O'Reilly User Group Program
NEWSLETTER
March 12, 2002

HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK

NEWS:
-How Will History View Richard Stallman?
-Local Rules: Of Ants and IP Routing
-Stop the Copying, Start a Media Revolution
-A Pressplay Test Drive
-What Is LAMP?
-Apache Web-Serving With Mac OS X, Part 5
-Directory of Linux Commands
-Stopping Spam with SpamAssassin
-Top Ten Cool New Features of Java 2SE 1.4
-The Changing Mac Community
-Using AppleScript to Compile and Run Java Code

BOOK NEWS:
-Free as in Freedom
-.NET Framework Essentials, 2nd Edition
-Programming ASP.NET
-Programming C#, 2nd Edition
-Access Cookbook

CONFERENCE NEWS:
-Emerging Technology Brochures
-Emerging Technology Discounts
-Put up a Conference Banner get a free book
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HOW WILL HISTORY VIEW RICHARD STALLMAN?
An interview with Sam Williams, 
author of O'Reilly's new book "Free as in Freedom" 
by Bruce Stewart
"Free as in Freedom" traces Richard Stallman's evolution from gifted,
solitary child to teen outcast to revered and reviled crusader. As the
leader of the free software movement, Stallman is one of the most
influential and controversial personalities in hacker culture today.
Through extensive interviews with Stallman, his family, and fellow
hackers, author Sam Williams has created an intimate portrait of this
freedom fighter.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2002/02/28/williams.html 
For more information on "Free as in Freedom" see:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/freedom/

LOCAL RULES: OF ANTS AND IP ROUTING
by Ravi Malhotra, author of "IP Routing"
Watching a line of ants work its way along his roof deck, Ravi Malhotra
noticed the ants were quick to find the shortest route between two
points or around a sudden obstacle. How do they do it? By using local
rules, the same way IP routers bump traffic around the Internet.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/03/08/iprouting.html
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STOP THE COPYING, START A MEDIA REVOLUTION 
Andy Oram has a plan to wrest control of the media.  
"The movie and music studios are tightening their grip on the Internet.
Their tools are lawsuits, laws such as the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act (DMCA) and the even more constricting Security Systems Standards
and Certification Act (SSSCA) that is now in the House, and a general
atmosphere of intimidation."
http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2002/03/08/media.html

A PRESSPLAY TEST DRIVE
by Steve McCannell
With the ability to burn CDs and download tracks, can the record 
label's
new services win over the Napster crowd? We took a look at Pressplay to
see if they've made it easier to pay for tracks instead of pirate
them.  
http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2002/03/07/pressplay.html
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LAMP
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WHAT IS LAMP?

Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl, PHP, Python

http://www.onlamp.com/ 

ONlamp is currently featuring the following articles:

DIRECTORY OF LINUX COMMANDS
This directory of Linux commands is from "Linux in a Nutshell, 3rd
Edition." Click on any of the 379 commands shown to get a description
and list of available options.  
http://www.onlamp.com/linux/cmd/

APACHE WEB-SERVING WITH MAC OS X, PART 5
Kevin Hemenway returns with his fifth article concerning Apache, OS X,
and the immense power available to the common man. Having established a
good, firm pool of Apache knowledge in the first four articles, Kevin
takes the time to focus on a popular supplementary technology, namely
the database server MySQL.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/03/08/apache_mac_5.html

STOPPING SPAM WITH SPAMASSASSIN
by Simon Cozens
SpamAssassin and Vipul's Razor are two Perl-based tools that can be
used to dramatically reduce the number of junk emails you need to see.
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/03/06/spam.html
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TOP TEN COOL NEW FEATURES OF JAVA 2SE 1.4 
David Flanagan describes his favorite new features in Java 2SE 1.4,
with plenty of sample code. For more details on Java 2SE 1.4, get a
copy of David's recently updated "Java in a Nutshell, 4th Edition."
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/03/06/topten.html
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The Changing Mac Community 
After more than 500 emails and lots of conversations, Derrick Story has
completed his report on the effect that Mac OS X is having on the Apple
community.
http://oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/03/05/mac_community.html

USING APPLESCRIPT TO COMPILE AND RUN JAVA CODE
Until recently, Daniel Steinberg did all of his coding in a text
processor and used the Terminal to compile and run the code. In this
month's column, he shows you how to use AppleScript to automate many of
these tasks.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/03/01/osx_java.html
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REVIEW COPIES ARE AVAILABLE, email me for a copy.  
Please allow at least three weeks for shipping.

Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase
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FREE AS IN FREEDOM
Order Number: 2874
"Free as in Freedom" interweaves biographical snapshots of GNU project
founder Richard Stallman with the political, social and economic
history of the free software movement. "Free as in Freedom" looks at 
how
the latest twists and turns in the software marketplace have done
little to throw Stallman off his pedestal. If anything, they have made
his logic-based rhetoric and immovable personality more persuasive.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/freedom/
Read Chapter 3, "A Portrait of the Hacker as a Young Man":
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/freedom/chapter/ch03.html

.NET FRAMEWORK ESSENTIALS, 2ND EDITION
Order Number: 3021
Fully updated for Microsoft's official release, ".NET Framework
Essentials, 2nd Ed" is an objective, concise, and technical overview of
the new Microsoft .NET Framework for developing web applications and
services. Specifically written for intermediate to advanced VB, C/C++,
Java, and Delphi developers, it is also useful to system architects and
leaders who are assessing tools for future projects. The authors devote
special attention to the writing of .NET components plus web
applications and services.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dotnetfrmess2/ 
Read Chapter 6, "Web Services":
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dotnetfrmess2/chapter/ch06.html

PROGRAMMING ASP.NET
Order Number: 1711
Jesse Liberty and Dan Hurwitz teach you everything you need to know to
write web applications and web service applications. The book focuses
on ASP.NET development using both C# and Visual Basic .NET, and coding
examples are presented in both languages.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progaspdotnet/ 
Read Chapter 14, "Custom and User Controls"
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progaspdotnet/chapter/ch14.html

PROGRAMMING C#, 2ND ED.
Order Number: 3099
C# (pronounced C sharp) was designed from the ground up for development
on Microsoft's .NET framework. As such, it's a high-performance
language that's simple, safe, object-oriented, and Internet-centric.
"Programming C#, 2nd Ed." teaches this new language in a way that
experienced programmers will appreciate-by grounding its applications
firmly in the context of Microsoft's .NET platform and the development
of desktop and Internet applications.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progcsharp2/ 
Read Chapter 18, "Attributes and Reflection":
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progcsharp2/chapter/ch18.html 
Check out Jesse Liberty's web site at:
http://www.libertyassociates.com/pages/Books.htm

ACCESS COOKBOOK
Order Number: 0847
contains a comprehensive collection of problems, solutions, and
practical examples for the Access power user or programmer who is
running up against some of the apparent limits of the Access user
interface or of Access application development. The diverse problems
and solutions presented here are of interest to Access power users and
programmers at all levels, from the relatively inexperienced to the
most sophisticated.  
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/accesscook/ 
Read some sample excerpts here:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/accesscook/chapter/excerpts.html
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May 13-16, 2002, Santa Clara, CA 
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Until next week,

--Marsee