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Author: jcater
Date: 2004-03-05 15:06:03 -0600 (Fri, 05 Mar 2004)
New Revision: 5242
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Modified:
trunk/gnue-common/src/utils/TextUtils.py
trunk/gnue-forms/FAQ
trunk/gnue-forms/README
Log:
changes in preparation for automated website
Modified: trunk/gnue-common/src/utils/TextUtils.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-common/src/utils/TextUtils.py 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev
5241)
+++ trunk/gnue-common/src/utils/TextUtils.py 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev
5242)
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@
@param message: The string to wrap
@param maxWidth: The maximum string width allowed.
- @param preserveNewlines: If true then newlines are left in the string
+ @param preserveNewlines: If true then newlines are left in the string
otherwise they are removed.
- @param alignment: The alignment of the returned string based upon
- a width of maxWidth.
+ @param alignment: The alignment of the returned string based upon
+ a width of maxWidth.
Possible values (ALIGN_LEFT, ALIGN_RIGHT, ALIGN_CENTER)
- @param eol: If true then the last character of the return value
+ @param eol: If true then the last character of the return value
will be a newline
@return: The properly wrapped text string.
@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@
>>> textToMeasurement('72pt')
1.0
- >>> # convert to 72 point output
+ >>> # convert to 72 point output
... textToMeasurement('1.27cm',72)
36.0
-
+
@param text: A string containing the measurement to convert
The following measurements are accepted
(pt, cm, mm, in)
Modified: trunk/gnue-forms/FAQ
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-forms/FAQ 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/gnue-forms/FAQ 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -1,68 +1,59 @@
-Q: I installed gnue forms but get an error about importing GFOptions.py
- - or -
- I get an error similar to
- IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
'/usr/local/gnue/shared/gnuef-spash.bmp'
+INSTALLATION
-A: You need to install the gnue-common package. Available at www.gnue.org
-
-
-
-Q: I want to run the cvs copy of gnuef but have a copy already installed
+ Q: I want to run the cvs copy of gnuef but have a copy already installed
on the machine. gnue-forms always seems run the installed code base.
How do I run the cvs copy without affecting the installed copy?
-A: Run setup_cvs_devel.sh from the top level gnuef directory. This creates
- symlinks in the client directory to trick gnue-forms into using the CVS
- version of GNUE Forms. You must then run gnue-forms from the client
+ A: Run setup-cvs.py from the gnue-common/ directory. This creates
+ symlinks in the client directory to trick gnue-forms into using the CVS
+ version of GNUE Forms. You must then run gnue-forms from the client
directory for this to work. Executing gnue-forms any where else still
results in the installed copy properly being executed. If you want to use a
- CVS gnue-forms against installed sources, just [re]move the gnue directory
+ CVS gnue-forms against installed sources, just [re]move the gnue directory
in the client directory.
- NEW! Now, setup_cvs_devel.sh creates a script in the client directory
- called gfcvs. You can run gfcvs from any directory and the cvs
- version of GNUe Forms will be executed. If you will be doing much
- testing of CVS Forms, you may want to symlink gfcvs into your
- /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin directory.
+ERROR MESSAGES
+ Q: I installed gnue forms but get an error about importing GFOptions.py.
-Q: I am using the PostgreSQL drivers and an getting an ImportError on pgdb.
+ A: You need to install the gnue-common package. Available at
http://www.gnue.org
-A: Try reinstalling the PygreSQL package. Sometimes, PyGreSQL's installation
- script fails to copy this file.
+ Q: I am using the PostgreSQL drivers and an getting an ImportError on pgdb.
+ A: Try reinstalling the PygreSQL package. Sometimes, PyGreSQL's installation
+ script fails to copy this file.
-Q: I am getting an ImportError on DateTime.
-A: You are using a database driver that uses the mxDateTime package.
- You can download this package at
+ Q: I am getting an ImportError on DateTime.
+ A: You are using a database driver that uses the mxDateTime package.
+ You can download this package at
+
http://www.lemburg.com/files/python/mxDateTime.html
Users of Debian Woody can install the package using
apt-get install python-egenix-mxdatetime
- Note that Lemburg recently changed the directory structure of his
- packages. If you have installed mxDateTime and are still getting
- this error, you may need to grab the development version of
- PyGreSQL as the stable version (as of 05/01) still references the
- old structure. Grab it at
+ Note that Lemburg recently changed the directory structure of his
+ packages. If you have installed mxDateTime and are still getting
+ this error, you may need to grab the development version of
+ PyGreSQL as the stable version (as of 05/01) still references the
+ old structure. Grab it at
- ftp://ftp.druid.net/pub/distrib/PyGreSQL-beta.tgz
+ ftp://ftp.druid.net/pub/distrib/PyGreSQL-beta.tgz
+ Q: I need more help!
-Q: I need more help!
+ A: See the individual INSTALL files for more platform specific FAQs
-A: See the individual INSTALL files for more platform specific FAQs
-
- If that doesn't work problems and/or questions are gladly accepted
+ If that doesn't work problems and/or questions are gladly accepted
by the GNUE Forms team. You can reach us via our mailing list
http://lists.gnue.org/mailman/listinfo
- Or via IRC at irc.openprojects.net #gnuenterprise.
+ Or via IRC at irc.freenode.net #gnuenterprise.
Modified: trunk/gnue-forms/README
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-forms/README 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/gnue-forms/README 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -1,102 +1,104 @@
-GNUe Forms: A tool of the GNUe Project (www.gnue.org)
+GNUe Forms
+==========
- Congratulations! You have purchased an extremely fine
- device that would give you thousands of years of trouble-free
- service, except that you undoubtably will destroy it via some
- typical bonehead consumer maneuver. Which is why we ask you
- to PLEASE FOR GOD'S SAKE READ THIS OWNER'S MANUAL CAREFULLY
- BEFORE YOU UNPACK THE DEVICE. YOU ALREADY UNPACKED IT, DIDN'T
- YOU? YOU UNPACKED IT AND PLUGGED IT IN AND TURNED IT ON AND
- FIDDLED WITH THE KNOBS, AND NOW YOUR CHILD, THE SAME CHILD WHO
- ONCE SHOVED A POLISH SAUSAGE INTO YOUR VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDER
- AND SET IT ON "FAST FORWARD", THIS CHILD ALSO IS FIDDLING
- WITH THE KNOBS, RIGHT? AND YOU'RE JUST NOW STARTING TO READ
- THE INSTRUCTIONS, RIGHT??? WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST BREAK THESE
- DEVICES RIGHT AT THE FACTORY BEFORE WE SHIP THEM OUT, YOU
- KNOW THAT?
- -- Dave Barry, "Read This First!"
- -- Shamelessly ripped off from the
- Window Maker (www.windowmaker.org)
- README file, but I really like it :)
+GNUe Forms is a data-aware user-interface generator. In more specific terms,
+Forms, using a clean XML-based definition, can display the same functional user
+interface in various physical mediums, whether GUI, HTML, console, or via a
+telephone-response system. Forms is designed from the ground up to describe a
+functional, database-backed interface, with no emphasis on particular widget
+sets. A form should be equally usable in a console/text-based environment as it
+is in a GUI setting.
+Like all GNUe tools, Forms runs on most modern platforms and can communicate
+with the vast majority of modern SQL-compliant database backends. With a
modular
+user interface kit, new interface types can be quickly and easily added. Form's
+primary user interface is the wxPython toolkit, which allows us to support
+Windows, GTK, Mac OS/X, and OS/2 out of the box. The GNUe team is also
+coordinating native KDE/QT, web-based HTML, native MS Windows, text-only
curses,
+and and native GTK2 user interfaces. Forms includes support for Python-based
+events or triggers, for real-time validation of user data.
-Compatibility:
- GNUe Forms has been successfully used on
- Debian GNU/Linux
- FreeBSD 4.2-Stable
- RedHat GNU/Linux
- S.u.S.E. Linux 6.4
- Slackware 8
- Solaris 2.5.1
- Windows 98
+Forms will seemlessly work with GNUe App Server, GNUe Navigator, and GNUe
Reports if
+they are present. However, as part of GNUe's modular framework, Forms does not
+require any other GNUe tools to function.
- People wanting to use curses mode should read the
- notes at end of this file.
+Forms is currently in use in several locations, including commercial,
+non-profit, and academic.
-To install:
- *nix Users should read INSTALL file
+COMPATABILITY
+-------------
- Windows Users should read INSTALL.win32
+GNUe Forms has been successfully used on
+ * Debian GNU/Linux
+ * Gentoo GNU/Linux
+ * FreeBSD
+ * RedHat GNU/Linux
+ * SuSE Linux
+ * Slackware
+ * Solaris 2.5.1
+ * Windows 98/ME/NT/XP
- GNUe Forms
+People wanting to use curses mode should read the
+notes at end of this file.
-Running samples:
+INSTALLATION
+------------
- ./gnue-forms -u text|gui ../samples/simple/form.gfd
+Linux/Unix/BSD Users should read INSTALL file
- If you installed then just call the program
-
- gnue-forms -u text|gui filename.gfd
+Windows Users should read INSTALL.win32
- If you run without -u option it will default to gui (wxPython)
- Other samples can be found under samples
-
- To run data aware scripts you must make sure your GNUE_CONNECTIONS
- environment variable is set to point to a connections file. See
- doc/Connections.txt in the gnue-common package for more information.
+RUNNING SAMPLES
+---------------
- Also you must have the tables created for samples that are data
- aware. You can do this by running the associated .sql script for
- a sample.
- ex: psql
- \i scriptname.sql
+If you installed then just call the program
-**** NOTE FOR SLOWER MACHINES *****
+ $ gnue-forms -u text|gui filename.gfd
-If gnue-forms seg faults when you run it, try running with the -s option.
-If the seg faults stop happening when using that flag, you can add the
-following to your gnue.conf file:
+If you run without -u option it will default to gui (wxPython)
-[forms]
-disableSplash = 1
+Other samples can be found under samples
-Note: this has now been reported on some faster machines!
+To run data aware scripts you must make sure your GNUE_CONNECTIONS
+environment variable is set to point to a connections file. See
+doc/Connections.txt in the gnue-common package for more information.
+Also you must have the tables created for samples that are data
+aware. You can do this by running the associated .sql script for
+a sample.
+ ex: psql
+ \i scriptname.sql
-**** NOTE FOR CURSES USERS ****
+NOTES
+-----
+[1] SLOWER MACHINES
+ If gnue-forms seg faults when you run it, try running with the -s option.
+ If the seg faults stop happening when using that flag, you can add the
+ following to your gnue.conf file:
-CURSES is not functional at this time
+ [forms]
+ disableSplash = 1
-We are in the process of moving from pyncurses to the
-curses module bundled with Python. Neither module is
-complete at this time. The -u text option now uses the
-python module and is very rough, the -u pytext option
-is better at dealing with simple forms but will no
-longer be developed.
+ Note: this has now been reported on some faster machines!
-To avoid a few of the artifacts use
-gnue-forms -u text <pathtogfdfilehere> 2> /dev/null
-or if you want to see the debugging code
+[2] CURSES is not functional at this time.
-mkfifo fifo
+ To avoid a few of the artifacts use
-then in another window
-cat fifo
+ $ gnue-forms -u text <pathtogfdfilehere> 2> /dev/null
-then in the main window
-gnue-forms -u text <pathtogfdfilehere> 2> fifo
+ or if you want to see the debugging code
+
+ $ mkfifo fifo
+
+ then in another window
+ $ cat fifo
+
+ then in the main window
+ $ gnue-forms -u text <pathtogfdfilehere> 2> fifo
+
Added: trunk/www/news/10134
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/10134 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/10134 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+Title: New release of tools (0.5.0 series)
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2003-05-30
+
+The GNU Enterprise team is proud to announce a new release of
+it's enterprise application development suite. This major
+release includes:
+
+ * GNUe Forms 0.5.0
+ * GNUe Reports 0.1.1
+ * GNUe Designer 0.5.0
+ * GNUe Navigator 0.0.4
+ * GNUe AppServer 0.0.3
+ * GNUe Common 0.5.0
+
+GNUe-Forms is a platform and UI-independent forms system. It
+reads an XML-based forms definition and creates GUIs for Win32,
+GTK, and, soon, Curses (text), QT 3.0, and HTML. It has a fully
+data-aware widget set and can be used in both 2-tier and n-tier
+environments.
+
+
+GNUe-Reports is a platform and output-independent reporting
+system. It reads an XML-based report definition and generates
+arbitrary XML output that can further be translated into any
+format for which there is an adapter. GNUe Reports currently
+has outputs for Text, HTML, and CSV -- with PDF, Postscript,
+and Gnumeric/Excel formats in the works. Reports can output
+directly to a file, as an email attachment, to a printer, or
+to a HylaFax server. This version introduces native "Label"
+support.
+
+
+GNUe-Designer is the IDE for the GNUe tools. It allows you to
+visually layout your forms in a RAD-style environment. Designer
+has a builtin forms client, so you can quickly test your forms
+while still in Designer. Designer also has support for form
+creation wizards... answer a few questions, attach your form
+to one or more database tables, select the fields to include,
+and, voila, a basic form is created. Basic support for schema
+creation is also included.
+
+
+GNUe Application Server is the data and business rules server
+for the GNU Enterprise project. It will provide an object-
+oriented backend to forms and reports. In an n-tier environment,
+GEAS holds all business rules/logic and provides object-to-
+relational access to various database backends. This release
+is primarily a proof-of-concept release that illustrates the
+use of GNUe-Common's database backends, triggers, and RPC
+abstraction tools.
+
+
+GNUe Navigator is a menuing system for GNUe Forms and Reports. It
+presents a consistent menuing interface (in GUI or Text) based on
+an XML "process definition." GNUe Navigator uses the GNUe Forms or
+GNUe Reports clients to run the actual forms and reports, so these
+corresponding tools must be installed.
+
+
+GNUe-Common is the basis for the GNUe tools, such as Forms,
+Reports, Application Server, and Designer. It implements a
+database-abstraction layer that provides support for most major
+databases. A builtin XML-to-Object parser and Object-to-XML
+marshaller are used by Forms, Reports, and Designer to save
+and read Forms/Report definitions to and from an XML file.
+It also defines and implements an RPC abstraction layer that
+will allow server processes to define their public methods once
+and have them available to CORBA, XML-RPC, SOAP, and DCOM
+clients.
+
+
+All of these releases are targeted at developers. The five
+products are available in source form from our website at
+
+ [http://www.gnuenterprise.org/downloads/current.php/]
+
+We also have an all-in-one Windows installer for the GNUe
+tools that include all the basic dependencies -- you only have to
+download a single setup.exe! The Installers include support for
+PostgreSQL, MySQL, and ODBC. These installers are available at
+the same location referenced above.
+
+
+Debian packages for "unstable" have also been created. Expect them
+to appear in the apt repository in the weeks to come. We are looking
+for packagers for other platforms.
+
+
+The tools have been tested and are known to run on:
+
+ * GNU/Linux (RedHat 6.x/7.x/8.x, Debian 2.x/3.x/sid, Slackware 8.x, Gentoo)
+ * Windows 95/98/2000/ME/XP/NT
+ * MacOS X (via the available X interface)
+ * Solaris 8/9
+ * FreeBSD 4.x/5.x
+
+
+The tools require [Python 2.0] or better to run (Python 2.1+ recommended.)
+
+Changes to GNUe-Forms 0.5.0:
+o Separated logic from layout in the Forms Definition file.
+o Introduced a <logic> section containing <block>s and <field>s.
+o Simplified the <entry> tag (layout) and tied it to a <field>
+ tag (logic)
+o Separated layout management from the main XML specification
+ and implemented with namespaces.
+o Introduced dialog support
+o Startup errors are now displayed in a popup dialog instead
+ of dumped to the console
+o Introduced basic data-bound image support (requires Python
+ Imaging Library)
+o State-based (disabled/enabled) toolbar icons and menus
+o Expanded and clarified the various triggers (some were
+ renamed to be consistent, others were newly added)
+o Started on native QT3 and Win32-based drivers
+o Wrote a converter script for old-style GFD files
+
+Changes to GNUe-Designer 0.5.0:
+o First introduction of dockable toolbars (the Preferences
+ dialog isn't functional yet)
+o Start of a grid-based schema editor
+o Migrated to the new Forms Definition format
+o Fully functional Event Mapping inspector
+o Reimplementation of the trigger code editor
+o Significant cleanup of internal abstraction/modularization
+
+Changes to GNUe-Common 0.5.0:
+o Start of a new schema scripter interface
+o Internal restructuring
+o API improvements
+o Misc bug fixes
+
+Changes to GNUe-Reports 0.1.1:
+o Updates to use common 0.5.x
+o Start of a standardized general-purpose report markup
+o Various bugfixes
+
+Changes to GNUe Navigator 0.0.4:
+o Updates to reflect GNUe Common 0.5.0's API
+o Miscellaneous bug fixes
+
+Changes to GNUe AppServer 0.0.3:
+o New API for RPC communication
+o Python Language interface
+o Start of a Class Repository
+o Updates to reflect GNUe Common 0.5.0's API
+o Miscellaneous bug fixes
+
+In other news, work on GNUe Integrator is under way in CVS. Also, work
+on a new subproject, GNUe Small Business, is progressing rapidly. This
+is a set of business applications (inventory, financials, etc) targeted
+at Small Businesses (commonly called SME's -- Small to Medium
+Enterprises.) We are actively looking for volunteers to assist in this
+subproject.
+
Added: trunk/www/news/10135
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/10135 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/10135 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+Title: New Releases of GNUe Tools (0.5.1)
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2003-08-10
+
+The GNU Enterprise team is proud to announce a new release of
+it's enterprise application development suite. This release
+includes:
+
+ * GNUe Forms 0.5.1
+ * GNUe Reports 0.1.2
+ * GNUe Designer 0.5.1
+ * GNUe Navigator 0.0.5
+ * GNUe Common 0.5.1
+
+GNUe-Forms is a platform and UI-independent forms system. It
+reads an XML-based forms definition and creates GUIs for Win32,
+GTK 2, and, soon, Curses (text), QT 3.0, and HTML. It has a fully
+data-aware widget set and can be used in both 2-tier and n-tier
+environments.
+
+GNUe-Reports is a platform and output-independent reporting
+system. It reads an XML-based report definition and generates
+arbitrary XML output that can further be translated into any
+format for which there is an adapter. GNUe Reports currently
+has outputs for Text, HTML, and CSV -- with PDF, Postscript,
+and Gnumeric/Excel formats in the works. Reports can output
+directly to a file, as an email attachment, to a printer, or
+to a HylaFax server. This version introduces native "Label"
+support.
+
+GNUe-Designer is the IDE for the GNUe tools. It allows you to
+visually layout your forms in a RAD-style environment. Designer
+has a builtin forms client, so you can quickly test your forms
+while still in Designer. Designer also has support for form
+creation wizards... answer a few questions, attach your form
+to one or more database tables, select the fields to include,
+and, voila, a basic form is created. Basic support for schema
+creation is also included.
+
+GNUe Navigator is a menuing system for GNUe Forms and Reports.
+It presents a consistent menuing interface (in GUI or Text)
+based on an XML "process definition." GNUe Navigator uses the
+GNUe Forms or GNUe Reports clients to run the actual forms and
+reports, so these corresponding tools must be installed.
+
+
+
+GNUe-Common is the basis for the GNUe tools, such as Forms,
+Reports, Application Server, and Designer. It implements a
+database-abstraction layer that provides support for most major
+databases. A builtin XML-to-Object parser and Object-to-XML
+marshaller are used by Forms, Reports, and Designer to save
+and read Forms/Report definitions to and from an XML file.
+It also defines and implements an RPC abstraction layer that
+will allow server processes to define their public methods once
+and have them available to CORBA, XML-RPC, SOAP, and DCOM
+clients.
+
+
+
+All of these releases are targeted at developers. The five
+products are available in source form from our website at:
+
+ [http://www.gnuenterprise.org/downloads/current.php]
+
+
+Soon, we will update our all-in-one Windows installer for the
+GNUe tools that include all the basic dependencies -- you only
+have to download a single setup.exe! The Installers include
+support for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and ODBC. These installers will
+be available at the same location referenced above. We will
+send out another announcement when this installer is ready.
+
+
+Debian packages for "unstable" will also been created. We will
+send out another announcement when they are ready. We are
+looking for packagers for other platforms.
+
+
+
+The tools have been tested and are known to run on:
+
+
+ * GNU/Linux (RedHat 6.x/7.x/8.x, Debian 2.x/3.x/sid,
+ Slackware 8.x, Gentoo)
+ * Windows 95/98/2000/ME/XP/NT
+ * MacOS X (via the available X interface)
+ * Solaris 8/9
+ * FreeBSD 4.x/5.x
+
+
+The tools require Python 2.0 or better to run (Python 2.2+
+recommended.) GNUe Designer requires wxPython 2.4 or better
+to run.
+
+Changes to GNUe-Forms 0.5.1:
+o Native Win32 User Interface
+o Improved Windows Packaging
+o Support for embedable components (bonobo, ole)
+o Print screen support
+o Misc Enhancements / Bug Fixes
+
+Changes to GNUe-Designer 0.5.1:
+o Major Enhancements Release
+o Undo support
+o Schema Navigator w/ Drag and Drop UI creation
+o Wizard additions and enhancements
+o Internal restructuring
+o Numerous Bug Fixes
+
+Changes to GNUe-Common 0.5.1:
+o additional schema generators (mysql, firebird)
+o More Internal restructuring
+o API improvements
+o descriptive trigger system error reports
+o Event system enhancements (dispatchAfter, cache)
+o numeric converters (roman and digits to text)
+o Misc bug fixes
+
+Changes to GNUe-Reports 0.1.2:
+o Postscripts output enhancements
+o Enhanced win32 support
+o Various bugfixes
+
+Changes to GNUe Navigator 0.0.5:
+o Reports support fixed
+o Improved windows support
+
+
+In other news, work on our subproject, GNUe Small Business,
+is still underway. This is a set of business applications
+(inventory, financials, etc) targeted at Small Businesses.
+We are now working with the ARIA project to integrate our
+two efforts. We are actively looking for volunteers to
+assist in this subproject.
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10001
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10001 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10001 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+Title: Welcome to the new site.
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-06-08
+As some of you may be able to tell there have been a few changes around here.
:)
+
+
+
+Click below to see what's in store for you on the new gnue.org.
+
+
+
+We have several goals we're hoping to accomplish with our new setup.
+
+
+
+Foremost, we are wanting to make it easier for us to provide up date news
about GNUe
+
+activities. While GNUe is quite active behind the scenes that activity seldom
made it
+
+to our old home page. This gave the impression the project was dead, which is
far from the fact. The new setup allows us to easily post news and more
importantly get feedback from our vistors. Expect polls in the near future
that will help us focus on areas of GNUe development that are most important to
you, the person that will be using our software.
+
+
+
+We're also wanting to provide up to date news on issues that impact free (and
non-free) software in the business place. Since there's only a few of us and a
lot of net we've selected a system that allows you to submit stories to be
posted on the site (pending moderation of course). So if you've found a bit of
news, or authored an opinion piece or idea that you feel needs shared please
feel free to submit it.
+
+
+
+As with all new systems we're still working through a few kinks here and
there. We hope to soon have everything moved to the new equipment at which
time both www.gnuenterprise.org and www.gnue.org will once again point to the
new server. Until then a few of our links will still reference the older setup.
+
+
+
+Anyway, please take a moment to register an account with us and tell us what
you think of the new site.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10003
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10003 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10003 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Title: Release the Power of the Portal
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-06-11
+CTO's have long been belaboring the point that Portals are the way to put a
singular interface on a corporations disparate datasources. However, this
[article] puts a slightly different spin on things. It explains that just
showing in a web browser multiple types of company data isnt enough. That the
underlying systems really need to talk as well to make things useful. There is
also talk of using portals as collaboration vehicles for enterprises spread out
physically. Many of the items are similar to the development styles found in
the Free Software movement which has produced software like GNULinux.
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10004
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10004 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10004 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Title: JD Edwards and IBM Storm Mid Size Enterprises
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-06-12
+In a strategic move JD Edwards announced they will be bundling their ERP
product with IBM's eServer line. This move will likely bring rather agressive
pricing packed with hardlined cobranding. It appears they are going after the
Compaq/Microsoft duo in the Mid Size Enterprise space. An interesting note is
that these servers could be GNULinux based. You can read more about it [here].
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10005
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10005 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10005 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: Data Junction To Provide GNU|Linux Port
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-06-13
+It appears as though Data Junction, a data integration engine, plans on
providing a GNU|Linux port by Q3 2001. Along with this port will come support
for databases like [here].
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10006
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10006 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10006 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Title: SAP Lays Down Road Map
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-06-14
+There is an interesting
+[article]
+at [infoworld], outlying the
+Keynote speech from SAP's SAPPHIRE users conference. Plattner,
+SAPs CEO, has laid out five key areas: enterprise portals, private
+marketplaces and exchanges, SCM (supply chain management), PLM
+(product life cycle management), and CRM (customer relationship
+management). There was also a tremendous amount of emphasis on
+'openness' and playing nice with other applications. He also
+mentioned that the real effect of the Internet was distributed
+companies worldwide. Will it only be a matter of time before
+they embrace Free/Open software? Their database has already been
+released....
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10007
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10007 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10007 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: Data Quality Critical to Success
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-06-15
+Recently much focus from enterprises has gone into doing Customer Relationship
Management and really putting the power of their past and current customer
information to work. There is an [article] on ZDNet stating how as this
information is more broadly used in a number of systems that its becoming
glaringly obvious that the quality of much of the data is poor. <i>I think
this has long been a problem and often debated, many times it is deemed too
expensive to clean up the data properly. I am curious as to what others are
doing to help insure the integrity of thier data. What are ways we can avoid
these issues in GNU Enterprise?</i>
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10008
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10008 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10008 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+Title: GNU Enterprise Application Server (GEAS) v0.0.5 released!
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-06-16
+The GNU Enterprise team is proud to announce the release of the GNU Enterprise
Application Server (GEAS) version 0.0.5.
+
+
+
+
+
+GEAS lets you define arbitrary persistent business objects and associate
business rules with objects. It communicates with GNUe Forms via a CORBA
interface and manages saving the data in a MySQL or PostgreSQL SQL database.
+
+
+
+
+
+Changes in version 0.0.5 include:
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ * General code cleanup
+
+
+
+ * Profiling support and improved performance
+
+
+
+ * Support for recursive processing of GNUe Class Definition (GCD) files in
the server and in the gcdverifier tool, you can now have a tree of GCD files
+
+
+
+ * Enhancements and bug fixes to the GCD parser
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+You can download GEAS 0.0.5 from the download section of our
+[site]
+
+
+
+as well as from ftp://alpha.gnu.org or one of it's mirrors.
+
+
+
+
+
+This version of GEAS is a stable proof of concept version and is
+
+
+
+being used for special client projects at several firms. Please be
+
+
+
+aware that it's only the application server, and you have to define
+
+
+
+the business objects yourself (of course a few samples come in the
+
+
+
+tarball :) ).
+
+
+
+
+
+Please file any bug reports at [savannah].
+
+
+
+
+
+Thanks,
+
+
+
+The GNU Enterprise Team
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10009
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10009 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10009 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Title: B2B Ready To Break Loose In China With Recent Return To WTO
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-06-20
+There is an interesting [article] that outlines the significance of China
returning to the World Trade Organization. China is by far the largest Asian
market and has been virtually walled off from American businesses due to trade
restrictions. It is a rather different culture than America and it will
interesting to see how American/European Enterprises are able to forge
relationships and penetrate such a vast country. What are your thoughts? Is
this going to directly affect your business?
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10010
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10010 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10010 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+Title: June 20th, 2001 Status Report
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-06-20
+We are trying to make a better effort to disseminate GNUe information. We are
toying with trying to daily IRC recaps or at least a weekly this is where we
are at as a news item. This is the first stab at it, so please be patient and
give feedback on what works and what doesnt. The biggest news is that we have
come to realization that we have enough hands in this thing now and enough
items cooking that we need real roadmaps and some release schedules. This
should help keep people interested in status better informed as well.
+
+The big question is does it compile. The answer is yes it has for some time.
We just werent very good at making that known. GNUe is being used in a few
commerical and educational settings for smaller tasks. Tool by tool breakdown
goes as such:
+
+
+
+<b>GEAS</b>- Much stabilization has occurred and a release happened early this
week of v0.0.5 . There will be some bug fixing and a few data type issues
resolved in next few days and you will see a v0.1.0 release hopefully by end of
next week. At that point GEAS should be in mode that only way it will
realistically grow in correct way is to start making applications like mad with
it. So most of the GEAS team will be focusing on that.
+
+
+
+<b>Forms</b>- Lots of new goodies here. Since v0.0.7 a lot has been gutted
and redone with datasources, tab support, multiple forms and a plethora of
other items have been added. We are WAY over due for a release. Expect one
very soon. After that release will be some bug fixing and then we will tackle
better binding GEAS.
+
+
+
+<b>Reports</b>- Reports has been started and works. It is very simplistic
right now and only exports XML, no transformation is occurring it will be soon
though. We will release reports as soon as our installer is fixed for it, this
should happen in next week or so.
+
+
+
+<b>Designer</b>- Designer showed up out of no where and is just going
+like the energizer bunny. It edits forms and allows you to add widgets,
+it also has a primitive trigger editor. Eventually it will let you edit
+properties etc. Right now it is bundled within forms so will appear in
+forms releases. We are working on breaking into a separate product with
+its own release cycle and version numbers. If you are CVS brave this is
+worth checking out. You can see screenshots
+<a href="../gallery/designer.html>here].
+
+
+
+<b>Integrator</b>- Nothing new to report currently. Still in design phases.
+
+
+
+<b>Bayonne/GNUCOMM</b>- Currently we are working with Bayonne developers to
integrate into GNUe applications before august. Specifically we are looking at
some CRM stuff that is telephony based that interacts with GNUe. Good things
will come of this I promise.
+
+
+
+Now for the applications:
+
+
+
+<b>gnue-config</b>- The base classes, forms, defaults etc for GNUe
applications. This has been waiting on some GEAS features and forms features
to start implementation. It has started to happen though. When GEAS v0.1.0
releases then the GEAS team will work on solidifying this. It will become the
build blocks of the first modules. Some forms are already in CVS for this stuff
as well as default load data.
+
+
+
+<b>SupplyChain/Accounting</b>- We are developing full proposals for
implementation. We expect one or more rudimentary yet useful modules out by
August of this year.
+
+
+
+<b>Other</b>- We are working like mad to get organized, get the new site up,
get ready for tradeshow and avoiding our real lives. : )
+
+
+
+Hopefully this sheds some life and is helpful. If you have questions please
ask them here or direct to the list. Thank you all for showing interest in
GNUe.
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10011
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10011 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10011 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+Title: Perfect Bullseye! Just Wrong Target.
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-06-21
+"Intuit recently revealed that it is developing a new product that it calls a
"work processor." This is effectively a suite of business administration tools
that would automate processes such as managing a sales force, taking customer
orders, recruiting and purchasing."
+
+
+
+The article mentions how "virtually every software vendor or ASP designs for
"simple, cheap, and fast", but forgets that small businesses also expect
flexibility. It must match their business but without the extra cost of
customization if it can be avoided."
+
+
+
+
+
+Read more at:
+
+
+
+
+
+[
+
+http://www.aspnews.com/analysis/analyst_cols/article/0,2350,9921_788011,00.html
+
+]
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10012
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10012 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10012 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Title: GNU Enterprise Featured In Italian Business eZine
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-06-23
+There is a brief [article] about GNUe in an Italian business eZine. It is in
Italian, but describes the benefits of free software, specifically GNUe has in
a business setting. If we have any Italian readers please submit a translation
for us. I am including a babel fish translation below.
+
+I believe there is perhaps more than just this blurb, but you need
registration to get at it, and since I dont speak Italian I cant figure out how
to do that.
+
+<b>Rough Translation</b>
+
+
+
+A modular and completely free, adaptable applicativo managerial to the
specific business requirements and at the same time opened to evolutions and
modernizations processed from one open and international community of
enterprises and programmatori. This is that that the plan open source
GNUenterprise wants to offer to the companies of all the world. GNUenterprise
follows furrows traced from the famous Linux plan that has succeeded in to
produce to an operating system opensource (to code of programming public and
owner) free and highly reliable not cancelling expenses in licences software of
migliaia of entrepreneurs of all the world. From various months a several group
of sviluppatori of countries is collected and worked through the situated
GNUenterprise.org in order to process business applications of book keeping
management, management of customer (CRM) and the human resources. While for
many of these modules the next months will have to be waited for affinch� are
putting
es to disposition in phase of testing, in more narrow times much it will come
instead launch the applicativo serveur. Derek Neighbors, one of the leaders of
the GNUenterprise community, has lively expressed the auspice that whichever
interested company joins to the community for confrontarsi, expressing
requirements and to contribute with the own experiences to test the applicativi
end produced here.
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10013
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10013 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10013 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: I See You, You See Benefits
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-06-25
+A few things that have long been touted as having potential to save
enterprises some loot are voice over IP and Video Conferencing. In the past
video conferencing has been a hassle at best, but have we turned the corner?
Has the technology become stable enough and cheap enough that it will yield
profit saving results? Here is an [article] talking about the changes. We
have implemented a few such solutions, but have found the options using free
software is a bit limiting. So is anyone using video conferencing to save
time and/or money? If so what technologies are you using? Are you happy with
them?
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10014
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10014 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10014 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+Title: New releases of GNUe Forms and GNUe Common
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-06-26
+The GNU Enterprise team is proud to announce the release of the GNUe-Forms
0.0.8 and GNUe-Common 0.0.2
+
+
+
+GNUe-Forms is an XML-based forms system. It will read XML files to create GUIs
for Win32, GTK+, and Curses. It is fully data-aware and can be used in n-tier
environments with GNU Enterprise Application Server (GEAS) or in 2-tier
environments.
+
+
+
+GNUe-Common provides a set of images and classes that GNUe-Forms,
GNUe-Reports, and GNUe-Designer are dependent upon.
+
+
+
+Click Read More below for more information on the releases as well as
information on upcomming releases.
+
+
+
+GNUe-Forms is an XML-based forms system. It will read XML files to create GUIs
for Win32, GTK+, and Curses. It is fully data-aware and can be used in n-tier
environments with GNU Enterprise Application Server (GEAS) or in 2-tier
environments.
+
+
+
+o Migration of more features to the GNUe-Common package
+
+o Enhanced logging, parser, global connection configuration,
+
+o DB2 support, etc
+
+o Forms can now launch other forms
+
+o Import system to allow for gfd libraries
+
+o Notebook tab support
+
+o Updated documentation
+
+o Numerous other enhancements and bug fixes
+
+
+
+GNUe-Common provides a set of images and classes that GNUe-Forms,
GNUe-Reports, and GNUe-Designer are dependent upon. Some of the changes in this
release include
+
+<P>
+
+o Start of conversion to DB-SIG2 std
+
+o Enhanced debug system
+
+o New base application class (GClientApp)
+
+o Provides numerous std features to apps based upon it
+
+o Support for global connection defintion files
+
+o New configuration system (GConfig) added
+
+o Numerous DB system enhancements and DB2 driver added
+
+o xml system supports importing from other files
+
+o Numerous bug fixes
+
+
+
+Both of these releases are targeted at developers willing to install from
source code, no rpms or exes have been made available. Setup support for the
windows platform in GNUe Forms is also currently broken. However a 0.0.9
release will be available shortly which will add support for windows as well as
clean up a few known issues in the code. We're basically wrapping things up
for a stable 0.1.0 release to follow soon after 0.0.9.
+
+You can get tarballs of the code from our
+
+[
+
+Download] area.
+
+
+
+In other news GNUe Designer pre-0.0.1 is now in cvs and is coming along quite
nicely. We're hoping to get it out the door in the near future. You can
checkout our screenshots section to see it in action.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10015
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10015 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10015 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: Oracle 8, 8i Patches Serious Security Holes
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-06-29
+Oracle admits Oracle 8, 8i has security holes and has released patches. You
can read about it [here]. While acknowledging the issues, they refuse to
comment on the severity of them.
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10016
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10016 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10016 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: The Software Industry Is Changing
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-06-29
+[story] on Oracle and reviewing how their world is shifting based on things
happening in the industry. I think that Oracle and Microsoft are two shining
examples of how things in the industry are playing out currently. With the
influx of Open/Free licensing, fed up customers and a weak economy, the days of
upgrade at several hundred dollars a seat every 6 months to a year for marginal
features is over. The question is where will the chips fall. Seems the big
boys are wanting to shift licensing costs into servicers or Application Service
Providers (ASP). However, the public thus far hasnt been biting. So to force
them to bite they are changing all thier software to work only in such
environments. How are you as an Enterprise liking this shift?
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10017
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10017 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10017 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: What free software do you use for your business?
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-07-01
+While there is a large body of free software available for use in business, it
is sometimes difficult to find. We intend to add a section listing various
free software packages that might prove useful to a business. So I'd like to
ask...What free software are you currently using in your business?
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10018
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10018 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10018 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+Title: New Release of Forms, Designer and Common!
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-07-02
+We are proud to release new versions of GNUe Forms and GNUe Common, along with
the debut release of GNUe Designer. This release brings brings back windows
support and solidifies the necessary pieces to move us forward. We are closely
approaching a v0.1.0 release of forms! Be on the look out for reports as well!
+
+
+
+<b>GNUe Forms</b>
+
+
+
+o Windows support now functional again
+
+o Misc bug fixes in code and samples
+
+
+
+<b>GNUe Common</b>
+
+
+
+o Changes to support multi-platform installs
+
+o Changes required by Designer 0.0.1
+
+o Misc bug fixes
+
+
+
+<b>GNUe Designer</b>
+
+
+
+o Initial Release
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10019
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10019 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10019 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: GNUe Starts Process of Becoming Open Source Development Lab Project
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-07-08
+Both GNU Enterprise as a whole and Bayonne, a GNUe sub-project, are in the
process of becoming Open Source Development Lab projects. The [here].
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10020
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10020 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10020 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: Vendors Deeming All Customers Created Equally
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-07-17
+After years of getting 'volume pricing' and other kick backs from vendors, for
the first time Enterprise customers are experiencing the same woes thier
smaller counterparts have for years. Negotiating software licensing has become
more and more difficult as software companies see thier draconian licensing
models crumbling before them. Many Enterprises refuse to pay full price and/or
be held hostage to upgrade demands. There is a good [Free Software]. I wonder
how many GNU Enterprise people are here for such reasons?
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10021
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10021 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10021 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Title: The Bride of ERP: CRM
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-07-18
+An informative <a href="
+
+http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/fe/xml/01/07/16/010716fecrm.xml";>article]
on keys to success with Customer Relationship Management software deployment.
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10022
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10022 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10022 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: Super Computer's Down But Not Out
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-07-19
+There is an interesting [newsforge] about the return of the super computer.
Working for an institution that owns an OS/390, I will say that the momentum
has definitely started to shift. With GNU|Linux getting support on higher end
systems like the OS/390 and with the movement towards good clustering like
BeoWolf and MissionCritical Linux it will be interesting to see where this
trend goes. I hope to do some clustering testing here at work via our internal
users group, has anyone else started to explore this?
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10023
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10023 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10023 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+Title: Please Join Us At Linux World Conference & Expo in San Francisco
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-07-19
+Please join us in San Francisco at [LinuxWorldExpo] August 28th - 20th at
Moscone Center.
+
+
+
+We will be in the .ORG Pavillions in booth 465. We plan on doing a developers
summit, but are still undecided on place and/or times. Please stop by our
booth as Im sure we wont know where and when until we get there as we are on
limited budget and are going to have to have in donated space or at a public
location.
+
+
+
+Many thanks to IBM who has graciously donated hardware for our booth as well
as all GNU Project booths. We will be in attendance of the GNU Birds of a
Feather and will likely speak on it there. Click "Read More" for the details.
We do have free exhibitor passes that we can mail out, please email
address@hidden and we will send them out until our supply is gone. We hope to
see you there!
+
+<b>The GNU and Free Software Foundation</b>
+
+
+
+<b>WHEN:</b> Tuesday, August 28, from 6:00pm-7:30pm
+
+<b>LOCATION:</b> room A1 of the Marriott San Francisco (located adjacent to
the Moscone
+
+Convention Center).
+
+
+
+Given the rising world-wide popularity of GNU/Linux systems, this BoF will be
an
+
+discussion of the past and future of GNU/Linux and GNU/HURD systems, the GNU
+
+project, and Free Software in general. During the first hour, a brief history
+
+of the GNU project and the Free Software Foundation will be given. In
addition,
+
+The goals, the philosophy, and plans for the future of the Free Software
+
+Movement will be presented.
+
+
+
+The second hour will be a GNU/FSF town-hall meeting. Input and discussion from
+
+the community of GNU users and developers are welcome.
+
+
+
+Representatives of the Free Software Foundation will be speaking at this BoF.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10024
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10024 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10024 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Title: Intel Gets Into Supply Chain Game
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-07-23
+Intel starts to show works from its Intel Solution Center (iXL)
+in the form of a collaborative effort to bring Enterprise Solutions
+at a reduced cost to smaller Enterprises. Currently they are
+focusing on small set of vertical markets. You can read more
+[here].
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10025
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10025 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10025 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Title: Small Enterprises Fear Being Left Out In IT Cold
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-07-23
+There is an interesting [computer weekly]. I think it holds a lot of truth.
Small Enterprises are adopting the Internet and technology quite a bit in my
experience. However, few if any actually utilize it. As a consultant I am
always amazed at how small enterprises have paid decent money for computers,
connectivity and Internet access but take almost ZERO advantage of it.
+
+
+
+I would like to see GNU Enterprise helping change this by offerring solutions
and experienced computer professionals to aide the small and growing enterprise
into all they can be. There is a lot to be gained by leveraging technology, it
just doesnt happen very often.
+
+
+
+If you are a small business and would like to put technology to your
advantage, please email address@hidden We are actively looking for good case
studies for GNU Enterprise.
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10026
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10026 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10026 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: Gartner Warns Dont Over Spend on Application Servers
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-08-22
+There is a good [Gartner] finding on middleware (application servers). They
explain how most Enterprises dont understand the technology and that they get
lost in the buzzwords of J2EE and EJB and other items. In that confusion
vendors take advantage of them and end up spending a lot more money than they
need to. I found it VERY interesting that Gartner suggested seeing if you
already have the technology before you buy it (though they allude specifically
to Microsoft) or that you use FREE alternatives. For those looking for free
solutions, I will shamelessly plug our very own GNU Enterprise Application
Server.
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10027
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10027 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10027 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Title: Another Enterprise Project
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-08-22
+I'm glad you to introduce with yet another enterprise project - [E/AS]. Our
efforts are assigned to create an open enterprise framework based on well-known
industry standards.
+
+
+
+You are welcomed to visit our site at [http://eas.lrn.ru] (it is in English,
and quite in initial state, but you can place your bookmark to track our
process).
+
+
+
+<b>Welcome!</b>
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10028
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10028 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10028 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Title: GNU Enterprise Application Server 0.0.6 released
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-08-25
+We are proud to announce the release 0.0.6 of the GNU Enterprise Application
Server (GEAS).
+
+GEAS, one of the foundations of the GNUe project, provides a means for
managing and deploying multi-tier business applications. Its architecture
encourages reusability and easy maintenance by presenting data as objects and
business logic as methods to clients written in several popular programming
languages.
+
+Release 0.0.6 is not ready for production use - as you could guess from the
version number. The main reason for this release is that we have changed gcd
syntax since 0.0.5. So if you want to develop GNUe Class Definitions (gcd's),
we recommend that you update to 0.0.6.
+
+You can download GEAS 0.0.6 from [here].
+
+Please send problem and bug reports to address@hidden
+
+
+
+Thanks,
+
+the GEAS team
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10029
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10029 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10029 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Title: Financial Industry Says Good Bye To Force Fed Standards
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-09-10
+[article] on the standardization of financial formats particularly using XML
techonologies. I am amazed that business people are starting to 'vividly' put
things in perspective. Such as this quote, "Companies like Reuters realize
that they can no longer shove their proprietary standards down customers'
throats." and more importantly that writers are reporting on it. Im curious
what are the biggest 'vendor standards' that are impeding your business
currently? EDI jumps to mind for me, but how about the rest of us?
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10030
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10030 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10030 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Title: Lutris Drops From Enhydra Enterprise Development
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-09-15
+Here at GNU Enterprise we have taken much heat for not supporting
+j2ee and java technologies. We have long stated that as long as Sun
+is in control that there is not acceptable freedom. A few j2ee
+application servers have risen up like
+[jboss] and
+[enhydra]. We often are asked
+why GNU continues to write its own non java/j2ee based application
+server. We warn of the freedoms that are given up by using such
+licensed technologies and often people leave frustrated that we are
+being fanatical or difficult. It is with much sadness that I have
+to report that [Lutris] has
+finally seen how difficult it can to be change the 'owner' of Java
+and J2EE's mind. They have essentially
+[pulled]
+support for Enhydra Enterprise because of legal issues.
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10031
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10031 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10031 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+Title: GNUe Bayonne 7th Major Version Released
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-10-14
+The Bayonne Telephony Application server for GNUe releases its 7th major
version and solidifies relationship with Open Source Development Labs (OSDL)
for major Enterprise hardware testing facilities! Please read the full press
release below.
+
+<h5>7th Major Release of GNU Bayonne Announced by Maintainer</h5>
+
+
+Today I am announcing the 7th major release of GNU Bayonne for developing
+
+free software based telephony application services.
+
+
+
+Using a commodity PC platform running GNU/Linux and multi-line telephony
+
+hardware available from numerous vendors, GNU Bayonne has already been
+
+used to create and deploy commercial voice applications that interface
+
+with the public telephone network. Such applications can include basic
+
+services like Voice Mail, as well as web integrated voice commerce
+
+(v-commerce) and customer relations management systems. GNU Bayonne
+
+will offer scalability to support deployment of carrier grade enhanced
+
+services under free operating systems.
+
+
+
+This new version provides improved support for building digital telephony
+
+services and applications under free software by adding support for CAPI
+
+based BRI cards. An important contributor in this effort has been Kai
+
+Germaschewski, who is better known for his work related to ISDN4Linux and
+
+CAPI4Linux.
+
+
+
+GNU Bayonne also supports Voicetronix hardware, which offers low cost
+
+multi-post analog DSP telephony cards. Voicetronix was the first
+
+telephony card vendor to release their drivers and api under the GPL,
+
+supporting the GNU Bayonne project from the start.
+
+
+
+We continue to support the Quicknet telephony cards and the Linux kernel
+
+standard "/dev/phone" interface, as well as analog and some digital
+
+telephony cards from Intel. Work on various other telephony cards and
+
+support for next generation IP based telephony networks are also in
+
+progress.
+
+
+
+To broaden GNU Bayonne's support for high density telephony applications
+
+for use in building carrier class applications, Open Source Development
+
+Labs ([http://www.osdl.org]) has agreed to host a digital telephony test and
+
+development facility. This facility is remotely accessible to all those
+
+interested in developing and demonstrating GNU Bayonne's support for
+
+carrier class telephony applications. Those interested simply need apply
+
+as a lab "associate". Further information can be found at their site.
+
+
+
+GNU Bayonne and all related non-hardware specific software needed for
+
+building and running it may be found at the GNU ftp site
+
+([ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu]). Individual drivers and telephony hardware
+
+related libraries are provided directly from the respective vendors. All
+
+information about GNU Bayonne may be found at
+
+[http://www.gnu.org/software/bayonne].
+
+
+
+GNU Bayonne is a standard package in the GNU project and is also part of
+
+the broader GNU and free Telephony effort that is directed under GNUCOMM
+
+([http://www.gnue.org/]). GNU Bayonne is also used as a part
+
+of GNU Enterprise ([http://www.gnue.org]). In addition to supporting
+
+GNU/Linux, we are looking to make GNU Bayonne available under FreeBSD and
+
+GNU/HURD.
+
+
+
+For further information, please contact David Sugar <address@hidden>.
+
+
+
+About the Free Software Foundation:
+
+
+
+The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting
+
+computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute
+
+computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as
+
+in freedom) software---particularly the GNU operating system (used widely
+
+today in its GNU/Linux variant)--- and free documentation. The FSF also
+
+helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of freedom
+
+in the use of software. Their web site, located at [http://www.gnu.org], is
+
+an important source of information about GNU/Linux. They are
+
+headquartered in Boston, MA, USA
+
+
+
+About GNUCOMM, the GNU Telephony Project:
+
+
+
+GNUCOMM, a subsystem of GNU, provides free software solutions to common
+
+telecommunications problems. GNUCOMM will free users of voicemail, PBX,
+
+and call-center applications from reliance on the proprietary software
+
+that currently dominates such telephony equipment. The system aims to be
+
+scalable and configurable enough to allow end-users to develop their own
+
+telecommunications systems with little or no special knowledge of
+
+GNUCOMM's internals. GNUCOMM will support both VoIP and PSTN interfaces,
+
+as well as interfaces to existing phone systems. GNUCOMM will scale from
+
+individual user installations to carrier-class sites. The website of
+
+GNUCOMM is located at [http://www.gnu.org/software/gnucomm/gnucomm.html].
+
+
+
+About GNU Enterprise:
+
+
+
+GNUe aims to provide a suite of tools and applications for solving the
+
+specific needs of the enterprise. GNUe will handle the needs of any size
+
+business, including applications for human resources, accounting, customer
+
+relationship management, project management, supply chain and e-commerce.
+
+GNUe is a free software project developed by volunteer software developers
+
+worldwide. The website of GNU Enterprise is
+
+[http://www.gnu.org/projects/gnue/].
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10032
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10032 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10032 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+Title: Need, a test for memory speed
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-10-23
+We have an IBM SP (which are are group of RS 6000s strung together). We have 2
identical nodes with 4 gigs of ram each. The memory on node one is from a
different vendor. We need to test memory speeds and compare between the nodes.
Any ideas or solutions?
+
+
+
+If so please get back with me asap.
+
+
+
address@hidden
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Joseph Lumpkin
+
+
+
+Colsa Corp
+
+
+
+AIT project / Missile defense
+
+
+
+www.ait-dstars.com
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10033
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10033 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10033 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Title: How to install on Linux ?!
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-11-05
+Hi, i'am new to GNU Enterprise and planig to use it on my (Mandrake 8.1) linux
computer. I looked everywhere to find som install instructions but didn't find
any. So How do I install GNU Enterprise ?
+
+
+
+some one with time to write a "Beginner Guide" ? or some link to Install
instructions ?
+
+
+
+thks
+
+
+
+Claus
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10034
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10034 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10034 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+Title: GNUe Kernel Cousins
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-11-05
+GNUe Kernel Cousins is now online.
+
+
+
+[
+
+
+
+http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/index.html]
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Kernel Cousins is a project to summarise the mailing list discussions on
various GNU project mailing lists that are "cousins" to the main Kernel. In the
case of GNUe, it also includes the IRC discussions from the #gnuenterprise
channel.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Many thanks to Zack Brown for his patience and assistance in getting this all
set up, and to Jeff Bailey for persuading me to volunteer.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Comments/boquets/brickbats to the usual address...
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10035
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10035 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10035 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Title: I like GNUe.
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-11-13
+great! great! great! <-- zll_sy submitted this. I liked it so Im going with
it. :) I wanted to point out a story anyhow on [here].
+
+Here is a snip:
+
+<i>
+
+The bottom line is this: You know your business. You are responsible for your
business. You need control over your business. If you use software products to
meet your business objectives, that is wonderful. <b>But if these products keep
you from implementing your business plans, something is gravely wrong.</b>
+
+</i>
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10036
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10036 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10036 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Title: KC GNUe & Updates
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-11-13
+There is another KC GNUe out located <A
href="http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20011110_2.html";>here].
+
+
+
+The GNUe Team has been preparing for a new release of GNUe Forms, GNUe
Designer and GNUe Common that will bring about lots of new goodies and a 0.1.0
release!!!! There has been much toil and testing going on, but the good news
for those with windows client is the hold back has been the preparation of a
one click install on windows a la 'setup.exe' that will install the whole ball
of wax including dependencies. Of course the team is looking for someone
willing to maintain this beast once its released. Any takers email
address@hidden
+
+
+
+GNUe Reports and GComm within GNUe Common have also been receiving some
attention as of late, we are looking to formalize a 'reporting standard' for
GNUe Reports so if you have an opinion on reporting I suggest you speak up. :)
For those not knowing GComm will be an abstraction to RPC. It is common to see
abstractions from databases, we see value in abstraction in RPC, so one can use
XML-RPC, CORBA, SOAP, DCOM you name it and not have to rearchitect the world.
+
+
+
+The last tidbit I would like to throw out is that work with [DCL] is still
going nicely. Many of the mods necessary for contact management w/in GNUe have
been made to the DCL tree and we continue to progress in that area.
+
+
+
+-Derek
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10037
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10037 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10037 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Title: Kernel Cousins GNUe 3 now out
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-11-17
+Title says it all, really, except for a reminder of the URL :
[http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/latest.html]. Many thanks to Zack Brown for all his
help with this.
+
+
+
+Zack has also set up two mailing lists : kcgnueannounce, which has new issue
announcements and kcgnuedistrib, which has the new issues themselves. You can
subscribe to either of these at [http://kt.zork.net/lists.html].
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10038
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10038 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10038 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Title: Can We Survive Without Being Paid?
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-11-19
+I have been following a columnist on [second one] now. This one speaks to the
FUD often spread that because free software developers are not 'reimbursed'
often that free software will not survive. We are lucky enough with GNU
Enterprise to have people paid directly full time, directly part time, or
indirectly part time, or as consultants to work with GNUe and other free
software. If you are making money writing Free Software or Consulting with
Free Software share you successes with us here. If you havent been able to
successfully do this, please share your failures as well. :)
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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@@ -0,0 +1,325 @@
+Title: Status of GNUe Reports
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-11-19
+GNUe Reports has seen a lot of activity in the last few months. We are nearing
our initial release. In light of the 0.1.0 release of Forms, Designer, and
Common, I thought a status report would be in order.
+
+<h5>Overview of Reports:</h5>
+
+
+
+Reports is composed of three "modules":
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ * The Reports Engine:
+
+
+
+ This module (and it is literally a Python module :) is responsible for
parsing an XML-based report definition, connecting to the datasources via
GNUe-Common, and converting the results to a developer-specified XML format
(as defined in the Report Definition.) This module is the backbone of
GNUe-Reports (and hopefully GNUe Integrator, once development on it starts).
The Reports Engine is basically a database-to-XML translation engine with a lot
of nifty features to make the translations as easy, and versatile, as possible.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ * The Reports Server:
+
+
+
+ This module (yet to be completed -- see the notes below) maintains a cache
of Reports Engines and exposes the Reports Engine's methods to the public via
GNUe-Common's RPC abstraction (see description below).
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ * The Reports Client:
+
+
+
+ This module (also yet to be completed) calls the Reports Server via one of
GNUe-Common's RPC methods. A client can be run via the command line, or other
tools, such as GNUe Forms, can act as a Reports client.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h5>Status</h5>
+
+
+
+What reports can do now:
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ * Reports fully utilizes the GNUe-Common package, which means it supports
all major relational databases.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ * Reports does not use any platform-specific code, so it should run on any
system that GNUe-Common and Python runs on. (Note: [1] it has only been tested
on Linux to date; [2] even though GNUe-Common runs on most platforms, the
database driver you need may not!)
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ * Reports does not currently have a working server/daemon interface.
However, a command-line tool, grrun, does create a temporary Reports Engine.
This means that you can currently run reports from the command line using
single instances of the engine.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ * Reports supports runtime sort options. Basicially, this means a report
designer can create a variety of methods in which a report can be sorted and
give each method an id. When running the report, the user can pass this id to
the report and this will determine how the report will be sorted.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ * Reports supports runtime parameters that can be dynamically placed in the
datasource's where clause at runtime.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ * Reports supports banding, or grouping, of datasources. Basically, this
means if you have a set of rows like such:
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Joe Cool's Blues, Winton Marsalis, Track 1, Linus & Lucy
+
+
+
+ Joe Cool's Blues, Winton Marsalis, Track 2, Buggy Ride
+
+
+
+ Joe Cool's Blues, Winton Marsalis, Track 3, Peppermint Patty
+
+
+
+ Joe Cool's Blues, Winton Marsalis, Track 4, On Peanuts Playground
+
+
+
+ Voice of an Angel, Charlotte Church, Track 1, Pie Jesu
+
+
+
+ Voice of an Angel, Charlotte Church, Track 2, Panis Angelicus
+
+
+
+ Voice of an Angel, Charlotte Church, Track 3, In Trutina
+
+
+
+ Voice of an Angel, Charlotte Church, Track 4, Danny Boy
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Reports can group them into a format such as this:
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Joe Cool's Blues by Winton Marsalis
+
+
+
+ Track 1 Linus & Lucy
+
+
+
+ Track 2 Buggy Ride
+
+
+
+ Track 3 Peppermint Patty
+
+
+
+ Track 4 On Peanuts Playground
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Voice of an Angel by Charlotte Church
+
+
+
+ Track 1 Pie Jesu
+
+
+
+ Track 2 Panis Angelicus
+
+
+
+ Track 3 In Trutina
+
+
+
+ Track 4 Danny Boy
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ and even run aggregate functions at various levels.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+What Reports will do "Real Soon" (hopefully by the premiere release):
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ * Reports can output any form of XML. However, we are trying to formalize
the GNUe reporting format so that all of our packaged apps will use a common
XML format. This will allow us to write some nifty XML-to-whatever translators
and convert our report output to text, PS, PDF, HTML, spreadsheet formats, etc,
etc, etc.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ * We are working on an RPC abstraction layer in GNUe-Common. This interface
will allow us to export our methods in a variety of ways (via CORBA, XML-RPC,
SOAP, etc.)
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ As soon as this is functional, Reports will become a Server-based
application and grrun will become a command-line client to this server.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ * Basic summary functions (field aggregate functions such as Sum, Count,
Average, etc.) Work has started on this, but is not fully debugged.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Short-term Goals for Reports (hopefully within 6 months):
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ * Add trigger/event support to do complex summaries, etc.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Long Term Goals for Reports:
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ * The Reports engine will hopefully be a base for the GNUe Integrator tool.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h5>Final Notes</h5>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Please do not ask for timelines on when various reporting features will be
completed. This is a volunteer project and, as such, a timeline is nothing
more than guesswork. However, several GNUe core developers need a reports
application as soon as possible, so this project is actively being worked on.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+-- Jason
+
+
+
+
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+Title: New Releases of Forms, Designer, and Common (0.1.0)
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-11-21
+The GNU Enterprise team is proud to announce the release of GNUe-Forms 0.1.0,
GNUe-Designer 0.1.0, and GNUe-Common 0.1.0.
+
+
+
+
+
+GNUe-Forms is a platform and UI-independent forms system. It reads an
XML-based forms definition and creates GUIs for Win32, GTK, and, soon, Curses
and HTML. It has a fully data-aware widget set and can be used in both 2-tier
and n-tier environments.
+
+
+
+GNUe-Designer is the IDE for the GNUe tools. It allows you to visually layout
your forms in a RAD-style environment. Designer has a builtin forms client, so
you can quickly test your forms while still in Designer. Designer also now has
support for form creation wizards... answer a few questions, attach your form
to a table, select the fields to include, and, voila, a basic form is created.
+
+
+
+GNUe-Common is the basis for the GNUe tools, such as Forms, Reports, and
Designer. It implements a database-abstraction layer that provides support for
most major databases. A builtin XML-to-Object parser and Object-to-XML
marshaller are used by Forms, Reports, and Designer to save and read
Forms/Report definitions to and from an XML file. Work has begun on an
RPC-abstraction layer that will allow server processes to define their public
methods once and have them available to CORBA, XML-RPC, SOAP, and DCOM clients.
+
+
+
+
+
+All of these releases are targeted at developers. The three products are
available in source form from our website at http://www.gnue.org/
+
+
+
+For the first time, we also have Windows installers that include all the basic
dependencies -- you only have to download a single setup.exe! The Installers
include support for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and ODBC.
+
+GNUe-Forms 0.1.0, Designer 0.1.0, and Common 0.1.0 have been tested and are
known to run on:
+
+
+
+o GNU/Linux (RedHat 6.x/7.x, Debian 2.x, Slackware 8.0, ...)
+
+o Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT
+
+o Solaris 8.0
+
+o FreeBSD 4.x
+
+
+
+
+
+Changes to GNUe-Forms 0.1.0:
+
+o Removed Python 1.5.2 support. (Python 2.x is now required.)
+
+o Numerous performance improvements
+
+o Migration to new GNUe common data driver model:
+
+o Most major databases are now databases supported (See below)
+
+o Master/detail support has been fine-tuned
+
+o Suport for a new trigger/event: "On-Print"
+
+o Support for Win32 platforms (binary installer)
+
+o Numerous bug fixes
+
+
+
+
+
+Changes to GNUe-Designer 0.1.0:
+
+o Added support for new features in GNUe-Forms 0.1.0.
+
+o Includes Wizard support/Automatic form generation. Wizards are simple Python
scripts that conform to a basic design. A sample wizard is included.
+
+o The tree-view now shows icons.
+
+o Reorder-by-location added (Changes the tab-order based on screen position)
+
+o Added support for "deprecated" attributes. If your form already uses a
deprecated attribute, Designer will still let you use it. However, Designer
will not let you create a new form with the deprecated attribute.
+
+o First attempt at mouse support for positioning widgets
+
+o Support for Win32 platform (binary installer)
+
+o Startup warnings dialogs
+
+o Many bug fixes and performance enhancements
+
+o Persistant session information -- Designer remembers the state (window
sizes, position, etc) from the last session and restores them when Designer is
re-opened.
+
+
+
+
+
+Changes to GNUe-Common 0.1.0:
+
+o New Database/Backend Support (Not all tested)
+
+o DB2, Informix, Ingres, Interbase, ODBC, Oracle,
+
+o PostgreSQL (pygresql, popy, pypgsql, psycopg)
+
+o MySQL, SAP-DB, Sybase, SQL-Relay
+
+o Changes required by newer forms, reports, and designer
+
+o Start of RPC abstraction support
+
+o Start of support for Formatting Masks
+
+o Misc bug fixes and enhancements
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+In other news, GNUe-Reports is coming along nicely in CVS. Expect to see a
release "Real Soon." Also, an HTML UI driver for Forms is well underway in CVS
(thanks madlocke!). This driver runs on top of Webware (http://webware.sf.net.)
Also, trigger/event support is being reworked and hopefully plans for it will
be finalized soon.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Title: Kernel Cousins GNUe #4 now out
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-11-25
+The latest weekly summary of the mailing lists and IRC channel is now
available at
+
+
+
+[
+
+
+
+http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20011124_4.html].
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10042
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+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10042 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: Sorry for the down time....
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-11-29
+We apologize for the intermittent down time during the past two days. An
debian upgrade caused some unstableness, that required some fixing that wasnt
able to be done remotely, so we experienced poor connectivity on and off during
past two days. Things should be well once again, please note we did have some
DNS issues as well, they should be resolved, but if for any reason you
experience problems with the site, cvs, mailing lists, etc please assume we do
not know the problem exists and email address@hidden Thanks to all who help
make GNUe such a great project to contribute too.
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10043
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10043 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10043 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,590 @@
+Title: HR Proposals by Mark Smith
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-12-02
+Figured we should start posting proposals here as well. Since we have a text
copy of this proposal I am going to past so you can read by clicking Read
More/Comments. However, you can find online also at
+
+<A href="http://www.gnuenterprise.org/~neilt/GNUe_HR_Package.txt";>
+
+http://www.gnuenterprise.org/~neilt/GNUe_HR_Package.txt]. Mark thank you for
your contribution.
+
+GNU Enterprise -
+
+Human Resources Package Proposal
+
+
+
+ Mark H Smith
+
+
+
+
+
+ GNU Enterprise - Human Resources Package Proposal
+
+by Mark H Smith <Br>
+
+Published (to be added)<Br>
+
+Copyright (c) 2001 by Free Software Foundation <Br>
+
+Copyright (c) 2000 Free Software Foundation<Br>
+
+Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under
the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later
version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections,
with no Front-Cover Texts and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license
is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
+
+
+
+
+
+Chapter 1. Introduction
+
+
+
+1.1. Description
+
+This document describes a proposed architecture for the GNUe Human
+
+Resources Package.
+
+
+
+1.1.1. Source of Information
+
+This document is a first draft. There is no previous source
+
+documentation.
+
+
+
+1.1.2. Version
+
+This introduction is $Revision: (to be added) It is a preliminary draft
+
+proposal for discussion purposes only. The business requirements may
+
+not be complete, and could use further discussion. The forms and
+
+reports have not been started. Further business objects may be needed.
+
+
+
+1.1.3. Purpose of Document
+
+The purpose of this document is to define the scope of the modules in
+
+the Human Resources Package. If any terms in this document are unclear
+
+please let me know. I will update the glossary.
+
+
+
+1.1.4. Definition of GNUe Human Resources Package
+
+The Human Resources Package encompasses all of the transactions
+
+required to manage a company or organization's employees. This includes
+
+the functions of personnel, payroll, posts, recruitment, succession
+
+planning and training management. The Human Resources Package does not
+
+include resource planning, time and expenses, or project management
+
+modules. These are related modules to HR, but are provided in the
+
+separate Project Management Package (I suggest).
+
+
+
+1.1.5. Scope of initial GNUe Human Resources Package Functionality<bR>
+
+The first version of the Human Resources Package will be a proof of
+
+concept package. As such it will have limited functionality. However,
+
+the modules and objects developed for the initial package need to be
+
+designed with an awareness of the needs of likely future enhancements
+
+and industry specific implementations. Some of the HR applications
+
+need to reflect the legal and contractual conditions of the country in
+
+which a person is employed. Consequently, some modules in the base
+
+package may not be of practical use by themselves - national templates
+
+will be needed for each country in which the module is used. It is
+
+important that the first package have a solid design. To distribute the
+
+work and assure a sound design we need to decide what functionality
+
+will go into the initial scope and what will go into future scope.
+
+
+
+1.1.6. Scope of Future GNUe Human Resources Package Functionality
+
+Future functionality describes requirements slated for a future version
+
+of GNUe. These requirements may appear in either standard GNUe
+
+functionality or in industry packages.
+
+
+
+1.1.7. Initial modules for the Human Resources Package
+
+This document will lay the general groundwork for modules in the Human
+
+Resources package. Each Module definition below contains a list of
+
+Business Requirements, Business Objects, and External Objects. The
+
+Business Requirements are the general business functionality that the
+
+module will support. The Business Objects are the objects whose
+
+definition is managed and controlled by the respective module. External
+
+Objects are interfaces to objects managed and controlled by other
+
+Module definitions. No attempt has been made to create an object
+
+structure in this document. That is the responsibility of the module
+
+developers. For example the 'Applicant' business object may be related
+
+to a general 'Person' business object. It is also assumed that the
+
+requirements stated here will change as the Modules are defined and or
+
+refactored.
+
+
+
+1.1.8. Glossary
+
+
+
+HR\t\tHuman Resources, i.e. managing employees.
+
+
+
+FTE\t\tFull Time Equivalent, i.e. the hours or salary that a part
+
+ time employee would work/earn if they were employed full time.
+
+
+
+PSA\t\tProfessional Services Automation, i.e. project planning,
+
+ resource management, time-recording .
+
+
+
+
+
+Chapter 2. Personnel Module
+
+
+
+2.1. Requirements
+
+This chapter is (version details to be added).
+
+
+
+2.1.1. Personnel Module Business Requirements
+
+
+
+1. To originate and maintain the personal details relevant to
+
+employment.
+
+
+
+2. To originate and maintain employment contract details.
+
+
+
+3. Optionally, to maintain employee job and department details, as a
+
+simple alternative to implementing the Posts module (Large
+
+organisations with complex HR requirements are more likely to require
+
+the Posts module than are small organisations with simpler HR
+
+requirements).
+
+
+
+2.1.2. Future Requirements
+
+
+
+The following items will be implemented in a future version of this
+
+module. They may be implemented in the national template, or be added
+
+via an industry specific add on.
+
+
+
+1. To originate and maintain absence details.
+
+
+
+2. To originate and maintain disciplinary details.
+
+
+
+3. To originate and maintain health and safety details.
+
+
+
+4. Contract Details based on Scales/Grades/Spine Points
+
+
+
+2.1.3. Business Objects
+
+
+
+The following Business Objects are defined and maintained by this module.
+
+* employee
+
+* contract
+
+* emergency contact
+
+* next of kin
+
+* beneficiary (e.g. a child receiving a parent's pension)
+
+* former employer
+
+
+
+The 'employee' business object inherits definitions from the Base
+
+Package 'employee' business object (Base Package Proposal, Chapter
+
+Four), and adds data and methods that are needed for Personnel use.
+
+Additionally, it is likely that a national template will be essential
+
+for all implementations of the Personnel Module, to deal with items
+
+such as Social Security Number (US), National Insurance Number (UK),
+
+etc.
+
+
+
+The 'contract' business object defines all the data and methods
+
+relating to the employment contract between the employee and employer.
+
+An employee can have a history of different contracts with the same
+
+employer, or can have more than one contract simultaneously (e.g. two
+
+part-time jobs).
+
+
+
+The 'emergency contact', 'next of kin', and 'beneficiary' business
+
+objects inherit definitions from the Base Package 'person' business
+
+object.
+
+
+
+The 'former employer' business object inherits definitions from the
+
+Base Package 'organization' business object.
+
+
+
+2.1.4. Forms
+
+
+
+Starter
+
+
+
+Amendment
+
+
+
+Leaver
+
+
+
+2.1.5. Reports
+
+
+
+1. Employee List.
+
+
+
+2. Starter List
+
+
+
+3. Leaver List
+
+
+
+2.1.6. Business Rules
+
+* None
+
+
+
+2.1.7. Business Object Definition
+
+This section may need reviewing.
+
+
+
+module personnel
+
+{
+
+
+
+
+
+ #---------------------------------------------------
+
+ # employee - personal details relating to employment
+
+ #---------------------------------------------------
+
+ class employee:person::name_prefix, name_suffix, address, employee
+
+ {
+
+ char\t\tpersonal_number<25>;
+
+ date\t\tdate_of_birth;
+
+ char\t\tsex_code<8>;
+
+ char\t\tformer_name<25>;
+
+ char\t\tmarital_status_code<8>;
+
+ date\t\tdate_of_starting;
+
+ date\t\tdate_of_leaving;
+
+ char\t\treason_for_leaving_code<8>;
+
+ date\t\tdate_of_retirement;
+
+ date\t\tdate_of_death;
+
+ char\t\tprevious_service; #years/months/days - base package unit module?
+
+ char\t\tnationality_code<8>;
+
+ char\t\tethnicity_code<8>;
+
+ char\t\treligion_code<8>;
+
+ date\t\tid_card_issue_date;
+
+ char\t\tmedical_check_completed_code<8>;
+
+ date\t\tmedical_check_date;
+
+ char\t\tpolice_check_completed_code<8>;
+
+ date\t\twork_permit_expiry_date;
+
+ char\t\tsocial security number/national insurance number/etc.; #this may
need the national template to implement. Each country will have its own
validation rules
+
+ };
+
+
+
+
+
+ #--------------------------------------------
+
+ # contract - employment contract details
+
+ #--------------------------------------------
+
+ class contract
+
+ {
+
+ char\t\tcontract_number<25>;
+
+ char\t\tjob_code<8>; #to link to posts module
+
+ char\t\tjob_title<25>; #if posts module not in use
+
+ date\t\tcontract_start_date;
+
+ date\t\tcontract_expected_end_date;
+
+ date\t\tcontract_actual_end_date;
+
+ char\t\treason_contract_end_code;
+
+ char\t\tcontract_status_code<8>; #perm, temp, etc.
+
+ int\t\tcontract_hours_per_week;
+
+ int\t\tannual_salary;
+
+ int\t\thourly_rate;
+
+ };
+
+
+
+
+
+ #--------------------------------------------
+
+ # contact - emergency contact details
+
+ #--------------------------------------------
+
+ class contact:person::name_prefix, name_suffix, address, employee
+
+ {
+
+ char\t\tcontact_number<25>;
+
+ char\t\trelationship_code<8>;
+
+ };
+
+
+
+
+
+ #--------------------------------------------
+
+ # next of kin - nok details
+
+ #--------------------------------------------
+
+ class next_of_kin:person::name_prefix, name_suffix, address, employee
+
+ {
+
+ char\t\tnext_of_kin_number<25>;
+
+ char\t\trelationship_code<8>;
+
+ };
+
+
+
+
+
+ #--------------------------------------------
+
+ # beneficiary - beneficiary details
+
+ #--------------------------------------------
+
+ class beneficiary:person::name_prefix, name_suffix, address, employee
+
+ {
+
+ char\t\trelationship_code<8>;
+
+ };
+
+
+
+
+
+ #--------------------------------------------
+
+ # former employer - details
+
+ #--------------------------------------------
+
+ class former_employer:organization::organization, contact,address
+
+ {
+
+ char\t\tformer_employer_number<25>;
+
+ char\t\tformer_job_title<25>;
+
+ };
+
+};
+
+
+
+
+
+Chapter 3. Payroll Module
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Chapter 4. Posts Module
+
+
+
+
+
+Chapter 5. Recruitment Module
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Chapter 6. Succession Planning Module
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Chapter 7. Training Management Module
+
+
+
+
+
+I. Appendixes
+
+Table of Contents
+
+A. GNU General Public License
+
+B. GNU Free Documentation License
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Title: GNU Enterprise Merchandise Available
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-12-02
+Based on the poll information it looks like selling GNUe merchandise wouldn't
allow for any signifcant revenue to retire off of, but it might help in
covering the cost of producing CD's and other marketing information. ; ) Not
to mention the stuff would help a good geek look great and be the envy of all
their geek friends. So just in time for Christmas wishlists we have opened up
a shop in which you can donate to GNUe/Free Software Foundation at [Geek Goods].
+
+
+
+Please let us know what you think and what you might like to see if its not
there.
+
+
+
+
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+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10045 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Title: GNue Kernel Cousins #5 is out
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-12-03
+[http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20011201_5.html] is where it's at.
+
+
+
+Note there is also a mailing list that you can join that will automatically
e-mail with the URL when a new issue is out, or e-mail the entire KC. See
+
+
+
+[
+
+
+
+http://kt.zork.net/lists.html] for more details.
+
+
+
+
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+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10046 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Title: GNUe Kernel Cousins #6 now out
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-12-10
+KC GNUe #6 by Peter Sullivan
+
+
+
+is at [http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20011208_6.html]
+
+
+
+This Cousin no longer covers the #gnuenterprise IRC channel, as the workload
from the volume of discussion was proving impractical. However, a great deal of
development discussion is still going on in IRC. You can find #gnuenterprise on
irc.openprojects.net:6667, or you can review the logs at
[http://www.gnuenterprise.org/irc-logs/].
+
+
+
+
+
+We are currently thinking through some possible ways of doing "group author"
on IRC logs - if there are several people out there who might be willing to
contribute, say, one or two threads a week, then let me know].
+
+
+
+
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10047 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10047 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Title: GNUe Kernel Cousin #7
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-12-17
+KC GNUe #7
+
+
+
+by <A href="mailto:address@hidden";>Peter Sullivan]
+
+
+
+
+
+is at
+
+
+
+[http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20011215_7.html]
+
+
+
+Enjoy!
+
+
+
+
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+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10048 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: GNUe Kernel Cousin #8
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-12-27
+GNUe Kernel Cousin #8 is at [http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20011222_8.html].
+
+
+
+
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+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10049 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+Title: Manufacturers and Suppliers Discover Symbiotic Relationship
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2001-12-28
+There is a [Infoworld] about Supply Chain Collaboration. I found the report
to be interesting and wanted to get some feedback from the GNUe community.
Below I will give links and summaries to the various articles with some
comment. One of the goals of moving to a weblog format was to help owners,
analysts, programmers and customers better collaborate on the issues facing
enterprises to improve the experience of all involved. So I look forward to
everyone's comments.
+
+The premise of the special report is as follows:
+
+Manufacturers and suppliers are looking to ditch their adversarial
relationship and focus on collaboration. Better information is the lifeblood of
these new business pacts. Advanced planning, supplier relationship management,
and supplier portals are paving the way for supply-chain collaboration.
+
+
+
+<b>[Collaboration To The Rescue]</b>
+
+This is an overview of a solution by a military contractor to provide
documents following Sept. 11th, where they had to circumvent their normal
communications method (federal express) because air traffic ceased operation.
+
+I think most of this story is fluff, but I think that it highlights a part of
GNUe that I would like to see developed and that is a 'document delivery'
solution that fully integrates with GNUe Reports, GNUe Workflow and GNUe
Docustore.
+
+There are several enterprises that use this type of functionality daily
including mortgage companies, doctor's (medical records), realtors, lawyers and
other 'contract' based enterprises.
+
+
+
+<b>[Supply Chain Collaboration]</b>
+
+I think this is probably the best article in the bunch. It starts by showing
that manufacturers and suppliers are moving from advesaries to partners through
collaboration, adopting the 'collaborative commerce' paradigm. It alludes that
this change benefits the 'customer' and that it has evloved (and continues to
evolve) because the customer 'wont't settle for things they used to settle for'.
+
+It highlights how Sears is doing 'performance' analysis on its suppliers and
doing real time alerts. Both items we should be addressing in GNUe. It speaks
of covering the supply chain from cradle to grave, including 'product design,
sourcing, procurement, supplier negotiation, demand planning and forecasting,
and price and revenue optimization'. Which are steps towards just in time
manufacturing. It sites an example from Ford about optimizing delivery routes
and leveraging synergies, I think moving forward anything GNUe can do to
further a competitive advantage the better.
+
+Perhaps the most significant immediate impact is the ability to do a more
'real time' demand plan. Currently demand is forecasted almost exclusively on
history and doesnt take into account the knowledge of the entire chain, so in
times like our current economic slump many are left holding inventory surplus,
when in fact indicators existed before the product did.
+
+It then jumps to the future of collaboration, where it alludes to linking of
supply chain management and supply relationship management. One interesting
concept is a 'supplier scorecard' or some mechanism to judge performance. One
area of EXTREME interest to me is price and revenue optimization. In my years
as a consultant I have always been amazed that companies could not reasonably
estimate the cost of products to accurately charge for them.
+
+
+
+<b>[Examining PLM's Benefits]</b>
+
+PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) has long been 'billed as a way to manage
product data from the concept state until a product sunsets', but has been
retooled as a 'pragmatic way for enterprises to include suppliers, partners,
and customers in product design and development'. I would love to hear others
opinion on this as my exposure here is limited.
+
+
+
+<b>[Powering The Supply Links]</b>
+
+This highlights the fact that the worst thing in a supply chain is idleness.
It tries to explain that ERP didnt solve the 'communication' issues that breed
idle supply chains and that supply chain management, e procurement and b to b
portals hope to hurdle such obstacles.
+
+I think its interesting that the author states 'intercompany applications
typically require participants to standardize on a common software
infrastructure' as one of the problems. I think this is where they power of
free software prevails. We all know that standards are good, but historically
they are only half adhered to. Having the actual architectures be 'open' is a
whole new kind of standard. One I think deserving of an article. Think of the
Internet and how it boomed with relatively open architecture but how now its
starting to fracture as different 'entities' are trying to 'control' the
'standard'.<Br>
+
+It also touches midly on 'auction' based supply chains, which seems extremely
to me as it lets 'demand' set the price.
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10050 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: GNU Enterprise Kernel Cousins #9
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-01-02
+GNU Enterprise Kernel Cousins #9 is now out, at
[http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20011229_9.html].
+
+
+
+
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+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10051 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,582 @@
+Title: MEMO TO GNUe SALES CONSULTANTS
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-01-02
+In lieu of Microsoft's recent debacles in thier lead sales force managers
sending out disparaging memo's on how to "fight" GNU/Linux, psu has put
together such a campaign mail for GNUe to combat proprietary ERP vendors.
+
+
+
+It is listed below:
+
+
+
+At one time, Oracle used to make a feature of "Top Ten Questions" for
+
+prospective buyers to ask salesman of whoever they perceived as their
+
+biggest competitor at the time. I wondered what a GNU Enterprise
+
+equivalent might look like...
+
+
+
+To be fair, I recognise many of the GNUe answers are aspirational
+
+rather than as of time of writing (1st January 2002). However, as I
+
+understand it, this is where we are aiming for. Comments/corrections/
+
+feedback welcome.
+
+
+
+<h2>Top Ten Questions to ask your proprietary ERP salesman</h2>
+
+
+
+<b>1. I'm paying how much and I'm not allowed to know how it works?</b>
+
+
+
+Proprietary ERP vendors are unusual amongst proprietary software
+
+vendors, in that they often allow you some access to some technical
+
+documentation about the software (e.g. database schemas). However,
+
+this information may be limited, and may be subject to non-disclosure
+
+agreements and impractical constraints (e.g. required to keep paper
+
+technical reference manuals under lock and key).
+
+
+
+With GNU Enterprise, all the source code is freely available to you
+
+under the GNU Public License (GPL). You can see what the system does,
+
+and how it does it. You can use GNU Enterprise as a basis for writing
+
+your own packages. You can either keep these for yourself, or share
+
+them with others under the GPL.
+
+
+
+You can, if required, prove system integrity to your Auditors by
+
+examining the source code for backdoors and trojans, and compile it
+
+from source. If you get your GNU Enterprise executables from a
+
+reputable source (e.g. the GNU Enterprise website), this shouldn't be
+
+a problem, but some highly secure organisations might require this
+
+level of assurance.
+
+
+
+Also, all the documentation for the system is available under the
+
+GPL Documentation License. You can use GNU Enterprise documentation as
+
+the basis for your own internal manuals, or put it on your intranet or
+
+extranet, all without needing anyone's permission or paying any
+
+additional fees.
+
+
+
+<b>2. Am I too small for your package?</b>
+
+
+
+Most proprietary ERP vendors target their offerings at large
+
+enterprises. You might think that this is because only large
+
+enterprises can truly benefit from ERP. The reality is that SMEs
+
+(small to medium enterprises) can benefit just as much from a fully
+
+integrated ERP system as their bigger brethren. The reason proprietary
+
+ERP vendors target large enterprises is because they are the only ones
+
+who can afford proprietary ERP vendors.
+
+
+
+Some ERP vendors are now targeting SMEs with service offerings,
+
+where you access the software over the internet for a monthly fee.
+
+This is similar in principle to the ASP (Application Service Provider)
+
+service that they offer as an option to larger enterprises. However,
+
+this means that you do not control the hardware, or your business-
+
+critical data.
+
+
+
+GNU Enterprise is fully scalable in both directions. It is possible
+
+for an SME to run GNU Enterprise on a single, normal desktop PC,
+
+giving them the benefits of full, integrated, ERP. As the business
+
+grows, so can the system, with the addition of further hardware
+
+and network connectivity - but still the same software.
+
+
+
+As larger business look towards closer supply chain integration with
+
+their small and medium sized business partners, being able to support
+
+the e-business standards your biggest customer uses could become a
+
+critical business advantage.
+
+
+
+<b>3. What happens if my level of activity increases?</b>
+
+
+
+Many proprietary ERP vendors have moved away from user-based licensing,
+
+in order to better fit the reality of web-based self-service, where
+
+the number of users can be indeterminate. However, you will still be
+
+licensed for the software on some sort of activity basis - number
+
+of transactions or size of server(s) are common ones.
+
+
+
+With GNU Enterprise, if your business doubles in size, it still won't
+
+be cost-free. You will probably need more or new hardware, connectivity
+
+and maybe some extra consultancy to get everything working together.
+
+But the software license still costs the same (i.e. nothing) - after
+
+all, it hasn't changed.
+
+
+
+<b>4. What standards do you support, and how are they licensed?</b>
+
+
+
+Proprietary ERP vendors have started to take standards more seriously
+
+over the past few years, mainly due to customer demand. Some
+
+proprietary ERP systems now support multiple databases. Most
+
+proprietary ERP systems are starting to support standards like XML for
+
+information interchange.
+
+
+
+GNU Enterprise has been designed from the start to support standards,
+
+both current and future. Standards that are currently supported
+
+include { $$$ }
+
+
+
+GNU Enterprise also supports a wide range of databases, including free
+
+software ones such as Postgresql and MySQL, "open source" ones such as
+
+SAP-DB, and fully proprietary ones such as Oracle.
+
+
+
+GNU Enterprise has also made a conscious decision to avoid depending on
+
+standards which are proprietary, such as Java (owned by Sun). You can
+
+use proprietary standards with GNU Enterprise if you want to, but there
+
+will always be a non-proprietary equivalent.
+
+
+
+<b>5. How does this work with the stuff I already have?</b>
+
+
+
+Proprietary ERP vendors encourage you to see their system as an
+
+"all or nothing" proposition. Some of them even charge license fees
+
+as a single cost for all modules, regardless of which ones you intend
+
+using, in an attempt to lock you in to the product. They may even use
+
+the term "free" to describe this. It would be more accurate to
+
+describe this as a sunk cost in license fees for proprietary
+
+software.
+
+
+
+GNU Enterprise is a much more heterogeneous business solution. As with
+
+any ERP package, you will get the full benefits of end-to-end
+
+integration in the easiest way by implementing as much of it as is
+
+relevant to your enterprise. However, because of its commitment to
+
+standards, you should find it much easier to integrate one part of GNU
+
+Enterprise with other business systems. For example, you might want to
+
+integrate GNU Supply Chain Management and CRM with your existing
+
+proprietary finance package doing Accounts Receivable and General
+
+Ledger.
+
+
+
+In addition, GNU Enterprise includes GNUe Integrator, a tool
+
+specifically designed to transfer data from and to the GNUe
+
+environment. Unlike some other ERP vendor's interfaces, this works
+
+using flexible XML definitions rather than pre-defined flat file
+
+formats, and can work in real time as well as in batch.
+
+
+
+<b>6. What level of support will I get?</b>
+
+
+
+Proprietary ERP vendors offer a limited range of support options.
+
+These are usually geared towards larger enterprises, and priced
+
+accordingly. You can usually only get your support from one source,
+
+either the system supplier or their designated reseller (who may be
+
+acting as first-line support for the system supplier). Poor support
+
+is one of the most common criticisms enterprises have of their ERP
+
+vendor. Although your vendor may offer "guaranteed" support response
+
+speeds, you may find that it is difficult to enforce these without
+
+jeopardising your overall relationship with them.
+
+
+
+With GNU Enterprise, you can run without a support contract altogether
+
+if you want to. You have access to the source code, and may have the
+
+in-house skills to resolve any problems you run into. If bug fixes
+
+are made to the official release, you can download them and apply them
+
+yourself. You can also choose not to apply bug fixes that are not
+
+relevant to you if you prefer.
+
+
+
+However, most organisations will probably feel more comfortable paying
+
+for a support package from a consultancy firm. You may want your
+
+consultants to provide you with a wide range of services, including
+
+hardware and networking support, as well as GNU Enterprise applications
+
+support. You may need 24/7/365 access to a large, multi-skilled,
+
+support team, and be prepared to pay accordingly. Or you may just need
+
+a friendly voice at the end of a phone line or internet address on an
+
+occasional basis. You pay for the level of support you need.
+
+
+
+If your GNU Enterprise support is not up to scratch, get rid of them
+
+and find another one.
+
+
+
+<b>7. What happens if I want to customise the package?</b>
+
+
+
+Proprietary ERP vendors are unusual amongst proprietary software
+
+vendors, in that they often positively encourage you to customise the
+
+application - usually by paying them to write a customisation for you.
+
+Of course, you will never be aware if they have already written an
+
+identical or similar package for another customer - it will always be
+
+charged to you as if they had had to write it from scratch. You are
+
+also then dependant on the vendor to check that the customisation
+
+is compatible with any future upgrades.
+
+
+
+To be fair, several vendors have now discovered some of the problems
+
+involved in supporting customisations. Their response has been to
+
+try to convince you to do without customisation altogether, and mould
+
+your business processes to their software. It may well be, especially
+
+if your organisation hasn't used an ERP package before, that your
+
+business processes could do with an extensive review, and this should
+
+be encouraged. But let's be clear - they want you to adopt different
+
+business practices not because they are "best practice," but because
+
+they fit their software.
+
+
+
+GNU Enterprise offers an alternative way of providing customised
+
+functionality, via the use of Templates. Templates are ways of
+
+customising a module or modules, for example for a particular
+
+industry. Templates can add or remove fields from the database,
+
+add extra business rules to objects, or even add whole business
+
+processes. But all in a way that is standardised, and which will
+
+survive any future upgrades. You can apply existing templates, or
+
+write your own, or modify those that other have written.
+
+
+
+Templates also provide a way of providing internationalisation. With
+
+a development team spread across different continents, GNU
+
+Enterprise has been designed from the start as an internationally
+
+aware product. It is not a U.S.-centric (or any other centric) product,
+
+where specific functionality for other countries has been bolted on
+
+afterwards.
+
+
+
+Of course, if you want to customise GNU Enterprise by editing and
+
+recompiling the source code, you can do so. For extensive
+
+customisations, this may be the only way. However, you should look at
+
+using templates first.
+
+
+
+<b>8. What happens if you go bust?</b>
+
+
+
+Proprietary ERP vendors often have elaborate "escrow" arrangements,
+
+which allow you access to the source code if they go out of business
+
+or if other key "trigger" events happen.
+
+
+
+With GNU Enterprise, you have the source code up front. If your GNU
+
+Enterprise consultancy firm goes out of business, find another one, or
+
+get the skills in-house to manage the product.
+
+
+
+<b>9. What happens if you get taken over? </b>
+
+
+
+It is not uncommon for proprietary ERP vendors to acquire other ERP
+
+vendors. Sometimes this will be to "cherry-pick" bits of the
+
+'intellectual property' of the target. Often, the real asset they are
+
+buying is the customer base of the other vendor, who will find their
+
+old system becoming unsupported, with varying degrees of pressure to
+
+move onto the vendor's main package.
+
+
+
+GNU Enterprise is not 'owned' by anyone. The copyright is held by the
+
+Free Software Foundation, but this is just to allow them to uphold
+
+the freedoms of all users under the GPL. If, hypothetically, every GNU
+
+Enterprise consultancy firm went out of business, and everyone else
+
+stopped using it, you still have everything you need (including the
+
+source code) to continue supporting yourself.
+
+
+
+<b>10. What happens if we don't get on?</b>
+
+
+
+Proprietary ERP vendors don't always sell their product direct. Your
+
+salesman may be working for a "partner" of the ERP vendor. That
+
+partner may have monopoly rights to your geographical area, or market
+
+sector. If your relationship with the vendor or reseller breaks down,
+
+you may have no choice but to ditch the system and move to another
+
+vendor.
+
+
+
+With GNU Enterprise, you are always in control. Subject to contract,
+
+you can walk away from your current GNU Enterprise consultant or
+
+consultancy firm, and either find another one, or get the skills
+
+in-house to manage the product. What's more, your GNU Enterprise
+
+consultant knows this as well. GNU Enterprise consultants stay in
+
+business by providing a professional service to their customers, not
+
+by (ab)using their monopoly power over your investment in "their"
+
+system.
+
+
+
+<b>11. How often must I upgrade?</b>
+
+
+
+Proprietary ERP vendors will often insist that you upgrade the
+
+system on a regular basis. This may even be written into the contract.
+
+Some ERP clients have been subject to several mandatory upgrades
+
+over just a few years, from terminal ("green screen") products, to
+
+client-server PC-based products then on again to web-based products,
+
+with extra hardware costs each step of the way. Although upgrades may
+
+be "free" (i.e. there is no additional license fee cost), there may be
+
+additional consultancy costs in doing the upgrade. There will certainly
+
+be internal costs and disruption. You may also have to re-train a
+
+large number of end-users.
+
+
+
+With GNU Enterprise, there are no mandatory upgrades. Both the core
+
+GNU Enterprise developers and your GNU Enterprise consultants (if any)
+
+would encourage you to update on a regular basis, and your GNU
+
+Enterprise consultants might make upgrade assistance part of your
+
+overall support arrangements with them. However, you are at liberty to
+
+ignore this advice. You are the only one who can make the decision
+
+about what is best for your enterprise, including balancing all the
+
+internal and external costs.
+
+
+
+Note that GNU Enterprise supports both two-tier (client-server) and
+
+n-tier (client-applications server-database serve) architectures.
+
+You can use the same application - even the same form - on different
+
+types of client in the same installation. So you could have a mixture
+
+of graphical PC-based users, web-based HTML users and old character
+
+terminals all at the same time. (The only constraints are those of the
+
+underlying hardware, e.g. you cannot display graphics on a character-
+
+based device.) This flexibility removes a lot of the costs associated
+
+with upgrades that also involve changes in architecture.
+
+
+
+Also note that the license fee cost for an upgrade of GNU Enterprise
+
+is the same as for the original software, i.e. free.
+
+
+
+That's actually 11 questions, but then you always get more than you
+
+expect with free software [;-)]
+
+
+
+
+
+
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@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+Title: GNU Enterprise Kernel Cousins #10 now out
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-01-12
+GNUe Kernel Cousins 10 is now out, at
+
+
+
+[
+
+
+
+http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020105_10.html].
+
+
+
+Also, note that we are now including topics against all KC GNUe
+
+
+
+summaries. This allows you to find all summaries that refer to
+
+
+
+a particular GNUe tool or module quickly.
+
+
+
+Each summary shows what topics it covers, and there
+
+
+
+is also a topic-based index at
+
+
+
+[
+
+
+
+http://kt.zork.net/topics.html].
+
+
+
+Thanks to madlocke and Isomer for suggesting this, plus of course
+
+
+
+to Zack Brown for implementing it.
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10053
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10053 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10053 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Title: Linux World Expo New York Appearance
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-01-12
+Please visit our Booth at:<Br>
+
+[Linux World Expo]
+
+New York, NY
+
+Jan 30th - Feb 1st
+
+We will be in the .ORG Pavillon.
+
+Booth 10, Area 100
+
+
+
+Also, anyone in the New York area interested in helping work at the booth we
could greatly use volunteers.
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10054
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10054 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10054 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Title: GNUe Kernel Cousins 11
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-01-23
+GNUe Kernel Cousins 11 is now out, at
+
+
+
+[
+
+
+
+http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020112_11.html].
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10055
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10055 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10055 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+Title: Information Request
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-01-23
+ I have been following the progress of GNUe for the past couple of months,
and am admittedly excited about the project itself. I do have a few questions
and comments that I am offering up here.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ First the comments. While there seems to be a good deal of well written
documentation available, I see nothing that pertains to installation
documentation. I would assume that each module comes with it's own README file,
but a README isn't going to give me the type of upfront install information I
am looking for. I have seen at least one other comment to this end, yet I've
seen no reply. I'd really like to know what I'm in for prior to testing this
system, and I'd like to have a starting point - where to start, where to go.
This is, of course, the RTFM philosophy that has been so well driven into my
psyche.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Now, the questions.
+
+
+
+ * What is the status of this project?
+
+
+
+ * How long before you feel it will be ready for prime time?
+
+
+
+ * Is anyone using this in a professional environment, even in a beta setup
and if so, what type of results are they seeing?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ I am prompted to ask these questions because my company is considering
abandoning the outdated and inefficient ERP System we are currently using.
While we're just in the 'talking' stages at this point, as ERP Admin, I will
have a say in what ERP System will be used.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10056
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10056 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10056 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+Title: CVS Nightly Snapshots Available
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-01-24
+Nightly snapshots of the GNUe code base are now available via our
+
+website at:
+
+
+
+[http://www.gnuenterprise.org/downloads/snapshots/]
+
+
+
+These are primarily useful for developers who wish to test the current
+
+CVS base but cannot use the cvs tools (e.g., people behind a firewall).
+
+
+
+These snapshots are made at approximately midnight (Central timezone)
+
+each night. Snapshots are kept for 5 nights before being deleted.
+
+Snapshots are available in both Unix *.tar.gz and Win32 *.zip formats.
+
+
+
+********************************************************************
+
+
+
+NOTE: These are CVS snapshots and, as such, may or may not run as
+
+expected.
+
+
+
+If you are looking for the latest released versions of the tools,
+
+visit [http://www.gnuenterprise.org] and click on the Downloads link.
+
+
+
+********************************************************************
+
+
+
+If you plan to follow GNUe development and are familiar with CVS, you
+
+are much better off using cvs. For information about accessing our
+
+CVS tree, see:
+
+
+
+ [http://www.gnuenterprise.org/community/cvs.html]
+
+
+
+Thanks,
+
+
+
+Jason Cater
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10057
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10057 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10057 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+Title: New Releases of Forms, Designer, and Common (0.1.1)
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-01-25
+The GNU Enterprise team is proud to announce the release of
+
+GNUe-Forms 0.1.1, GNUe-Designer 0.1.1, and GNUe-Common 0.1.1.
+
+The 0.1.1 series of releases are primarily maintenance releases.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+GNUe-Forms is a platform and UI-independent forms system. It
+
+reads an XML-based forms definition and creates GUIs for Win32,
+
+GTK, and, soon, Curses and HTML. It has a fully data-aware
+
+widget set and can be used in both 2-tier and n-tier environments.
+
+
+
+
+
+GNUe-Designer is the IDE for the GNUe tools. It allows you to
+
+visually layout your forms in a RAD-style environment. Designer
+
+has a builtin forms client, so you can quickly test your forms
+
+while still in Designer. Designer also now has support for
+
+form creation wizards... answer a few questions, attach your
+
+form to a table, select the fields to include, and, voila, a
+
+basic form is created.
+
+
+
+
+
+GNUe-Common is the basis for the GNUe tools, such as Forms,
+
+Reports, and Designer. It implements a database-abstraction
+
+layer that provides support for most major databases. A builtin
+
+XML-to-Object parser and Object-to-XML marshaller are used by
+
+Forms, Reports, and Designer to save and read Forms/Report
+
+definitions to and from an XML file. Work has begun on an
+
+RPC-abstraction layer that will allow server processes to
+
+define their public methods once and have them available to
+
+CORBA, XML-RPC, SOAP, and DCOM clients.
+
+
+
+
+
+All of these releases are targeted at developers. The three
+
+products are available in source form from our website at
+
+[http://www.gnuenterprise.org/downloads/]
+
+
+
+We also have Windows installers that include all the basic
+
+dependencies -- you only have to download a single setup.exe!
+
+The Installers include support for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and ODBC.
+
+
+
+
+
+GNUe-Forms 0.1.1, Designer 0.1.1, and Common 0.1.1 have
+
+been tested and are known to run on:
+
+
+
+ * GNU/Linux (RedHat 6.x/7.x, Debian 2.x, Slackware 8.0, ...)
+
+ * Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT
+
+ * Solaris 8.0
+
+ * FreeBSD 4.x
+
+
+
+
+
+<b>Changes to GNUe-Designer 0.1.1:</b>
+
+ * Added a Data Source Editor with table introspection support
+
+ and drag-and-drop field creation.
+
+ * Added a code editor based on Scintilla complete with Syntax-
+
+ Highlighting (which is disabled by default)
+
+ * Cleanup of Tool frames (Object Navigator is now in a separate frame)
+
+ * Addition of "Open Recent..." support (Most-Recently-Used support)
+
+ * Start of a Developer's Guide to introduce GNUe Forms concepts
+
+ * Many bug fixes and performance enhancements
+
+
+
+
+
+<b>Changes to GNUe-Forms 0.1.1:</b>
+
+ * Logs of bug fixes
+
+
+
+
+
+<b>Changes to GNUe-Common 0.1.1:</b>
+
+ * Database driver performance enhancements
+
+ * Misc bug fixes and enhancements
+
+
+
+
+
+In other news, GNUe-Reports is coming along nicely in CVS.
+
+Expect to see a release "Real Soon." A new tool, GNUe
+
+Navigator, has been added to the CVS tree. This provides a
+
+top-level menuing interface for GNUe client tools. Expect
+
+to see a release of GNUe Navigator by the next series of
+
+releases.
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10058
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10058 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10058 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: GNUe Kernel Cousins #13
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-01-27
+KC GNUe #13 is at [http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020126_13.html]
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10059
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10059 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10059 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: Red Hat CVS Install Instructions
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-01-29
+Keith Nasman and I walked through getting the dependencies for GNU Enterprise
and installing CVS on a Red Hat 7.2 box. Keith was gracious enough to document
that experience and give it back to the community! You can find it [here].
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10060
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10060 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10060 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: SAP-DB (Debian) How-To
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-02-07
+[Debian]! SAP-DB is probably the most feature complete GPL database
available. GNU Enterprise supports SAP-DB as a back end.
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10061
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10061 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10061 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: GNUe Kernel Cousins #14
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-02-07
+KC GNUe #14 is temporarily available at
[http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020202_14.html] within the next two weeks.
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10062
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10062 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10062 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+Title: 'The Supply Chain Approach to Planning and Procurement Management'
from HP.
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-02-11
+[http://www.unusualresearch.com/supplychain/supplychain.htm]
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+"Manufacturing organizations must always deal with determining how to balance
on-hand part inventories and
+
+suppliers' response times.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+This article describes a project called
+
+ supply chain, which focused on characterizing the various
+
+stochastic events influencing a manufacturing organization's
+
+shipment and inventory performance. A collection of statistical
+
+modeling assumptions, equations, and equation derivations are
+
+described that focus on minimizing on-hand inventory and
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+optimizing supplier response time.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+The
+
+Supply Chain Approach to Planning and Procurement
+
+Management
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+The supply chain
+
+approach models stochastic events influencing a manufacturingo rganization's
shipment and inventoryp erformance in the same
+
+way that a mechanical engineer models tolerance buildup in a
+
+new product design. The objectives are to
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+minimize on-hand
+
+inventory and optimize supplier response times.
+
+" - by Gregory A.
+
+Kruger
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+You can contact me at the above URL if you want some real world horror stories
of MRP/ERP systems that I've been forced to use.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+I hope the above info will give them a run for their money when GNUE is ready
to take them on. - BobP.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10063
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10063 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10063 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+Title: Object Database provides Persistence for Python
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-02-11
+FYI, version 1.0 final release of Standalone ZODB is out.
+
+
+The intention is to provide generic presistence services for
+Python applications. From the announcement:
+
+
+
+"I'm please to announce the release of StandaloneZODB,
+the Python object persistency system also known as the
+Z Object Database. ZODB is the object-oriented database
+underlying Zope; the StandaloneZODB project's goal is to
+provide those same facilities to non-Zope related Python
+applications."
+
+
+<h5>Features:</h5>
+
+"The StandaloneZODB release includes the following components:
+
+
+
+ * Core ZODB, including the persistence machinery
+ * Standard storages such as FileStorage
+ * Supporting modules such as ExtensionClass
+ * The persistent BTrees modules
+ * ZEO
+ * Experimental Berkeley storages"
+
+
+
+[http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/2002-February/000696.html]
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10064
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10064 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10064 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Title: GNUe Kernel Cousins
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-02-14
+KC GNUe #15 is at
+
+
+
+[http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020209_15.html].
+
+
+
+(It's actually been up a couple of days, but I missed it.)
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10065
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10065 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10065 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Title: GNUe Kernel Cousins 16
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-02-22
+KC GNUe #16 by Peter Sullivan is at
+
+
+
+[http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020216_16.html]
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10066
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10066 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10066 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Title: Bayonne Nightlies Available
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-02-25
+David Sugar has started to setup an automatic build tree for creating nightly
+
+tarballs out of current cvs for Bayonne 1.0 development. This will eventually
generate nightly RPM's as well. The base for this is found at
ftp://bayonne.myip.org/pub/nightly and is also mirror here at
[http://www.gnuenterprise.org/downloads/bayonne/nightly].
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10067
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10067 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10067 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+Title: What's new in GNU Bayonne (February 28, 2002)
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-03-02
+
+See http://www.gnu.org/software/bayonne for general information.
+
+<ol>
+ * What, another update already?
+ * GNU Bayonne Web Services
+ * Applications and Applets
+ * Applications for Carriers
+ * Plugins Everywhere
+ * What to do with gnutelephony.org
+ * A GNU SIP stack is born
+ * Bayonne-by-Night introduced
+</ol>
+
+
+<h5>What, another update already?</h5>
+
+Updated reports are done whenever there is sufficient information to impart,
and are not done on any fixed or known schedule. It happened to be a
particularly busy week, so there is a much quicker update than usual. In fact,
a number of new topics have come up, each of which will have significant impact
on GNU Bayonne going forward.
+
+
+
+<h5>GNU Bayonne Web Services</h5>
+
+In the 1.0 code base we are making GNU Bayonne "http aware". This was done
primarily to support other servers by enabling GNU Bayonne to provide XML
formatted documents for system status and, ultimately, to support XMLRPC and
make GNU Bayonne servers accessible as a telephony resource for web services
development.
+When I say web services, I envision a number of things. Imagine going into
something like the address book in phpGroupWare, and having your phone dial
when you click on phone numbers in an address book entry. Imagine seeing a
call history of who called you, and imagine the Bayonne link appearing on
customer service web sites to connect you to an agent.
+In the beginning, there was Bayonne, but it had only very limited integration.
This integration could be achieved thru the command fifo and could be accessed
by a web application running on a local server on the same machine thru CGI or
similar mechanisms. CGI executables could control the Bayonne server residing
only on the same machine.
+There were problems with this, of course, since Apache ran under one user id
and Bayonne typically under it's own. To get around this problem, a special
"wrapper" was created that could be invoked from cgi and switch from the uid of
apache to the uid of Bayonne before calling IPC services. However, again, we
were still on the same machine. To enable remote access to Bayonne resources,
one had to setup a local web server on the Bayonne machine and then hand create
a web service that could invoke cgi and return usable results.
+To more fully enable standardized web services, we choose to support XMLRPC.
However, while XMLRPC standardized the mechanism for exchange between local IPC
of a given GNUCOMM telephony server and a generic external representation for
web services, it still required a web server to host it, and translation logic.
In some prior GNU Bayonne releases, this role was filled by a separate master
server called Appenine. Appenine would sit above the entire GNUCOMM tree and
offer XMLRPC to the world, while at the same time using IPC services to
communicate locally with things like Bayonne.
+The problem with this approach had been twofold. First, none of the GNU
Bayonne IPC mechanisms at the time were fully bidirectional, hence one would
have to come up with clumsy integration methods that relied on the Bayonne fifo
and memory mapped blocks. Second, this meant two distinct layers were involved
in handing off XMLRPC calls, with all the inefficiencies this involved.
+In the 1.0 source tree, we have chosen to support a new TCP mechanism for IPC
and control. One can telnet to a running GNU Bayonne 1.0 server and manipulate
it live and interactively. This new mechanism was modified so that it could
support http requests alongside interactive telenet sessions and so now GNU
Bayonne can respond to http requests directly as well.
+What we wish to do with http in GNU Bayonne is enable integration of telephony
aware web services rather than support browsers. To accomplish this, GNU
Bayonne's http support will typically be used to emit parsable XML documents
rather than browsable HTML pages. This will also enable one to create
administrative web service front ends for GNU Bayonne which retrieve, parse,
and provide a local browser presentation of the server information in any
manner desired, rather than hard coding a specific data presentation directly
browsable from the server itself. I believe we need to separate presentation
from content and have presentation (for browsers) occur outside of the GNU
Bayonne servers.
+I have also added XMLRPC parsing capabilities to GNU Common C++ a few revs
back, and I plan to use this to accept XMLRPC requests as well as provide XML
content for other services to use. XMLRPC and XML parsable documents together
will be delivered thru this interface. A single "status" page will be provided
in http as a "text/html" so that one can use a browser to quickly stat a
running server, and a few special url requests may be used to provide the GNU
Bayonne "logo" and standardize a Bayonne "link" one can toss onto a web page
for quickly building GNU Bayonne click-to-dial applications.
+Since one can potentially do interesting things with this new mechanism, we
did not want ordinary users over the internet submitting requests to running
GNU Bayonne servers that happen to sit on an open port. So, GNU Bayonne can
support authentication, and uses the same user local "group bayonne" password
entry set the telnet mode command monitor does. Some URL's, like say the "logo
image", do not require protection, and will be accessible with unauthenticated
requests. Others of course do require authentication to access.
+Since we have an XML schema in GNU Bayonne now, the "gnucomm" schema used for
the config file, this schema will be extended and used also for the standard
document representation for supplying XML document requests that contain server
information as well. We really also need to provide a complete DTD document
for defining "gnucomm" as a distinct dialect.
+
+<h5>Applications and Applets</h5>
+
+We had just started a major push for GNU Bayonne applications late last year
when, in a meeting held in London, it was decided to put that on hold for
awhile so that we could organize a 1.0 release and integrate with the
phonestreamer drivers. Now that the 1.0 server tree is looking more stable, it
is time to again focus on applications. I do not believe we can have a
successful 1.0 release of GNU Bayonne unless we provide at least some
applications anyone can use right out of the box after installing the server.
+A Bayonne "application", as defined in Bayonne "1.0", essentially is a service
script, a set of related voice prompts in a common library directory, and,
possibly a supporting DSO module. An application might include a web
services/front end component as well, and possibly a database. These are not
necessarily trivial to setup, but I think are still appropriate to bundle as
needed. A Bayonne "application" might also be made available as a completely
separate package. In fact, I recall Rich Bodo is doing some work to use "stow"
to manage installation and removal of Bayonne applications.
+A Bayonne "applet" could be thought of as a set of scripts or modules and/or
voice prompts used to deliver some small piece of an application that might, to
some extent, stand-alone, but really, is meant to be used within or as part of
building other applications.
+An example of an "applet" might be found in the current "pinredirect" module
found in the Bayonne 1.0 tree. This is meant to provide a simple mechanism to
create and manage a small number of pins in a running Bayonne server. In
particular, such an applet might be used by a company to control access to
enable employees to make calls redirected thru an outside line, and hence, the
name "pin redirect".
+When we consider applications for use with Bayonne, several categories come to
mind. One area involves applications for commercial carriers and wireless
service providers, which I will talk about shortly. More traditionally, people
think about enterprise applications like voice mail, unified messaging,
v-commerce, and customer relations management, which relate deeper into GNU
Enterprise and phpGroupWare, and which I am going to cover at a later time. We
also in time will explore and provide working solutions for vertical markets,
like hotel-motel, and complete office phone systems using GNU Bayonne.
+To do applications we also need people to volunteer to record and provide
voice prompts for them. If you are interested in being a "voice" of GNU
Bayonne, I would be interested in hearing from you.
+
+<h5>Applications for Carriers</h5>
+
+I currently have three applications in mind to complete, test, and use to
demonstrate how GNU Bayonne may serve the needs of commercial carriers, both
for providing wired and wireless services. At one point we actually had
facilities available to us from a US based carrier to test these kinds of
applications, but at the time we did not have functional PRI span support which
we do now, and so we could not take advantage of those facilities.
+I am looking for commercial carriers that might be willing and interested in
permitting testing and deployment of GNU Bayonne on live spans with outside
dialable numbers so we can test and demonstrate these services properly. We
have facilities at OSDL, but these facilities do not include outside dialable
spans, at least at this point. We are in the process of establishing a grant
program for GNU Bayonne, and it may be possible this could help provide some
funds for such testing. If commercial carriers wish to contribute to GNU
Bayonne development in other ways, this could also be a means for that to
happen.
+The three applications I currently envision bundling initially with GNU
Bayonne are operator redirect services such as used for automated (or
customized) directory assistance services, voice mail hosting (vmhost), and
prepaid calling (such as for prepaid cellular or debit cards).
+Voice mail hosting should be explained further. This can be thought of as a
simplified "voice mail", as it does not need to deal with enterprise voice mail
features like user directories, copying and forwarding messages between
mailboxes, etc. As such, it is meant for hosting of mailboxes for individual
subscribers alone.
+Prepaid calling is well understood, and any GNU Bayonne prepaid solution will
need to at least be aware of, if not initially address, csr and end user web
services for things like administration and account review, billing
(potentially thru clearing houses), account balances, pin databases, and
recharge services, in addition to the voice application services supplied thru
a GNU Bayonne server itself. I do not look at it as a small or simple
application, and some parts of it can easily touch upon things being done in
both GNU Enterprise and phpGroupWare. For the 1.0 release, I am only concerned
with having appropriate prompt libraries, a model prepaid application script,
and DSO support for database integration. I do expect by the end of the year
at least two vendors will be providing complete GNU Bayonne based prepaid
solutions.
+
+<h5>Plugins Everywhere</h5>
+
+One of the things we have done moving into the 1.0 source tree was to remove
functionality from the core server that is not commonly used and make that
functionality available instead as plugins. This has allowed the base server
to be simplified, and has reduced feature creep out of the core server.
+Things that are plugins today include the "request" command, which used to
support setting of scheduled jobs. Setting scheduled jobs is not commonly
needed, although it is a very useful feature when it is. The new plugin for
this in 1.0, "submit", actually goes further in that scripts can now manage
jobs they create and get notification when jobs actually run. The "scheduler"
is also a feature that is not essential or used in dedicated applications and
will be re-introduced as a plugin.
+The entire class tree for plugins had been greatly simplified in the 1.0
source tree. We are also placing a lot more emphasis on plugins for extending
GNU Bayonne servers, especially for creating applets and useful services. If
anyone has a good idea for new plugins, I would be happy to hear it.
+
+<h5>What to do with gnutelephony.org</h5>
+
+I acquired this domain awhile ago because it seemed neat and was available.
However, I have not done very much with it yet. One idea I have is to hand out
the prestigious "@gnutelephony.org" email address aliases for project
contributors and such. Another thought had been to create a portal site for
GNU Telephony related projects, although, also keep in mind, there already is a
linuxtelephony.org, and a voxilla.org; does the world really need a third
infrequently maintained site??
+One idea had been to use it to demonstrate GNU Bayonne portal concepts, and
now, web services. This I think I might actually do. Also, I am thinking of
using it for the things I normally use bayonne.myip.org for as the master
mirror site. If anyone has a specific suggestion or proposal for
gnutelephony.org, I would be happy to hear it.
+
+<h5>A GNU SIP Stack is born</h5>
+
+oSIP, the work of Aymeric Moizard, has officially become the newest GNU
package as of Yesterday. oSIP offers a state of the art and highly compatible
SIP stack available under the L-GPL, and will make it easier to introduce
standardized telephony services built on top of GNU.
+I was quite pleased to see this finally happen, as I think oSIP will have a
significent role on GNU Bayonne development going forward this year. It will
of course be an essential component of the Olorin server. However, oSIP is
quite capable of being used to create client applications as well as servers.
Having a standard library implimentation of SIP in GNU should make it all the
more easier for other GNU applications become telephony enabled.
+
+<h5>Bayonne-at-Night Introduced</h5>
+
+To facilitate development of GNU Common C++ "2" and the Bayonne 1.0 source
tree, I have now made nightly tarball builds of the current cvs trees
available. I expect to introduce prebuilt binary packages to Bayonne-at-Night
as well soon. These were made initially available from
ftp://bayonne.myip.org/pub/nightly, although they should now be available from
GNU Enterprise as well (see www.gnue.org for details).
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10068
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10068 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10068 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: GNUe Application Server version 2 kick-off
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-03-02
+My personal notes on the kick-off discussions for GNUe Application Server
version 2 - held on the IRC channel on Thursday 28th February - are now
available [on the web]. (This is effectively a sneak preview of what will be in
GNUe Kernel Cousins #19 when I finish it next week.)
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10069
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10069 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10069 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+Title: MFG. Audits Help Fight The Slumping Economy
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-03-02
+<b>Fighting The Economic Slump: Cutting Costs With Efficiency Audits</b>
+
+
+
+<i>
+
+A Free
+
+ Guide For Manufacturers and Distributors
+
+</i>
+
+
+
+Most businesses feel the financial squeeze during an economic downturn, but
manufacturers and distributors particularly feel the tightening economic fist
because it affects their ability to increase, or even maintain, profitability
through capital investment. Indeed, you have a tug-of-war between the knowledge
that capital investment usually increases economic payback with the reality
check that says, <i>Stop spending.</i>
+
+
+
+The secret is to go with what you've got with one important caveat, increase
the effectiveness of your existing assets by being smarter about how you use
them.
+
+
+
+ "Whether you're a Fortune 500 company or a mom-and-pop with 10 employees,
conducting an audit of your current manufacturing and distribution processes
should be your first order of business in an economic slump," said Arthur St.
Onge, president of the St. Onge Co., an engineering consulting firm.
+
+
+
+* "A thorough audit can save up to 20% or more without capital expenditures,"
said St. Onge, who heads the York, Pa.-based firm which counts several dozen
Fortune 500 companies as clients including Coca-Cola, Harley Davidson, Ford,
and Ferguson Enterprises Inc.
+
+
+
+"We're often called in to conduct audits for manufacturing or distribution
processes that have either gotten flabby or were never examined during boom
times," St. Onge said. "It's not surprising because the tendency is not to fix
it if it isn't broken, especially during economic upswings.
+
+
+
+"But that attitude during a slump can leave you in the red, because it can be
economic suicide if you continue to repeat inefficient practices that you've
taken for granted but which cost you money every day."
+
+
+
+* St. Onge offers manufacturing and distribution firms a free audit checklist
they can use to see if they can begin immediate fixes that don't hurt
delivering service or product to customers.
+
+
+
+Read More To See Audit Details
+
+
+
+
+
+This audit checklist includes:
+
+
+
+<b>* CHOOSE THE RIGHT TEAM.</b>
+
+
+
+Know who is responsible for procedures in your manufacturing and distribution
processes. Choose the top 2 - 3 people with experience who understand not only
the nature of the product that goes out the door but the demands of the supply
chain that moves the product to your customers. Unlike a dot.com where many
executives learned the ropes as they went along, this is one situation where
you need the experience.
+
+
+
+<b>* WHERE'S THE CULPRIT?</b>
+
+
+
+Create a master checklist noting facets of the operation that you know need
improvement. In short, start with what you know. Procrastination, a decade of
solid growth and rushing to fill orders often allow "waste space, time,
materials" to creep into the manufacturing and distribution process even when
you know they exist. Now's the time to identify them.
+
+
+
+<b>* ASK AND OBSERVE.</b>
+
+
+
+Ask your people about ways to improve. They're your best bet for problems that
you don't even know exist. Don't kid yourself. Because they face the day-to-day
problems on the floor, employees just might spot efficiency stumbling blocks "
or improvements " overlooked by the front office.
+
+
+
+<b>* THERE'S MORE HERE THAN MEETS THE EYE.</b>
+
+
+
+Measure what you don't see. Successful manufacturing and distribution aren't
only about the process you can see on the floor. Don't ignore storage methods
or the density of your space. Both will affect potential change, so be sure to
include this aspect in your efficiency audit. Follow the "lean thinking"
process. Document process steps and look for opportunities to combine or
eliminate steps. You'll find waste in many process flows, or at least
opportunities for consolidation that will become obvious.
+
+
+
+<b>* IDENTIFY IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENTS. </b>
+
+
+
+Time really does equal money, and that's why some things can't wait. After
forming the audit team and completing the review process, plan your action on a
simple priority: Which changes can you make quickly with little or no capital
investment? Double check with your in-house expert or outside consultant to be
sure that you haven't missed the obvious and that you searched for potential
land mines.
+
+
+
+<b>* TAKE THE LONG VIEW. </b>
+
+
+
+It's almost inevitable that your review of quick fixes will uncover long-term
improvements that will require either greater study or capital investments.
This is an ideal time to decide whether you can justify a deeper, broader look.
At the very least, when the timing is right, you won't have to start from
scratch at building a blueprint for any strategic changes in your manufacturing
and distribution processes.
+
+
+
+Follow this checklist and two things will happen: You'll have a concrete
outline for reducing costs, and you'll draw the business closer to achieving
world class manufacturing and distribution capability.
+
+
+
+
+
+T.S. Peric, has been a journalist for more than 22 years, including business
editor of a daily newspaper and the editor of two national trade publications.
If you want a more complete, free, 8-point report on how to conduct an audit
process for your manufacturing or distribution business, contact him at:
address@hidden ]or at (856) 874-0049.
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10070
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10070 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10070 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Title: GNU Enteprise and Double Choco Latte Projects Merge to Further
Accelerate
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-03-05
+Double Choco Latte (DCL), a work order and help desk management system, today
announced that it will be merging into GNU Enterprise (GNUe), a GNU Package.
These two projects give individual and corporate users software freedom for
enterprise applications through the GNU General Public License, which grants
and defends users' freedoms to copy, share, modify, and redistribute
software.... ([Full press Release])
+
+It is with much excitement we announce this very big step. We have begun
using DCL for our internal project management already and are loving it. There
will be some GNUe Front-Ends available to DCL very soon, some already exist in
the DCL cvs tree. We are working out the issues of website, cvs and such as we
go so please be patient.
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10071
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10071 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10071 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Title: GNUe Kernel Cousins - twice as nice?
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-03-13
+GNUe Kernel Cousins #17 is available at [
+
+
+
+http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020223_17.html], and #18 is available at [
+
+
+
+http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020302_18.html]. (The reason for the
double-header is some e-mail problems between me and Zack that delayed #17.)
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10072
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10072 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10072 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+Title: GNU Bayonne 0.7.6 released with Aculab support
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-03-13
+<h5>GNU Bayonne announces support for Aculab Hardware under GNU/Linux</h5>
+
+
+
+
+
+Dave Sugar, a GNU package maintainer, announced support for Aculab hardware
under GNU Bayonne as part of release 0.7.6 released earlier today. Aculab
digital span card support will further broaden GNU Bayonne as a platform of
choice for delivering high end enterprise and carrier class voice telephony
application services using free software platforms such GNU/Linux.
+
+
+
+
+
+A working implementation of Aculab support was provided primarily by a project
contributor, David Kerry. This further demonstrates how Free Software can make
rapid advances thru the shared resources of many people working in open
collaboration around the world. This demonstrates just one of the ways Free
Software licensing can bring both real innovation and multiply the value of
existing applications.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+In addition to supporting Aculab hardware, a number of important improvements
have been made in GNU Bayonne support for Intel/Dialogic digital span cards.
Additional enhancements have also been introduced in the GNU Bayonne scripting
language to simplify application development. These changes should enable
rapid development of new and innovative telephony services under GNU/Linux.
+
+
+
+
+
+GNU Bayonne also supports analog telephony hardware such as made by companies
like Voicetronix hardware, and inexpensive CAPI cards, enabling small office
and individual use telephony applications to be created cost effectively.
+
+
+
+
+
+GNU Bayonne and all related non-hardware specific software needed for building
and running it may be found at the GNU ftp site (http://www.gnu.org/gnu).
Individual drivers and telephony hardware related libraries are provided
directly from the respective vendors. All information about GNU Bayonne may be
found at http://www.gnu.org/software/bayonne.
+
+
+
+
+
+GNU Bayonne is Free Software and a standard package in the GNU project and is
also part of the broader GNU and free Telephony effort that is directed under
GNUCOMM (http://www.gnu.org/projects/gnucomm). GNU Bayonne is also used as a
part of GNU Enterprise (http://www.gnue.org). No so called "Intellectual
Property" was destroyed in the creation of GNU Bayonne or this announcement...
+
+
+
+
+
+About the Free Software Foundation:
+
+
+
+
+
+The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting
computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer
programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as in freedom)
software---particularly the GNU operating system (used widely today in its
GNU/Linux variant)--- and free documentation. The FSF also helps to spread
awareness of the ethical and political issues of freedom in the use of
software. Their web site, located at http://www.gnu.org, is an important
source of information about GNU/Linux. They are headquartered in Boston, MA,
USA
+
+
+
+
+
+About GNUCOMM, the GNU Telephony Project:
+
+
+
+
+
+GNUCOMM, a subsystem of GNU, provides free software solutions to common
telecommunications problems. GNUCOMM will free users of voicemail, PBX, and
call-center applications from reliance on the proprietary software that
currently dominates such telephony equipment. The system aims to be scalable
and configurable enough to allow end-users to develop their own
telecommunications systems with little or no special knowledge of GNUCOMM's
internals. GNUCOMM will support both VoIP and PSTN interfaces, as well as
interfaces to existing phone systems. GNUCOMM will scale from individual user
installations to carrier-class sites. The website of GNUCOMM is located at
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnucomm/gnucomm.html.
+
+
+
+
+
+About GNU Enterprise:
+
+
+
+
+
+GNUe aims to provide a suite of tools and applications for solving the
specific needs of the enterprise. GNUe will handle the needs of any size
business, including applications for human resources, accounting, customer
relationship management, project management, supply chain and e-commerce. GNUe
is a free software project developed by volunteer software developers
worldwide. The website of GNU Enterprise is http://www.gnu.org/projects/gnue/.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10073
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10073 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10073 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Title: 12-March-2002 Firebird 1.0 Final Release
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-03-13
+The Firebird Project is proud to announce the immediate availability of
Firebird 1.0 for Linux, Windows and MacOS X. Other directly supported platforms
(FreeBSD, Solaris, HP-UX) should follow shortly.
+
+
+
+
+
+http://firebird.sourceforge.net/
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10074
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10074 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10074 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Title: DCL & GNUe Merger Showing Fruit
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-03-14
+The good news is that the merger of GNUe and DCL is already bearing fruit.
There are several new users of both products because of the announcement, as
well as some new development blood. :) Some work has been started to bring
GNUe Forms Front-Ends to DCL.
+
+
+
+<A href="../gallery/forms3.png">Here] is an example of a front end for the
account maintenance of the DCL 20020215 release. With GNUe Designer it took
about 15 minutes (or less) to make this form and have it functional remotely
via ssh.
+
+
+
+During the next week I will try to pound out as many front end screens as
possible and get into cvs for public consumption, but wanted to let it be known
that already good things are coming out of the uniting of our teams!
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10075
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10075 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10075 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: Introduction To GNUe Presentation
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-03-14
+If you are located in the Metro Phoenix area tonight at the <A
href="http://www.plug.phoenix.az.us/";>Phoenix Linux Users Group (PLUG)] there
will be a [streamed]. It starts at 19:00 (07:00pm) Arizona Time.
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10076
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10076 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10076 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Title: GNUe Kernel Cousins #20
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-03-21
+GNUe Kernel Cousins #20 is now out at [
+
+
+
+http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020316_20.html].
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10077
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10077 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10077 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+Title: GNU Bayonne project leader to speak in Brazil
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-03-25
+David Sugar will be speaking about GNU bayonne and the need for software
freedom in telecommunications on Friday, May 3rd, 2002, starting at 10:45, at
this year's Forum Internacional Software Livre, being held in Porto Alegre, in
Brazil. This talk will be provided in English.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+"GNU Bayonne is just a part of how we envision providing solutions for current
and next generation telephone networks only using Free Software. Freedom
enables the maximum number of companies to then participate in
commercialization of these services."
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+For more information, email address@hidden
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10078
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10078 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10078 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Title: Kernel Cousins GNUe #21
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-03-25
+GNUe Kernel Cousins #21 is now available at:
+
+
+
+[
+
+
+
+http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020323_21.html].
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10079
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10079 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10079 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Title: GNUe Mentioned In Open ebXML Research Paper
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-03-27
+A student, [research paper], "ebXML (electronic business XML)".
+
+It seems to be a good introduction into what ebXML is and what it needs to be
successful and the author was astute enough to recognize the value of 'free
software' in such tasks and was gracious enough to list GNUe as part of the
solution. I also recommend checking out [open ebXML].
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10080
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10080 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10080 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Title: GNUe Starts Using GNUe DCL For Internal Management
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-03-28
+We started using GNUe DCL for internal project management of the GNUe project
a few months back. Since the merger of our projects we have jumped full swing
and have instituted the email gateway for support requests. Which means end
users of GNUe can now easily submit bug reports and/or feature requests via
email! (Read more [here])
+
+
+
+As we start using the system more religiously as developers we be able to do
our project timelines and roadmaps within GNUe DCL and paint a better picture
for those monitoring the project. I am going to try to commit to giving some
sort of update via news story at least once a month as well. The kernel
cousins are great reading but get into more details than a summary. Please be
patient and gentle with us as we grow and learn from our mistakes as well as
our successes.
+
+
+
+Happy GNUe 'ing
+
+
+
+Derek
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10081
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10081 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10081 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: Kernel Cousins GNUe #22 now out
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-04-06
+GNUe Kernel Cousins #22 is now out at
[http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020330_22.txt].
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10082
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10082 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10082 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Title: GNUe Kernel Cousins #23
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-04-08
+Kernel Cousins GNUe #23 is now out, at
[http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020406_23.html], or (for those with an interest
in XML source)
+
+
+
+[http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020406_23.xml].
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10083
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10083 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10083 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+Title: GNU Bayonne release 0.8 announced
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-04-13
+Dave Sugar, a GNU package maintainer, announced the 8th major release of GNU
Bayonne, Free Software for development of enterprise and carrier class
applications for the public telephone network. With this release, we have
standardized GNU Bayonne as an environment for delivering new and innovative
telephony solutions using GNU/Linux and we look forward to the official release
of GNU Bayonne 1.0 in early June.
+
+
+
+Dave Sugar, a GNU package maintainer, announced the 8th major release of GNU
Bayonne, Free Software for development of enterprise and carrier class
applications for the public telephone network. With this release, we have
standardized GNU Bayonne as an environment for delivering new and innovative
telephony solutions using GNU/Linux and we look forward to the official release
of GNU Bayonne 1.0 in early June.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Requiring skills common to any system or web administrator, and using existing
and familiar tools including perl, gateway execution, and Bayonne server
scripting, a GNU Bayonne server, along with a supported analog or digital
telephony card, can be used to rapidly prototype and deploy commercial and
carrier class application services. This ease of development and easy
integration with existing free software components opens telephony development
to a wide audience of users and developers without requiring special skills or
proprietary api's.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+As Free Software, anyone is free to use, study, learn from and modify GNU
Bayonne. GNU Bayonne can be and has been packaged for commercial use by
numerous vendors, both for turnkey products and in creation of custom tailored
solutions. Software freedom enables both the wide commercial use of GNU
Bayonne and promotes the development of tailored solutions in ways proprietary
solutions cannot.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+With this release we have brought GNU Bayonne up to date with the latest
developments in the GNU project. This release may be built with the newer GCC
3.x compiler and supports the recently introduced GNU Common C++ "2" class
foundation libraries. This release has been built and tested under some of the
most current GNU/Linux distributions and the most recent Linux kernel releases.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+GNU Bayonne "1" is just the start of how we envision Free Software enabling
new and original development in telecommunications. Already, we expect to
introduce GNU Bayonne "2" by later this winter as an advanced platform offering
original concepts in telephony integrated web services for current and next
generation telephone networks. Within GNUCOMM, we are developing softswitches,
softphones, and other technologies that will help drive real innovation in
telecommunication in a manner that can be commercially exploited using Free
Software licensed under the GPL. As part of GNU Enterprise, we continue to
evolve telecommunications as an integral component of enterprise software. GNU
Bayonne will also evolve to support carrier grade Linux kernel enhancements and
to provide an environment for developing high availability carrier class
applications.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+With this release the original GNU Bayonne core development team has been
dissolved, and a new developer committee will be appointed under GNUCOMM and
GNU Enterprise leadership to continue GNU Bayonne development. If you wish to
contribute to GNU Bayonne development, you can join one of the project mailing
lists. We have also established a GNU Bayonne grant program thru the FSF for
those that wish to contribute monetarily.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<b>Where to get GNU Bayonne:</b>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+GNU Bayonne and all related non-hardware specific software needed for building
and running it may be found at the GNU ftp site (http://www.gnu.org/gnu).
Individual drivers and telephony hardware related libraries are provided
directly from the respective vendors. All information about GNU Bayonne may be
found at http://www.gnu.org/software/bayonne.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<b>About the Free Software Foundation:</b>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting
computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer
programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as in freedom)
software---particularly the GNU operating system (used widely today in its
GNU/Linux variant)--- and free documentation. The FSF also helps to spread
awareness of the ethical and political issues of freedom in the use of
software. Their web site, located at http://www.gnu.org, is an important
source of information about GNU/Linux. They are headquartered in Boston, MA,
USA
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<b>About GNUCOMM, the GNU Telephony Project:</b>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+GNUCOMM, a subsystem of GNU, provides free software solutions to common
telecommunications problems. GNUCOMM will free users of voicemail, PBX, and
call-center applications from reliance on the proprietary software that
currently dominates such telephony equipment. The system aims to be scalable
and configurable enough to allow end-users to develop their own
telecommunications systems with little or no special knowledge of GNUCOMM's
internals. GNUCOMM will support both VoIP and PSTN interfaces, as well as
interfaces to existing phone systems. GNUCOMM will scale from individual user
installations to carrier-class sites. The website of GNUCOMM is located at
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnucomm/gnucomm.html.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<b>About GNU Enterprise:</b>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+GNUe aims to provide a suite of tools and applications for solving the
specific needs of the enterprise. GNUe will handle the needs of any size
business, including applications for human resources, accounting, customer
relationship management, project management, supply chain and e-commerce. GNUe
is a free software project developed by volunteer software developers
worldwide. The website of GNU Enterprise is http://www.gnu.org/projects/gnue/.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10084
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10084 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10084 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+Title: GNUe Reports Taking Shape
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-04-16
+Nearly a year after initial code check-ins for the Reporting Engine we are
starting to see some serious fruit. We are getting ready to ramp up for the
first release of the reporting engine!!
+
+
+
+First you start out with an XML markup report definition (grd):<Br>
+
+[http://gnuenterprise.org/~dneighbo/hold/monthly.grd]
+
+Then it gets processed by the reporting engine which populates an xml output
file with data:
+
+[http://gnuenterprise.org/~dneighbo/hold/monthly.xml]
+
+At which point it can then be transformed into many different output formats:
+
+HTML : [http://gnuenterprise.org/~dneighbo/hold/monthly.html]
+
+Text : [http://gnuenterprise.org/~dneighbo/hold/monthly.txt]
+
+It is worth noting that the engine currently supports multiple ouput devices
as well as formats for example you can send the report to email, fax, printer
or file!
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10085
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10085 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10085 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Title: GNUe Kernel Cousins #26
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-05-04
+GNUe Kernel Cousins #26 is now available at
+
+
+
+[http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020427_26.html].
+
+
+
+
+
+Twenty-six is not a particularly significant number, except that (based on a
weekly output) it represents six months' worth of Kernel Cousin GNUe. During
this time, we have summarised 8,393k of irc log and an indeterminate quantity
of mailing lists down to 911k of Kernel Cousins' XML source. Thanks go
primarily to Zack Brown for setting all of this up, but also to everyone
involved in the channel both for their support and for saying so many things
worth summarising!
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10086
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10086 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10086 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Title: Kernel Cousins GNUE #28
+Author: address@hidden
+
+Date: 2002-05-18
+
+
+GNUe Kernel Cousins #28 is now available at
+[http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020511_28.html].
+
+Note that you can have issues automagically e-mailed to you directly
+(in text format) by joining the kcgnuedistrib mailing list -
+[http://zork.net/mailman/listinfo/kcgnuedistrib].
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10087
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10087 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10087 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Title: Kernel Cousins GNUe #31
+Author: address@hidden
+
+Date: 2002-06-03
+
+Kernel Cousins GNUe #31 is now available at
+[http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020601_31.html].
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10088
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10088 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10088 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+Title: Project Info: New Releases of All GNUe Tools Available
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-06-03
+
+
+The GNU Enterprise team is proud to announce a major release
+of it's enterprise application development suite. This release
+includes:
+
+ * GNUe Forms 0.3.0
+ * GNUe Designer 0.3.0
+ * GNUe Common 0.3.0
+ * GNUe Reports 0.0.1
+ * GNUe Application Server 0.0.1
+
+GNUe-Forms is a platform and UI-independent forms system. It
+reads an XML-based forms definition and creates GUIs for Win32,
+GTK, and, soon, Curses and HTML. It has a fully data-aware widget
+set and can be used in both 2-tier and n-tier environments.
+
+GNUe-Designer is the IDE for the GNUe tools. It allows you to
+visually layout your forms in a RAD-style environment. Designer
+has a builtin forms client, so you can quickly test your forms
+while still in Designer. Designer also has support for form
+creation wizards... answer a few questions, attach your form to
+one or more database tables, select the fields to include, and,
+voila, a basic form is created.
+
+GNUe-Reports is a platform and output-independent reporting
+system. It reads an XML-based report definition and generates
+arbitrary XML output that can further be translated into any
+format for which there is an adapter. GNUe Reports currently
+has outputs for Text, HTML, and CSV -- with PDF, Postscript,
+and Gnumeric/Excel formats in the works. Reports can output
+directly to a file, as an email attachment, to a printer, or
+to a HylaFax server.
+
+GNUe Application Server is the data and business rules server
+for the GNU Enterprise project. It will provide an object-
+oriented backend to forms and reports. In an n-tier environment,
+GEAS holds all business rules/logic and provides object-to-
+relational access to various database backends. This release
+is primarily a proof-of-concept release that illustrates the
+use of GNUe-Common's database backends and RPC abstraction tools.
+
+GNUe-Common is the basis for the GNUe tools, such as Forms,
+Reports, Application Server, and Designer. It implements a
+database-abstraction layer that provides support for most
+major databases. A builtin XML-to-Object parser and
+Object-to-XML marshaller are used by Forms, Reports, and
+Designer to save and read Forms/Report definitions to and
+from an XML file. It also defines and implements an RPC
+abstraction layer that will allow server processes to define
+their public methods once and have them available to CORBA,
+XML-RPC, SOAP, and DCOM clients.
+
+All of these releases are targeted at developers. The five
+products are available in source form from our website at
+[http://www.gnuenterprise.org/downloads/current.php].
+
+We also have Windows installers for GNUe-Designer and GNUe-Forms
+that include all the basic dependencies -- you only have to download
+a single setup.exe! The Installers include support for PostgreSQL,
+MySQL, and ODBC. These installers are available in the same locations
+listed above.
+
+GNUe-Forms 0.3.0, Designer 0.3.0, and Common 0.3.0 have been tested
+and are known to run on:
+
+ * GNU/Linux (RedHat 6.x/7.x, Debian 2.x, Slackware 8.0, ...)
+ * Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT
+ * Solaris 8.0
+ * FreeBSD 4.x
+
+
+The introductory releases of GNUe Reports and GNUe Application Server
+are known to work on:
+
+ * GNU/Linux (RedHat 6.x/7.x, Debian 2.x, Slackware 8.0, ...)
+ * FreeBSD 4.x
+ * Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT
+
+
+Changes to GNUe-Forms 0.3.0:
+
+ * Modularization of UI drivers
+ * Moved trigger logic into Common; addition of new triggers
+(pre-insert, pre-update, pre-delete, pre-commit)
+ * Added a virtual key mapping system
+ * Moved Field Display/Keystroke logic out of the UI drivers
+ * Implemented clipboard support
+ * Added Go To First Record / Go To Last Record support
+ * Began translations using Common's new GetText support
+ * Field values are now typecasted in accordance with the new DataObject
changes in Common
+ * Improved the forms event model; allow two-way messages
+ * Lots of bug fixes
+
+
+Changes to GNUe-Designer 0.3.0:
+
+ * Drag and drop field creation
+ * Added a creation toolbar
+ * Greatly enhanced mouse support (cross-hair selectors, ...)
+ * Added in-place label editing (by double-clicking on a label)
+ * Better wizard support (new master/detail wizards)
+ * Integrated database schema support
+ * Modularization of code / removed dependencies on Forms
+
+
+Changes to GNUe-Common 0.3.0:
+
+ * Formal trigger subsystem added
+ * Implemented a new runtime configuration system which makes the
+gnue.conf file optional
+ * First working implementation of a GNUe RPC driver (XMLRPC)
+ * GNU Gettext i18n support added, with initial translations
+(de, en, en_GB, en_US, hu_HU, lt, lt_LT, ru, uk)
+ * Added database schema introspection support for SAP-DB, MySQL,
+Interbase/Firebird, and DB2 database drivers
+ * Updated PostgreSQL code to support PostgreSQL 7.2 oddities
+ * DataObjects are now properly typecasted
+ * Added XML Namespace support to our XML Parser
+ * Removed dependency on PyXML
+ * Native support for Python's internal stepping debugger
+ * Changes required for first releases of Reports and App Server
+ * Misc bug fixes and lots of performance enhancements
+
+
+Changes to GNUe-Reports 0.0.1:
+
+ * Initial release
+
+
+Changes to GNUe Application Server 0.0.1:
+
+ * Initial release
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10089
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10089 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10089 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Title: PAPO Version 0.0.1 Released
+Author: address@hidden
+
+Date: 2002-06-05
+
+The PAPO project, which uses the GNU Enterprise Framework, has
+just posted its v0.0.1 release. You can find the release
+[here].
+You can view screenshots below.
+Currently PAPO is geared towards Spanish speaking users and orginates
+out of Argentina.
+
+<img src="papo.png">
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10090
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10090 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10090 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Title: Project Info: GNUe Navigator Moving Towards Release
+Author: address@hidden
+
+Date: 2002-06-06
+
+As you may have noticed GNUe Navigator was one of the only products that was
not
+released with the rest of the GNUe Application Framework this week. We are
hard at
+work, getting it ready for prime time. We hope to release it by early next
week.
+You can see some of where it is going:
+
+[Here] is a shot of the opening screen for the contact
+manager in samples/ of cvs.
+
+[Here] is a shot of tree in action for same contact
+manager.
+
+Shots of navigator in web mode will be up soon as well.
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10091
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10091 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10091 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Title: GNUe Kernel Cousins #32
+Author: address@hidden
+
+Date: 2002-06-10
+
+Kernel Cousins GNUe #32 is available at
+[http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020608_32.html].
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10092
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10092 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10092 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Title: Kernel Cousins GNUe #33
+Author: address@hidden
+
+Date: 2002-06-25
+
+A couple of days late, due to a combination of human and technical factors,
+GNUe Kernel Cousins #33 is now at
+[http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020615_33.html].
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10093
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10093 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10093 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Title: Kernel Cousins GNUe #34
+Author: address@hidden
+
+Date: 2002-06-26
+
+The latest installment of the weekly summary of the mailing lists and IRC
channel is now up at
+[http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020622_34.html].
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10094
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10094 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10094 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Title: Kernel Cousin GNUe #35
+Author: address@hidden
+
+Date: 2002-06-28
+
+Kernel Cousins GNUe #35 is available at
+[http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020629_35.html].
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10095
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10095 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10095 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+Title: GNU Bayonne 1.0 Preliminary Release Candidate Announced
+Author: address@hidden
+
+Date: 2002-06-30
+
+After two years of development, a 1.0 preliminary release candidate
+for GNU Bayonne has emerged from the GNU project under sponsorship
+by the Free Software Foundation and OST. GNU Bayonne is a freely
+licensed telephony server allowing small businesses, large enterprises,
+and commercial telephone carriers to create, deploy, and manage embedded,
+stand-alone, and web integrated telephony voice response solutions in
+capacity ranging from a single analog circuit to multiple PRI spans.
+GNU Bayonne is available as free software as part of the GNU project
+and is even used to run the phone system at the FSF main offices.
+GNU Bayonne will also be used to telephony enable key enterprise
+applications such as customer contact and relations management,
+automatic order processing, and service dispatch, as part of GNU
+Enterprise ([http://www.gnue.org]).
+GNU Bayonne can be obtained in source directly from
+[ftp://ftp.gnu.org].
+
+
+
+In making a preliminary 1.0 release candidate available immediately,
+we are seeking additional help from the community in reviewing the
+1.0 release, and to provide advanced help for ISV's such as GNU/Linux
+distributors in preparing for packaging of the full 1.0 release when
+it appears later next month. GNU Bayonne has been developed with minimal
+resources and without benefit of any direct industry support or
+financing. However, many individuals and organizations have nonetheless
+contributed both time and resources for continuing GNU Bayonne development
+and we fully appreciate these efforts. We continue to need the help and
+support of the community to make this and future releases of GNU Bayonne
+available.
+
+In the past it has been necessary to have expensive computer telephony
+hardware to use and test GNU Bayonne. The preliminary release is being
+made available with a new soundcard based driver that will allow anyone
+with a soundcard to test or debug a GNU Bayonne server, simulate call
+flow, and create or debug GNU Bayonne telephony applications. We
+currently need help in various areas, including:
+
+
+ * Documentation review and improvement
+ * Additional foreign language voice libraries
+ * Demo applications one can setup and use out of the box
+ * More extensive testing of voice card drivers
+
+
+If you would like to help with GNU Bayonne, please send email to
address@hidden Further information about GNU Bayonne may be
+found at [http://www.gnu.org/software/bayonne].
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10096
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10096 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10096 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Title: GNUe DCL 20020706 (stable) ReleaseTitle:
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-07-06
+
+ There is a new release of DCL mostly covering security patches
+and some minor bug fixes. It is HIGHLY suggested that you update.
+
+
+ * Escaping of html in data displayed from entry to avoid exploits (Ticket #84)
+ * Fixed maxlength property for short account name (SF Bug #548886)
+ * Fix to prevent file download spoofing (Ticket #83)
+ * File upload verification to prevent spoofing (Ticket #82)
+ * Fix broken import CSV form so it reads multipart so can apply security
patches to it.
+ * Patch from Jason Cater: Sender header add to outgoing dcl mails to make
easily identifiable for mail filtering
+ * Changed entry widget maxlen to 10 to match db schema.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10097
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10097 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10097 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Title: GNUe DCL 20020706 Debian Packages AvailableTitle:
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-07-11
+
+Jeff Bailey has been kind enough to update and take over
+the GNUe DCL Debian packaging. You can find the debs
+[here].
+They are on their way up to unstable. Be on the look out.
+Please email [
address@hidden if you have
+encounter any problems.
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10098
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10098 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10098 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Title: Kernel Cousins GNUe #37
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-07-12
+
+Kernel Cousins GNUe #37 is now out at
+[http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020713_37.html].
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10099
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10099 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10099 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Title: Kernel Cousins GNUe #38
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-07-22
+
+Kernel Cousins GNUe #38 is now out at
+[http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020720_38.html].
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10100
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10100 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10100 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Title: In the Press: GNUe & DCL in eWeek
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-07-24
+
+GNU Enterprise and DCL were part of an eWeek[http://www.eWeek.com/]
+story, "Broaden Options, With Caution", by Timothy Dyck.
+Certainly you should check it out. ; )
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10101
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10101 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10101 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Title: Kernel Cousins GNUe #39
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-07-28
+
+This week's IRC and mailing list summary is at
+http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020727_39.html.
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10102
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10102 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10102 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Title: Relocation of GNUe Server
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-08-04
+
+Our main web/mail/dns server will be moving to a new home in the next
+several days. Our website has been mirrored to another machine that
+www.gnuenterprise.org will temporarily resolve to. Mail is being
+spooled on a secondary mail server, however that server will only spool
+the mail until ash comes back up. It will not attempt to deliver any
address@hidden / @gnuenterprise.org mail.
+In other words, our website will be up, but mail will not be delivered
+and developer accounts on ash will not be available until after the move.
+This will not affect CVS access to our main repository as that is hosted
+by savannah.gnu.org.
+
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10103
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10103 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10103 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Title: GNUe Kernel Cousins #41
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-08-10
+
+GNUe Kernel Cousins #41 is now out at
+[
+http://kt.zork.net/GNUe/gnue20020810_41.html.]
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10104
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10104 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10104 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Title: GNUe Kernel Cousins #42
+Author: address@hidden
+Date: 2002-08-17
+
+Another weekly installment of the IRC and mailing lists
+summmary is
+[here].
+
+
+
+
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10105
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/news/historic/10105 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10105 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<h1>New website</h1>
+
+Date: 2002-08-29
+ GNUe Enterprise are pleased to announce the launch of their new website,
+available at the same old address of http://www.gnuenterprise.org/
+
+
+
+
+ It's just over a year since we started using phpNuke for the main
website.
+Although this has made adding new content to the site (in the form of news
+stories) much easier, it has caused some other problems:
+
+1) No immediate 'in your face' explanation to newcomers of what GNU
+Enterprise was/is/will be.
+
+2) The "community"/discussion aspects of the site never really reached
+critical mass. Nearly all news items were initiated by project team
+members of either this or related projects, and there were very few
+comments posted.
+
+3) We are committed to maintaining a web presence not just on our main
+web site, but also on the GNU/FSF web site at
http://www.gnu.org/projects/gnue/
+However, maintaining two seperate web sites was not time-effective.
+
+4) Despite offers of spare bandwidth and server space, the phpNuke site
+could not be easily mirrored, to provide load sharing and resiliance
+to fall over of the main server.
+
+5) phpNuke generated awkward URLs with lots of &-ey references to
+articles and other documents, which was a pain when trying to reference
+specific pages from elsewhere (especially from XML documents such as
+GNUe Kernel Cousins!).
+
+6) In places where we did need to update content (e.g. the Downloads and
+Documentation sections), we tended to do it by ignoring phpNuke and doing
+simple file listings anyway.
+
+We would continue to recommend the free version of phpNuke (or, if you're
+starting today, probably the free fork Postnuke) for anyone who needs a
+free software solution for a fully-dynamic, database-driven, news-orientated
+web site. We've just come to realise that we do not ;-)
+
+The new web site is intended to be a much simpler site, both for users
+to navigate and for us to maintain and administer. At the moment, most of
+the content is just material from the old phpNuke site (in most cases,
+updated for recent changes to the project). However, we will
+be developing and growing the site over the next few months.
+
+The site is available at both
+http://www.gnuenterprise.org
+and (soon) at
+http://www.gnu.org/projects/gnue/
+
+<u>Technical notes:</u>
+
+The new site is written using PHP as the back-end/application
+on the www.gnuenterprise.org box. At the moment, very little PHP
+functionality (other than server-side includes) is being used, although
+this may change as the site develops. The www.gnu.org version of the
+site will be done by mirroring the content from the main site on a daily
+basis, using wget.
+
+Any specific problems with the new site should be reported to
+the [webmaster].
+General feedback should go to the
+[gnue] mailing list.
+
+
+[Return] to news archive
+
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10106 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
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@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<h1>GNUe on linuxfund.org</h1>
+
+Date: 2002-08-30
+
+Please register at [Linux
+Fund] and put some penguin pesos to vote for GNU Enterprise.
+
+
+
+For those that are not familiar with The Linux Fund, it is a non-profit
+designed to try to raise money to put in the hands of Free/Open Software
+projects to help their development.
+
+We had discussed submitting for a grant on several occassions but never
+actually did. By chance someone submitted for a grant on behalf of GNUe
+and Linux Fund approached me on the validity of the submittal. He
+strongly encouraged we go ahead and submit.
+
+So now we ask please register at [Linux
+Fund] and put some penguin pesos to vote for GNU Enterprise.
+We do not see this as way to 'earn' a
+living or even cash in on GNUe. We hope that it will afford us to get
+some better marketing materials printed and get us in more trade shows
+and possibly seed some merchandise creation so that we can start get
+funds to do more to support GNUe.
+
+More information about ways to [help]
+GNUe is also available.
+
+
+[Return] to news archive
+
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10107 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10107 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+ <h1>GNUe CVS snapshots now available</h1>
+ 12th September 2002
+
+ One temporary casualty of the web site move were the
+[nightly]
+and
+[hourly]
+snapshots of CVS. These have now been re-instated.
+
+
+[Return] to news archive
+
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10108 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10108 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<h1>New releases soon - pre-releases ready for testing now</h1>
+Date: 2002-09-20
+
+We are in the process of preparing new releases of the main GNUe tools, which
+should be out in the next few days. As usual, in the rush to a new release,
+the GNUe Developers will be posting daily (or so) pre-release versions or
+release candidates for people to download and try to break. Anyone is welcome
+to try the pre-releases - any problems should normally be reported via the
+IRC channel. However, if you want something a bit more stable, you might
+prefer to hold off until these become the official current releases.
+
+The pre-releases are at
+[
+http://www.gnuenterprise.org/downloads/prereleases.php]
+
+The current releases are at
+[
+http://www.gnuenterprise.org/downloads/current.php]
+
+
+[Return] to news archive
+
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10109 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10109 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+<h1>New releases</h1>
+Date: 2002-09-30
+
+The GNU Enterprise team is proud to announce a new release of
+it's enterprise application development suite. This release
+includes:
+
+ * GNUe Forms 0.4.0
+ * GNUe Designer 0.4.0
+ * GNUe Common 0.4.0
+ * GNUe Reports 0.0.2
+ * GNUe Application Server 0.0.2
+ * GNUe Navigator 0.0.1
+
+GNUe-Forms is a platform and UI-independent forms system. It
+reads an XML-based forms definition and creates GUIs for Win32,
+GTK, and, soon, Curses (text), and HTML. It has a fully data-aware
+widget set and can be used in both 2-tier and n-tier
+environments.
+
+GNUe-Designer is the IDE for the GNUe tools. It allows you to
+visually layout your forms in a RAD-style environment. Designer
+has a builtin forms client, so you can quickly test your forms
+while still in Designer. Designer also has support for form
+creation wizards... answer a few questions, attach your form
+to one or more database tables, select the fields to include,
+and, voila, a basic form is created.
+
+GNUe-Reports is a platform and output-independent reporting
+system. It reads an XML-based report definition and generates
+arbitrary XML output that can further be translated into any
+format for which there is an adapter. GNUe Reports currently
+has outputs for Text, HTML, and CSV -- with PDF, Postscript,
+and Gnumeric/Excel formats in the works. Reports can output
+directly to a file, as an email attachment, to a printer, or
+to a HylaFax server.
+
+GNUe Application Server is the data and business rules server
+for the GNU Enterprise project. It will provide an object-
+oriented backend to forms and reports. In an n-tier environment,
+GEAS holds all business rules/logic and provides object-to-
+relational access to various database backends. This release
+is primarily a proof-of-concept release that illustrates the
+use of GNUe-Common's database backends and RPC abstraction tools.
+
+GNUe Navigator is a menuing system for GNUe Forms and Reports. It
+presents a consistent menuing interface (in GUI or Text) based on
+an XML "process definition." GNUe Navigator uses the GNUe Forms or
+GNUe Reports clients to run the actual forms and reports, so these
+corresponding tools must be installed.
+
+GNUe-Common is the basis for the GNUe tools, such as Forms,
+Reports, Application Server, and Designer. It implements a
+database-abstraction layer that provides support for most major
+databases. A builtin XML-to-Object parser and Object-to-XML
+marshaller are used by Forms, Reports, and Designer to save
+and read Forms/Report definitions to and from an XML file.
+It also defines and implements an RPC abstraction layer that
+will allow server processes to define their public methods once
+and have them available to CORBA, XML-RPC, SOAP, and DCOM
+clients.
+
+All of these releases are targeted at developers. The five
+products are available in source form from our website at
+
+[
+http://www.gnuenterprise.org/downloads/current.php]
+
+We also have Windows installers for GNUe-Designer and GNUe-Forms
+that include all the basic dependencies -- you only have to
+download a single setup.exe! The Installers include support for
+PostgreSQL, MySQL, and ODBC. These installers are available in
+the same locations listed above.
+
+The tools have been tested and are known to run on:
+
+
+ * GNU/Linux (RedHat 6.x/7.x, Debian 2.x/3.x, Slackware 8.0, ...)
+ * Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT
+ * Solaris 8.0
+ * FreeBSD 4.x
+
+
+<h5>Changes to GNUe-Forms 0.4.0:</h5>
+
+ * Addition of a native GTK 2 UI driver [alpha]
+ * Improved feedback / error notification
+ * Support for i18n font encodings
+ * Support for passed parameters (runtime variables)
+ * Miscellanous bug fixes
+
+
+<h5>Changes to GNUe-Designer 0.4.0:</h5>
+
+ * Added wizards to extract a schema from a live database into
+ the new GSD (GNUe Schema Definition) XML format.
+ * Added a new Reports wizard
+ * Moved to a plug-in based setup -- widget creation logic is now
+ done as a plug-in, which can easily be extended or modified by
+ an end-developer
+ * Added support for dynamic menus / toolbars for end-developer
+ customization
+ * Many bug fixes / code cleanups
+
+
+<h5>Changes to GNUe-Common 0.4.0:</h5>
+
+ * Addition of GNUe Schema support -- an XML-based table and
+ data markup format.
+ * Improved support for master/detail datasources
+ * Added structure for custom authentication agents
+ * Support for netrc -- allows automatic logins
+ * Added support for GNUe Archives (GEAR files) -- allows
+ GNUe-based applications to be packaged and run from a single
+ archive file.
+ * Added preliminary support for Gadfly and SQLite backends
+ * Improved introspection support for SAP-DB and PostgreSQL
+
+
+<h5>Changes to GNUe-Reports 0.0.2:</h5>
+
+ * Improved RTF merging support (mailmerge functionality)
+ * Improved support for running on Win32 systems
+ * Preliminary support for 4xslt as an alternate XSLT engine
+ * Various bugfixes
+
+
+<h5>Changes to GNUe Application Server 0.0.2:</h5>
+
+ * Improved support for conditions
+ * Initial support for authentication agents
+ * Initial support for triggers
+ * Improvements to the RPC layer
+ * Started work on an ODL (Object definitions) layer
+ * Miscellaneous bug fixes
+
+
+<h5>Changes to GNUe Navigator 0.0.1:</h5>
+
+ * Initial release
+
+In other news, work on GNUe Integrator has commenced in CVS.
+GNUe Integrator will initially allow batch-mode transfers of
+data from one data source to another. This can be used, for
+example, to transfer web sales data from a MySQL database to
+a SAP-DB backoffice system, or data from a CVS file to a
+production database. Expect a premiere release in the not-too-
+distant future.
+
+<hr />
+[Return] to news archive
+
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10110 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10110 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<h1>GNUe Available as Part of GNU Win II</h1>
+
+Date: 2002-10-03
+
+We are very pleased to announce, that GNU Enterprise is included in GNUWin
+II [http://gnuwin.epfl.ch].
+
+GNUWin exists to help introduce users to free software, to show that it
+exists (and works!) and to ease a future migration to an entirely free system,
+like GNU/Linux for instance.
+
+GNUWin itself is meant to be 'libre' (free in the sense of the GPL). You can
+find iso images of GNUWin on the Swiss Sunsite Mirror at
+[ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/gnuwin/]
+[http://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/ftp/mirror/gnuwin/]
+
+or from the GNUWin site at http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/iso/
+
+[Return] to news archive
+
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10111 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10111 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<h1>Debian Packages for Forms, Designer, Common</h1>
+
+Date: 2002-10-13
+Debian packages are now available for the following tools:
+
+ * GNUe-Common 0.4.0
+ * GNUe-Forms 0.4.0 (Running wxGTK)
+ * GNUe-Designer 0.4.0
+
+
+
+
+These .debs can be downloaded from:
+[
+http://www.gnuenterprise.org/downloads/current.php].
+
+Alternatively, they can simply be accessed by adding
+<code>deb http://www.gnuenterprise.org/debian woody main</code>
+to the sources.list file for your Debian installation.
+
+These Debian packages are still early versions, and we make
+no guarantees that they comply 100% with Debian Policy
+(although they should be pretty close, as they were based
+on packages for another free software project that were).
+We have not therefore submitted them for sid (the Debian
+unstable distribution) yet. However, several of the GNUe
+core developers are already using them in production.
+
+As the packages are not yet even part of sid, bugs should
+not be reported via the normal Debian bug-tracking system,
+but direct to us, via the normal GNUe
+[bug
+web page].
+
+
+
+[Return] to news archive
+
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10112 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10112 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<h1>Re-packaging of Microsoft Windows setup.exe for GNUe Tools 0.4.0</h1>
+
+Date: 2002-10-18
+People who have downloaded the Windows setup.exe version of
+the GNUe Tools 0.4.0 will have noticed that they don't
+work properly. This is not because of any bugs in the
+underlying code, but because of problems in the packaging.
+Bajusz Tamas has now very kindly re-packaged the GNUe Tools setup.exe
+to fix these problems, and has also included some more
+database drivers and other goodies. We have uploaded this
+revised version to the website. You can download it from:
+[
+http://www.gnuenterprise.org/downloads/current.php].
+A big thank you to Bajusz for all his work on this.
+
+
+The only known bug at the moment (based on about half an
+hour's testing) is that the Connections form, which should
+allow you to edit the connections.conf file via a Form,
+doesn't currently seem to work. You will have to edit
+connections the "old fashioned" way by using a text
+editor on the connections.conf file (Hint: Using
+Wordpad rather than Notepad will save you a *lot* of
+grief with the end-of-line characters.)
+
+Bajusz's READ.ME for this new package follows:
+
+This is NOT a bugfix version, just a repackaging of
+released *.zip files!
+Differences from the original GNUe-Tools-0.4.0-setup.exe:
+
+<ol>
+ * added translations files
+ * two hacked files needed for McMillan
+(designer.Instance.py and designer.templates.__init__.py)
+ * added interbase/firebird, sapdb, appserver and
+configfile dbdrivers
+ * McMillan put mpr.dll from windows into build, i removed
+it...
+ * used console=1 in *.spec files, let people making bug
+reports :)
+</ol>
+
+
+[Return] to news archive
+
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10113 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10113 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<h1>GNUe 0.4.0 How-To for SuSE 8.0</h1>
+
+Date: 2002-10-19There is a new HOW-TO describing how-to get GNU Enterprise
Tools v0.4.0 working with SuSE GNU/Linux v8.0.
+[How-To]
+
+[Return] to news archive
+
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10114 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10114 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<h1>New Debian packages - now in sid!</h1>
+
+Date: 2002-11-6Thanks to Jeff Bailey, we now have Debian packages in sid
(the Debian unstable distribution).
+
+
+These packages are based on CVS rather than the recent 0.4.0 release, and
hence are in effect a "0.4.1-alpha". As with all CVS versions of software,
there may be more bugs in than an official release. You can obtain the packages
by apt-getting them from your favourite local
+Debian [mirror].
+
+
+[Return] to news archive
+
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10115 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10115 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<h1>0.4.1 releases soon - pre-releases ready for testing now</h1>
+
+Date: 2002-11-15A new set of releases of the GNUe Tools (0.4.1 etc) is
planned soon. As usual, we have some pre-release candidates available for
testing
+[on the website] for people to download and try to break.
+
+
+
+
+Anyone is welcome to try the pre-releases with whatever test (or even
real-life!) Forms, Reports, etc they have - any
+problems should normally be reported via the IRC channel. However, if you want
something a
+bit more stable, you might prefer to try the [current] releases.
+
+
+
+[Return] to news archive
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10116
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10116 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10116 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+<h1>New (0.4.1 etc.) releases available</h1>
+
+Date: 2002-11-18
+
+The GNU Enterprise team is proud to announce a new release of
+it's enterprise application development suite. This release
+includes:
+
+
+ * GNUe Forms 0.4.1
+ * GNUe Reports 0.1.0
+ * GNUe Designer 0.4.1
+ * GNUe Common 0.4.1
+ * GNUe Navigator 0.0.2
+
+
+
+
+GNUe-Forms is a platform and UI-independent forms system. It
+reads an XML-based forms definition and creates GUIs for Win32,
+GTK, and, soon, Curses (text), and HTML. It has a fully data-aware
+widget set and can be used in both 2-tier and n-tier environments.
+
+GNUe-Reports is a platform and output-independent reporting
+system. It reads an XML-based report definition and generates
+arbitrary XML output that can further be translated into any
+format for which there is an adapter. GNUe Reports currently
+has outputs for Text, HTML, and CSV -- with PDF, Postscript,
+and Gnumeric/Excel formats in the works. Reports can output
+directly to a file, as an email attachment, to a printer, or
+to a HylaFax server. This version introduces native "Label"
+support.
+
+GNUe-Designer is the IDE for the GNUe tools. It allows you to
+visually layout your forms in a RAD-style environment. Designer
+has a builtin forms client, so you can quickly test your forms
+while still in Designer. Designer also has support for form
+creation wizards... answer a few questions, attach your form
+to one or more database tables, select the fields to include,
+and, voila, a basic form is created.
+
+GNUe Navigator is a menuing system for GNUe Forms and Reports. It
+presents a consistent menuing interface (in GUI or Text) based on
+an XML "process definition." GNUe Navigator uses the GNUe Forms or
+GNUe Reports clients to run the actual forms and reports, so these
+corresponding tools must be installed.
+
+GNUe-Common is the basis for the GNUe tools, such as Forms,
+Reports, Application Server, and Designer. It implements a
+database-abstraction layer that provides support for most major
+databases. A builtin XML-to-Object parser and Object-to-XML
+marshaller are used by Forms, Reports, and Designer to save
+and read Forms/Report definitions to and from an XML file.
+It also defines and implements an RPC abstraction layer that
+will allow server processes to define their public methods once
+and have them available to CORBA, XML-RPC, SOAP, and DCOM
+clients.
+
+All of these releases are targeted at developers. The five
+products are available in source form from our website at
+[
+http://www.gnuenterprise.org/downloads/current.php]
+
+Later this week, we will have Windows installers for the GNUe
+tools that include all the basic dependencies -- you only have to
+download a single setup.exe! The Installers include support for
+PostgreSQL, MySQL, and ODBC. These installers will be available
+in the same location listed above.
+
+We will also have Debian packages for our the tools in the week
+to come. We are looking for packagers for other platforms.
+
+The tools have been tested and are known to run on:
+
+
+ * GNU/Linux (RedHat 6.x/7.x/8.x, Debian 2.x/3.x, Slackware 8.0, ...)
+ * Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT
+ * Solaris 8.0
+ * FreeBSD 4.x
+
+
+Changes to GNUe-Forms 0.4.1:
+
+ * Query-by-detail-block support implemented
+ * Preliminary Curses driver added
+ * Improvements to the GTK2 driver
+ * Improved Developer API:
+
+ * Global trigger namespace
+ * Many new convenience functions
+
+ * Reworked checkbox support
+ * Updates to support GNUe Common 0.4.1
+ * Various user-feedback improvements
+ * Many bug fixes
+
+
+Changes to GNUe-Designer 0.4.1:
+
+ * Added support for Report's Namespace model to Wizards
+ * User-feedback enhancements
+ * Updates to support GNUe Common 0.4.1
+ * Many bug fixes
+
+
+Changes to GNUe-Common 0.4.1:
+
+ * DataSource improvements:
+
+ * "distinct" rows support
+ * Order by "descending" values
+ * "primarykey" and "explicitfields" support
+
+ * Added "cursing", a python/curses widget toolkit
+ * Improved validation by the XML parser
+ * GParser support for importable libraries
+ * Added a common Event system for the tools to use
+
+
+Changes to GNUe-Reports 0.1.0:
+
+ * Implemented basic trigger support
+
+ * Report-level: On-Startup, On-Exit
+ * Section-level: Pre-Section, On-Process, Post-Section
+
+ * Added Label support; print out labels on stock
+ referenced by its brand name
+ * Added PS Merge support for the MailMerge template
+ * Added PSFAX Merge support... broadcast fax a postscript
+ file customized for each recipient from database data.
+ * Improved UI-integration; can use form's Curses or WxWindows
+ login dialog if forms is installed (--ui command line)
+ * Implemented support for listing available filters (--list-filters)
+ * Improved encoding/I18N support
+ * Many bugfixes
+
+
+Changes to GNUe Navigator 0.0.1:
+
+ * Updates to reflect GNUe Common 0.4.1's API
+ * Miscellaneous bug fixes
+
+
+
+In other news, work on GNUe Integrator and Application Server are
+well under way in CVS. Expect to see new releases soon. Also, work
+on a new subproject, [GNUe
+Small Business], has also started. This is
+a set of business applications (inventory, financials, etc) targeted
+at Small Businesses (commonly called SME's -- Small to Medium
+Enterprises.) We are actively looking for volunteers to assist in
+this subproject.
+
+
+
+[Return] to news archive
+
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10117 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
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@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<h1>GNUe Tools 0.4.1 setup.exe for Microsoft Windows</h1>
+
+Date: 2002-11-19
+The 0.4.1 release of Forms, Designer and Common and the
+0.1.0 release of Reports are now available
+as a single setup.exe for Microsoft Windows,
+including many of the supported database drivers. This
+is available in two versions - one with the python
+console window visible (to aid debugging) and one with
+it switched off. They can be downloaded from the website
+[here].
+
+
+
+
+These executables have been created using McMillan (a package
+which allows python code to be bundled into stand-alone
+executables) and inno (a free installer program for this
+operating system).
+
+They include all the database drivers for the free database
+back-ends you can use with GNUe, including PostgreSQL,
+mySQL, Firebird (the free fork of interbase), SAP-DB,
+plus a generic ODBC driver and our own GNUe Application Server
+and GNUe config file drivers. Note that due to licensing
+restrictions, we cannot include drivers for non-free database
+back-ends - another demonstration of the practical benefits
+of [
+free software]!
+
+Because of these included drivers, the size of
+these downloads is fairly large (approx. 10MB each), so
+dial-up users in particular may find they take a while to
+download.
+
+These releases are primarily aimed at developers;
+any bugs should be reported through
+[the
+usual channels]. If you get a bug with the debug-off
+version, please also try the debug-on version, and let us
+have any relevant error messages (python tracebacks, etc)
+with the bug report.
+
+
+
+[Return] to news archive
+
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10118 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10118 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<h1>Pre-releases ("0.4.1.99") for 0.4.2 available for testing</h1>
+
+Date: 2002-11-28We will shortly be having an interim (0.4.2) release of
GNUe Forms, GNUe
+Designer and GNUe Common. The main aims of this release are to do some final
+tidying-up (including bringing into the main code base many of the useful
+changes that our friends at Via Libre working on Project Papo have written)
+before the big push for the 0.5.0 releases.
+
+As usual, we have pre-releases ("0.4.1.99") available for testing
+[on the
+website]
+
+[Return] to news archive
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10119 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10119 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<h1>Debian package for Reports now in sid</h1>
+
+Date: 2002-11-29Now it's reached version 0.1.0, GNUe Reports has been
packaged for Debian and added to sid, the Debian unstable distribution. You can
get it from your favourite local Debian [bug tracking] system.
+
+[Return] to news archive
+
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10120 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10120 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+<h1>New 0.4.2 releases for Forms, Designer, Common</h1>
+
+Date: 2002-12-03
+The GNU Enterprise team is proud to announce a new release of
+it's enterprise application development suite. This release
+includes:
+
+
+ * GNUe Forms 0.4.2
+ * GNUe Designer 0.4.2
+ * GNUe Common 0.4.2
+
+
+This is the next point release of the 0.4.x stable branch.
+
+
+GNUe-Forms is a platform and UI-independent forms system. It
+reads an XML-based forms definition and creates GUIs for Win32,
+GTK, Curses (text) and, soon, HTML. It has a fully data-aware
+widget set and can be used in both 2-tier and n-tier environments.
+
+GNUe-Designer is the IDE for the GNUe tools. It allows you to
+visually layout your forms in a RAD-style environment. Designer
+has a builtin forms client, so you can quickly test your forms
+while still in Designer. Designer also has support for form
+creation wizards... answer a few questions, attach your form
+to one or more database tables, select the fields to include,
+and, voila, a basic form is created.
+
+GNUe-Common is the basis for the GNUe tools, such as Forms,
+Reports, Application Server, and Designer. It implements a
+database-abstraction layer that provides support for most major
+databases. A builtin XML-to-Object parser and Object-to-XML
+marshaller are used by Forms, Reports, and Designer to save
+and read Forms/Report definitions to and from an XML file.
+It also defines and implements an RPC abstraction layer that
+will allow server processes to define their public methods once
+and have them available to CORBA, XML-RPC, SOAP, and DCOM
+clients.
+
+All of these releases are targeted at developers. They are
+available in source form from our website at
+[
+http://www.gnuenterprise.org/downloads/current.php].
+
+The tools have been tested and are known to run on:
+
+
+ * GNU/Linux (RedHat 6.x/7.x/8.x, Debian 2.x/3.x,
+ Slackware 8.0, ...)
+ * Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT
+ * Solaris 8.0
+ * FreeBSD 4.x
+
+
+The main aims of this point release are to do some final tidying-up
+before the big push for the 0.5.0 releases. This includes bringing
+into the main code base many of the useful changes that our friends
+at Via Libre working on Project Papo have written.
+
+Note that, at the moment, this release is available in source code
+form only (*.tar.gz and *.zip). We will look at getting Microsoft Windows
+.exe and Debian GNU/Linux package versions over the next few weeks, although
+given the progress that 0.5.0 is making in CVS, this may overtake it...
+So our current recommendations would be:
+
+
+ * For Debian GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows users who want an automatic
+install: 0.4.1
+ * For other platforms, or for Debian and Windows users who are happy to
+install from source: 0.4.2
+
+
+CVS HEAD (what will be 0.5.0) is currently not recommended, even
+for testing purposes, as there is still some breakage/refactoring to
+resolve, but it should be back into a state where willing testers
+can usefully use it soon.
+
+The changes since 0.4.1 include:
+
+<h5>Forms</h5>
+
+
+ * Backported various fixes from CVS HEAD (the proto-0.5.0)
+ * Reimplemented sloppyQuery tag
+ * Updates to get curses mostly working; lots of menubar work
+ * Implemented isSaved(), isEmpty(), lastRecord(),
+ firstRecord(), executeQuery(), commit(), rollback() based
+ upon diff sent by Papo team
+
+
+<h5>Designer</h5>
+
+
+ * Backported various fixes from CVS HEAD (the proto-0.5.0)
+ * Applied patches for various report wizards, including
+ label and Mail Merge wizards
+
+
+<h5>Common</h5>
+
+
+ * Backported various fixes from CVS HEAD (the proto-0.5.0)
+ * Fix for custom authenticator support
+ * Updates to get curses mostly working
+ * Added in papo's null and not null conditionals
+ * Fixes to configuration loading added support for
+ a global [default] section to config files
+ * Fix for buggy mysqldb drivers < version 0.9.2a2
+
+
+
+
+[Return] to news archive
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10121 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10121 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<h1>GNUe Tools 0.4.2 setup.exe for Microsoft Windows</h1>
+
+Date: 2002-12-6The 0.4.2 release of Forms, Designer and Common and the
+0.1.0 release of Reports are now available
+as a single setup.exe for Microsoft Windows,
+including many of the supported database drivers. This
+is available in two versions - one with the python
+console window visible (to aid debugging) and one with
+it switched off. They can be downloaded from the website
+[here.]
+Thanks to Bajusz Tamas for all his work on this.
+
+
+
+These executables have been created using McMillan (a package which allows
python code to be bundled into stand-alone
+executables) and inno (a free installer program for this operating system).
+They include all the database drivers for the free database back-ends you can
use with GNUe, including SAP-DB (which is not only free but GPL), PostgreSQL,
mySQL, Firebird (the free
+fork of interbase), plus a generic ODBC driver and our own GNUe Application
Server and GNUe config file drivers (this latter driver now works). Note that
due to licensing restrictions, we cannot include drivers for
+the supported non-free database back-ends - you will have to source and
install these yourself if you are using a non-free database with GNUe.
+
+Because of all the included dependencies, the size of these downloads is
fairly large (approx. 10MB each), so dial-up users in particular may find they
take a while to download.
+
+These releases are primarily aimed at developers; any bugs should be reported
through
+[the
+usual channels. If you get a bug with the debug-off version, please also try
the debug-on version, and let us
+have any relevant error messages (python tracebacks, etc) with the bug report.
+
+
+[Return] to news archive
+
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10122
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10122 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10122 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<h1>Pre-releases for 0.4.3 available for testing</h1>
+
+Date: 2002-12-12We will shortly be doing an interim (0.4.3)
+release of GNUe Forms and GNUe Common. This is a bug-fix release on the
+stable (0.4.x) branch, before the big push for the 0.5.0 releases. As
+usual, we have pre-releases available for testing
+[on the
+website].
+
+[Return] to news archive
+
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10123 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10123 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<h1>New 0.4.3 releases for Forms and Common</h1>
+
+Date: 2002-12-13The GNU Enterprise team is proud to announce a new release
of
+it's enterprise application development suite. This release
+includes:
+
+
+ * GNUe Forms 0.4.3
+ * GNUe Common 0.4.3
+
+
+This is the next point release of the 0.4.x stable branch.
+
+
+GNUe-Forms is a platform and UI-independent forms system. It
+reads an XML-based forms definition and creates GUIs for Win32,
+GTK, Curses (text) and, soon, HTML. It has a fully data-aware
+widget set and can be used in both 2-tier and n-tier environments.
+
+GNUe-Common is the basis for the GNUe tools, such as Forms,
+Reports, Application Server, and Designer. It implements a
+database-abstraction layer that provides support for most major
+databases. A builtin XML-to-Object parser and Object-to-XML
+marshaller are used by Forms, Reports, and Designer to save
+and read Forms/Report definitions to and from an XML file.
+It also defines and implements an RPC abstraction layer that
+will allow server processes to define their public methods once
+and have them available to CORBA, XML-RPC, SOAP, and DCOM
+clients.
+
+All of these releases are targeted at developers. They are available in
+source form from our website at
+[
+http://www.gnuenterprise.org/downloads/current.php].
+
+The tools have been tested and are known to run on:
+
+
+ * GNU/Linux (RedHat 6.x/7.x/8.x, Debian 2.x/3.x, Slackware 8.0, ...)
+ * Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT
+ * Solaris 8.0
+ * FreeBSD 4.x
+
+
+The main aims of this point release are to fix minor bugs with MySQL,
+the new PostgreSQL 7.3, and some API omissions from 0.4.2.
+
+Note that, at the moment, this release is available in source code form
+only (*.tar.gz and *.zip). We will look at getting Microsoft Windows
+..exe and Debian GNU/Linux package versions over the next few weeks,
+although given the progress that 0.5.0 is making in CVS, this may
+overtake it...
+
+The changes since 0.4.2 include:
+
+<b>Forms</b>
+
+
+ * Reintroduced runform() to form's trigger namespace
+ * Misc bug fixes
+
+
+<b>Common</b>
+
+
+ * Worked around a bug in earlier MySQLdb drivers
+ * Encoding fix for PostgreSQL 7.3
+ * Improved support for the schema scripter
+ * Misc bug fixes
+
+
+
+
+[Return] to news archive
+
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10124 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10124 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<h1>GNUe Tools 0.4.3 setup.exe for Microsoft Windows</h1>
+
+Date: 2002-12-16The 0.4.3 release of Forms, Designer and Common and the
+0.1.0 release of Reports are now available
+as a single setup.exe for Microsoft Windows,
+including many of the supported database drivers. This
+is available in two versions - one with the python
+console window visible (to aid debugging) and one with
+it switched off. They can be downloaded from the website
+[here].
+
+
+Thanks to Bajusz Tamas for all his work on this.
+These executables have been created using McMillan (a package which allows
python code to be bundled into stand-alone
+executables) and inno (a free installer program for this operating system).
+They include all the database drivers for the free database back-ends you can
use with GNUe, including SAP-DB (which is not only free but GPL), PostgreSQL,
mySQL, Firebird (the free
+fork of interbase), plus a generic ODBC driver and our own GNUe Application
Server and GNUe config file drivers (this latter driver now works). Note that
due to licensing restrictions, we cannot include drivers for
+the supported non-free database back-ends - you will have to source and
install these yourself if you are using a non-free database with GNUe.
+
+Because of all the included dependencies, the size of these downloads is
fairly large (approx. 10MB each), so dial-up users in particular may find they
take a while to download.
+
+These releases are primarily aimed at developers; any bugs should be reported
through
+the [usual channels]. If you get a bug with the debug-off version, please also
try the debug-on version, and let us
+have any relevant error messages (python tracebacks, etc) with the bug report.
+
+
+[Return] to news archive
+
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10125 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10125 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<h1>Pre-releases for 0.5.0 and form convertor</h1>
+
+Date: 2002-12-17
+Pre-releases for Forms (0.5.0), Designer (0.5.0) and Common (0.4.4) are
+now available for testing
+[on
+the website]. As discussed
+[on
+the mailing lists], the big change for 0.5.0 will be the new format
+for the .gfd (GNUe Form Definition) files, to split the layout and
+logic. So, as well as the normal pre-release checking, please can people
+try out the Form format convertor routine (which should do most of the
+conversion from old to new format for you) and
+[let us know]
+of any problems.
+
+
+[Return] to news archive
+
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10126 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10126 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<h1>GNUe Security Framework</h1>
+
+Date: 2002-12-21A draft proposal for a security framework for GNU
Enterprise has been added to the [Documentation] page of the website. Thanks to
Stan Klein for his work on this.
+
+[Return] to news archive
+
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10128 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10128 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<h1>GNUe Designer 0.4.3 for wxPython 2.4 users</h1>
+
+03 February 2003Please note that all versions of GNUe Designer up to <b>and
including</b>
+0.4.2 and the 0.5.0 pre-releases are incompatible with the new 2.4
+release of wxPython. In particular, Debian users should note that this is
+now the default version in the unstable ("sid") distribution.
+
+The fixes have already applied to the CVS
+version of GNUe - and hence it will also be included in 0.5.0 when it's
+officially released. However, for the moment, we have done a bug-fix
+release in the stable ("0.4.x") branch, and released a 0.4.3 version
+of GNUe Designer which includes the fixes.
+
+Unless you need to use GNUe Designer with wxPython 2.4, there is no
+need to upgrade at the moment - you can safely wait for the 0.5.0
+releases. Also, note that the problems with wxPython do not affect
+GNUe Forms, so this remains at version 0.4.3.
+
+[Return] to news archive
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10129 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10129 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<h1>Web site changes</h1>
+
+05 February 2003The few visible recent changes to the website (plus
+the occasional glitch) mask a lot more changes underneath.
+The most significant change is that the site is now
+available, in the same format, at both
+[
+www.gnu.org/software/gnue/] and
+[
+www.gnuenterprise.org].
+
+
+It's been an aim of ours for a while to have the
+same web site on both www.gnu.org and www.gnuenterprise.org,
+replacing the old situation where we had two seperate sites,
+at least one of which was not being kept up to date. The new
+website is maintained directly in our HTML CVS on
+[savannah],
+and is then checked out to www.gnu.org (automatically whenever
+it changes) and to www.gnuenterprise.org (daily using cron,
+or more often if required).
+
+In order to make the site work in CVS, we have worked
+without a "proper" content management system, most of which
+use php or Zope. Instead, the site does some basic templating
+in python, generating "true" html from "source" files. This
+is probably similar to how many other GNU projects do their
+websites, except they'll use perl, XSLT or Emacs-LISP...
+
+One effect of putting the site into CVS is that anyone
+with [CVS
+write access] to the GNUe code also now has write
+access to the website, without having to go through a
+central individual or server to update the "master copy."
+However, please read the [readme]
+for the website before changing anything!
+
+
+[Return] to news archive
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10130
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10130 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10130 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<h1>GNUe RPMs</h1>
+
+05 February 2003Available for download at
+<a href ="http://home.attbi.com/~ejarvi/";>home.attbi.com/~ejarvi/]
+are GNUe RPM packages of the last releases. They were built on
+Redhat 8.0. Testing, results, feedback on other RPM based distros
+appreciated. (I'm unable to post to the mailing list due to spam
+filtering, hence this message.)
+
+
+[Return] to news archive
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10131
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10131 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10131 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<h1>GNUe-SuSE HowTo updated</h1>
+
+19 February 2003The [GNUe-SuSE HowTo] has
+now been updated for SuSE 8.0.
+Thanks to Arjen Runsink for compiling and submitting this.
+
+[Return] to news archive
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10132
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10132 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10132 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<h1>Help GNUe to help you</h1>
+
+22 February 2003The [Help GNUe] page has
+now been updated with further details of ways to help GNUe
+financially - some of which don't even cost you anything.
+Check it out...
+(Of course, there are lots of other ways to
+[get involved] in GNUe
+as well.)
+
+[Return] to news archive
Added: trunk/www/news/historic/10133
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--- trunk/www/news/historic/10133 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/news/historic/10133 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<h1>0.5.0 pre-releases ready for testing</h1>
+
+02 April 2003We are gearing up for a 0.5.0 release of Forms,
+Common and Deigner in the next few days. As usual, we
+have a series of (about daily) pre-releases available for testing
+<a
+href="http://www.gnuenterprise.org/downloads/prereleases.php";>on
+the website] as "0.4.99" releases, in an effort to squish
+any last-minute bugs.
+If you are an existing GNUe user, it would be very helpful
+for us if you could download the pre-releases and check that
+they work with any applications you have written using the GNUe
+tools. In particular, as previously advised, the 0.5.0 version
+of the tools introduces a new, incompatible, *.gfd (GNUe
+Forms Definition) format. There is a conversion tool that
+automates much (but not all) of the conversion from old
+to new fomat, and this also needs testing.
+
+[Return] to news archive
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--- trunk/www/releases/2003-08-10.txt 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/releases/2003-08-10.txt 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+Products:
+ forms 0.5.3
+ reports 0.5.3
+ appserver 0.1.3
+ common 0.5.3
+
+
+Post announcements to:
+ http://www.freshmeat.net/
+
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Preformatted Text Version
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+The GNU Enterprise team is proud to announce a new release of
+it's enterprise application development suite. This release
+includes:
+
+ * GNUe Forms 0.5.1
+ * GNUe Reports 0.1.2
+ * GNUe Designer 0.5.1
+ * GNUe Navigator 0.0.5
+ * GNUe Common 0.5.1
+
+GNUe-Forms is a platform and UI-independent forms system. It
+reads an XML-based forms definition and creates GUIs for Win32,
+GTK 2, and, soon, Curses (text), QT 3.0, and HTML. It has a fully
+data-aware widget set and can be used in both 2-tier and n-tier
+environments.
+
+GNUe-Reports is a platform and output-independent reporting
+system. It reads an XML-based report definition and generates
+arbitrary XML output that can further be translated into any
+format for which there is an adapter. GNUe Reports currently
+has outputs for Text, HTML, and CSV -- with PDF, Postscript,
+and Gnumeric/Excel formats in the works. Reports can output
+directly to a file, as an email attachment, to a printer, or
+to a HylaFax server. This version introduces native "Label"
+support.
+
+GNUe-Designer is the IDE for the GNUe tools. It allows you to
+visually layout your forms in a RAD-style environment. Designer
+has a builtin forms client, so you can quickly test your forms
+while still in Designer. Designer also has support for form
+creation wizards... answer a few questions, attach your form
+to one or more database tables, select the fields to include,
+and, voila, a basic form is created. Basic support for schema
+creation is also included.
+
+GNUe Navigator is a menuing system for GNUe Forms and Reports.
+It presents a consistent menuing interface (in GUI or Text)
+based on an XML "process definition." GNUe Navigator uses the
+GNUe Forms or GNUe Reports clients to run the actual forms and
+reports, so these corresponding tools must be installed.
+
+
+
+GNUe-Common is the basis for the GNUe tools, such as Forms,
+Reports, Application Server, and Designer. It implements a
+database-abstraction layer that provides support for most major
+databases. A builtin XML-to-Object parser and Object-to-XML
+marshaller are used by Forms, Reports, and Designer to save
+and read Forms/Report definitions to and from an XML file.
+It also defines and implements an RPC abstraction layer that
+will allow server processes to define their public methods once
+and have them available to CORBA, XML-RPC, SOAP, and DCOM
+clients.
+
+
+
+All of these releases are targeted at developers. The five
+products are available in source form from our website at:
+
+ [http://www.gnuenterprise.org/downloads/current.php]
+
+
+Soon, we will update our all-in-one Windows installer for the
+GNUe tools that include all the basic dependencies -- you only
+have to download a single setup.exe! The Installers include
+support for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and ODBC. These installers will
+be available at the same location referenced above. We will
+send out another announcement when this installer is ready.
+
+
+Debian packages for "unstable" will also been created. We will
+send out another announcement when they are ready. We are
+looking for packagers for other platforms.
+
+
+
+The tools have been tested and are known to run on:
+
+
+ * GNU/Linux (RedHat 6.x/7.x/8.x, Debian 2.x/3.x/sid,
+ Slackware 8.x, Gentoo)
+ * Windows 95/98/2000/ME/XP/NT
+ * MacOS X (via the available X interface)
+ * Solaris 8/9
+ * FreeBSD 4.x/5.x
+
+
+The tools require Python 2.0 or better to run (Python 2.2+
+recommended.) GNUe Designer requires wxPython 2.4 or better
+to run.
+
+Changes to GNUe-Forms 0.5.1:
+o Native Win32 User Interface
+o Improved Windows Packaging
+o Support for embedable components (bonobo, ole)
+o Print screen support
+o Misc Enhancements / Bug Fixes
+
+Changes to GNUe-Designer 0.5.1:
+o Major Enhancements Release
+o Undo support
+o Schema Navigator w/ Drag and Drop UI creation
+o Wizard additions and enhancements
+o Internal restructuring
+o Numerous Bug Fixes
+
+Changes to GNUe-Common 0.5.1:
+o additional schema generators (mysql, firebird)
+o More Internal restructuring
+o API improvements
+o descriptive trigger system error reports
+o Event system enhancements (dispatchAfter, cache)
+o numeric converters (roman and digits to text)
+o Misc bug fixes
+
+Changes to GNUe-Reports 0.1.2:
+o Postscripts output enhancements
+o Enhanced win32 support
+o Various bugfixes
+
+Changes to GNUe Navigator 0.0.5:
+o Reports support fixed
+o Improved windows support
+
+
+In other news, work on our subproject, GNUe Small Business,
+is still underway. This is a set of business applications
+(inventory, financials, etc) targeted at Small Businesses.
+We are now working with the ARIA project to integrate our
+two efforts. We are actively looking for volunteers to
+assist in this subproject.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+HTML Formatted Version
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Added: trunk/www/releases/2004-03-05.txt
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/releases/2004-03-05.txt 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/releases/2004-03-05.txt 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Products:
+ forms 0.5.3
+ reports 0.5.3
+ appserver 0.1.3
+ common 0.5.3
+
+
+Post announcements to:
+ http://www.freshmeat.net/
+
+
+Preformatted Text Version
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+HTML Formatted Version
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Added: trunk/www/utils/__init__.py
===================================================================
Added: trunk/www/utils/create-release-announcements
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/utils/create-release-announcements 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC
(rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/utils/create-release-announcements 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC
(rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+from helpers import files
+
+from helpers.tools import Tool
\ No newline at end of file
Property changes on: trunk/www/utils/create-release-announcements
___________________________________________________________________
Name: svn:executable
+ *
Added: trunk/www/utils/helpers/__init__.py
===================================================================
Added: trunk/www/utils/helpers/files.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/utils/helpers/files.py 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/utils/helpers/files.py 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import os
+
+SVN_BASE=os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),'../../..'))
+
+def openModuleFile(module,file):
+ try:
+ return open (os.path.join(SVN_BASE,'gnue-%s' % module.lower(), file))
+ except IOError:
+ return None
Added: trunk/www/utils/helpers/tools.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/www/utils/helpers/tools.py 2004-03-05 20:58:00 UTC (rev 5241)
+++ trunk/www/utils/helpers/tools.py 2004-03-05 21:06:03 UTC (rev 5242)
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+from files import openModuleFile
+
+
+##
+##
+##
+class Tool:
+ def __init__(self, tool):
+ self.version = None # TODO
+ self.faq = FAQ(tool)
+
+
+
+
+##
+##
+##
+class FAQ:
+ """
+ Reads in a project
+ """
+
+ def __init__(self, tool):
+ file = openModuleFile(tool,'FAQ')
+ if not file:
+ self.text = ""
+ else:
+ self.text = file.read()
+
+ file.close()
+
+ ##
+ #
+ def asHTML(self):
+ """
+ Return the FAQ formatted for HTML. Does not include html header or body tags
+ """
+ pass
+
+ ##
+ #
+ def asText(self):
+ return self.text
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