased with university funds including budgets, grants, and PDA funds: a presentation, sponsored by Computers on Campus, will be held in the next few weeks to detail the licencing options for these machines. This plan will probably include a mechanism for upgrade protection. You should be seeing the announcement of this presentation in the next week or so. -- Wayne Billing | Information Services and Technology | Room 603 Engineering Building e-mail: Wayne_Billing(a)UManitoba.CA | University of Manitoba v-mail: 204-474-6649 | R3T 2N2

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APPLE-L: 30 years of Networking - talk by Charlie Bedard (fwd)
by Dianne Cox 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

Some of you may be interested in hearing this person with experience at cisco and apple, etc. Dianne --- Dianne_Cox(a)umanitoba.ca /(204)474-9793 Fax:-7920 /Rm 623 Engineering-3 User Services /Academic Computing & Networking (IST) /U of Manitoba ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 11:16:19 -0500 From: Dr. C. M. Laucht <laucht(a)cs.umanitoba.ca> To: Dianne Cox <cox(a)cc.UManitoba.CA> Subject: Talk by Charlie Bedard Greetings Dianne: I don't know whether you or some of your colleagues might remember Charlie Bedard, a graduate student here in the early 1970s but he his here in Winnipeg visiting his family and will be giving a talk. If you think that there might be some interest, please feel free to circulate this message. Below are the details of his talk. Thanks. Matthias Laucht -- Title: A Personal Perspective of 30 Years of Networking Speaker: Charlie Bedard, Engineering Manager for Integrated Systems for the Multi-service Customer Edge Business Unit (MCEBU) within Cisco in California Time & Date: Thursday, 9 October, 1:00- 2:30 pm in 306 Buller. former affiliations: Bell Northern Research (Datapac & integrated services (data, voice & video) local networks) in Ottawa and California, Apple Computing (Mac OS & searching), co-founder of Starlight Networks (carrying real-time video reliably across LANs), OnLive Systems Inc. (Java based audio conferencing system using IP over the Internet) Overview: Charlie Bedard will give an informal, interactive (questions are encouraged) presentation of his personal perspective on Computing and Networking developments over the past 30 years. He has worked in both Canada and, for the past 24 years, in Silicon Valley, California, on a variety of projects with a number of companies. Details: Charlie Bedard graduated from the University of Manitoba with a B.Sc. (Hons) in Computer Science in 1973 followed by an M.Sc. in Computer Science the following year in 1974. He was seduced into working for a living by Bell Northern Research (BNR) in 1974 and he moved to Ottawa where he was one of 5 designers of the Datapac packet switching service that went into nationwide service in August 1976. In 1979, the lure of warmer weather and the mystique of Silicon Valley sent Charlie packing off to California where he spent another 7 years with BNR. During that time, Charlie championed the concept of high speed local networks capable of carrying data, voice & video. He helped lead the development of such a system for Northern Telecom. In 1986, he left BNR for Apple Computer where he was the manager for the Macintosh OS. He helped bring concurrent programming to the Mac. In 1988 he joined the Advanced Technology Group at Apple where he helped create new product concepts in the area of Internet searching and organization. Continuing in his effort to either become wealthy or famous, he left Apple to co-found Starlight Networks in 1990. Starlight was a pioneer in carrying real-time video reliably across LANs. Charlie was one of the architects of the system as well as the Director of Engineering there. He left Starlight in 1996 to join OnLive Systems Inc., where he helped design and build a Java based audio conferencing system using IP over the Internet. In 1998, Charlie was lured back into the world of 'Big Companies' when he joined Cisco Systems. There he was reunited with some former BNR colleagues in the realm of real-time packet voice & video to create IP-based products for Cisco. Today, Charlie is Engineering Manager for Integrated Systems for the Muli-service Customer Edge Business Unit (MCEBU) within Cisco. Charlie Bedard remains neither rich nor famous. But he claims still to be having fun.

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APPLE-L: Talk by Charlie Bedard
by Dr. C. M. Laucht 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

Greetings: The following talk by Charlie Bedard might be of interest to Apple List members. Charlie was manager for the MacOS at Apple Computing in California from 1986 -1988 and involved in other projects at Apple from 1988 - 1990. He assures me he has kept in touch with his former colleagues there, Below are the details of his talk. Matthias Laucht -- Title: A Personal Perspective of 30 Years of Networking Speaker: Charlie Bedard, Engineering Manager for Integrated Systems for the Multi-service Customer Edge Business Unit (MCEBU) within Cisco in California Time & Date: Thursday, 9 October, 1:00- 2:30 pm in 306 Buller. former affiliations: Bell Northern Research (Datapac & integrated services (data, voice & video) local networks) in Ottawa and California, Apple Computing (Mac OS & searching), co-founder of Starlight Networks (carrying real-time video reliably across LANs), OnLive Systems Inc. (Java based audio conferencing system using IP over the Internet) Overview: Charlie Bedard will give an informal, interactive (questions are encouraged) presentation of his personal perspective on Computing and Networking developments over the past 30 years. He has worked in both Canada and, for the past 24 years, in Silicon Valley, California, on a variety of projects with a number of companies. Details: Charlie Bedard graduated from the University of Manitoba with a B.Sc. (Hons) in Computer Science in 1973 followed by an M.Sc. in Computer Science the following year in 1974. He was seduced into working for a living by Bell Northern Research (BNR) in 1974 and he moved to Ottawa where he was one of 5 designers of the Datapac packet switching service that went into nationwide service in August 1976. In 1979, the lure of warmer weather and the mystique of Silicon Valley sent Charlie packing off to California where he spent another 7 years with BNR. During that time, Charlie championed the concept of high speed local networks capable of carrying data, voice & video. He helped lead the development of such a system for Northern Telecom. In 1986, he left BNR for Apple Computer where he was the manager for the Macintosh OS. He helped bring concurrent programming to the Mac. In 1988 he joined the Advanced Technology Group at Apple where he helped create new product concepts in the area of Internet searching and organization. Continuing in his effort to either become wealthy or famous, he left Apple to co-found Starlight Networks in 1990. Starlight was a pioneer in carrying real-time video reliably across LANs. Charlie was one of the architects of the system as well as the Director of Engineering there. He left Starlight in 1996 to join OnLive Systems Inc., where he helped design and build a Java based audio conferencing system using IP over the Internet. In 1998, Charlie was lured back into the world of 'Big Companies' when he joined Cisco Systems. There he was reunited with some former BNR colleagues in the realm of real-time packet voice & video to create IP-based products for Cisco. Today, Charlie is Engineering Manager for Integrated Systems for the Muli-service Customer Edge Business Unit (MCEBU) within Cisco. Charlie Bedard remains neither rich nor famous. But he claims still to be having fun.

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APPLE-L: Urgent, AMP, more to follow.
by Doug Hamilton 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

Hey Everyone: Well if you haven't taken a look at this page ... http://www.apple.com/macosx/ ... since yesterday, you won't know that Mac OS 10,3 (aka Panther) will be shipping on October 24th. I'm not a work at the moment, but please check you email later on this morning. I will be sending out further information regarding the Apple Maintenance Program (AMP). More shortly. Regards, Doug ------------- Doug Hamilton, BA, MA, APP Senior Apple Computer Consultant Computers-on-Campus; Univ. of Manitoba 204-474-6196 (Ph.) 204-474-7556 (Fax) http://www.umanitoba.ca/bookstore/

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INTEREST: South Korea other Asian partners look to LINUX
by Wayne Billing 06 Oct '03

06 Oct '03

..from: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-5070335.html?tag=nl Asian trio in deal to replace Windows By CNETAsia Staff CNETAsia September 2, 2003, 12:17 PM PT Three North Asian countries are closer to signing a deal to codevelop an open-source operating system to replace Microsoft Windows, according to a Japanese news report. The agreement is likely to be announced this week by Japanese Trade Minister Takeo Hiranuma at an economic ministers' meeting in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, the report in Japan news daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun said, quoting unnamed sources. The deal is expected to bring together China, Japan and Korea in efforts to develop the software. Representatives from both private and government agencies will meet later this year to discuss the collaboration's terms, according to the report. [...] The three governments previously pledged to support open-source software, citing security and cost concerns. The current row over claims by The SCO Group that Linux uses code lifted from SCO-owned Unix does not seem to have dampened official enthusiasm for the platform, though the governments are expected to continue to closely monitor the situation. Japan this month reaffirmed official support for the platform and encouraged its industries to continue using it. [...] ----------------------- ..from: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5084811.html Korea launches a switch to open source By Seung eun Myung CNET News.com October 1, 2003, 8:05 AM PT The South Korean government has announced that by 2007 it plans to replace proprietary software with open-source alternatives on a substantial number of its PCs and servers. Thousands of computers in ministries, government-linked organizations and universities in South Korea will replace Microsoft's Windows operating system and Office productivity suite with open-source alternatives under the plan, according to the country's Ministry of Information and Communication. Twenty percent of desktop software and 30 percent of server software will be changed to open source by 2007, said a representative from the Ministry of Information and Communication. [...]

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