Pearson Education’s OnPodcast Network Adds Channel for Open Source Users and Developers

NEW YORK--(EON:Enhanced Online News)--OnOpenSource, the OnPodcast Network’s newest channel, features video and audio conversations with active members of the open source community.

“OnOpenSource podcasts harness the power and flexibility of the digital medium to connect audiences directly to the most authoritative experts in the Open Source community for a truly on-demand learning experience”

OnOpenSource News Facts

-- Video and audio format

-- 6-20 minutes duration

-- Completely FREE

-- Each week leading experts from across different segments of the

open source community discuss industry hot topics

-- Flagship episodes include:

-- System & Network Administration with Tom Limoncelli

-- How a failing IT department can bootstrap itself out of a hole

-- System administration security policy and management approach

-- Parallels to Formula 1 race car driving

-- Design patterns in system administration

-- PHP + MySQL Web Development with Luke Welling and Laura Thomson - Parts 1 & 2

-- How PHP has changed over the past decade

-- Compare and contrast (Ruby and Java)

-- Characteristics of PHP and the PHP community

-- Inside the Software Freedom Law Center with Eben Moglen - Parts 1 & 2

-- Environment of software industry "pre-Microsoft"

-- How to distinguish between license models and copyleft license

-- Mission of the Freedom Law Center

-- Version 3 of the GPL

-- SourceForge Community Press Publishing- with Robin 'Roblimo' Miller and Ross David Turk - Parts 1 & 2

-- On writing prose as opposed to code

-- How to get started as a contributor to SourceForge.net

-- SourceForge Community Press editorial process

-- Monetization of Open Source with Sun's Simon Phipps - Parts 1- 3

-- Implications of the open sourcing of Java

-- OpenJDK and support from the free software community

-- Comparison with the Ubuntu development process and release

cycle

-- The software patent system

-- The Open Sourcing of Microsoft -with Sam Ramji, Hank Janssen,

Anandeep Pannu, and Tom Hanrahan - Parts 1-4

-- Why Microsoft cares about open source

-- Microsoft culture and open source

-- Hybrid source model

Forthcoming episodes (through February 2008) include:

-- GlassFish V2 with Ken Drachnik

-- Inside the WorldWide NetBeans Community with Bruno Souza

-- Making Sense of the Second Stage of Linux Growth with Jim Zemlin

-- Project Indiana - The OpenSolaris Holy Grail with Glynn Foster &

Sara Dornsife

-- The State of Linux with Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier

-- Linux Kernel Development with Kristen Accardi

-- PHP & MySQL Web Development with Josh Berkus and Rick Hillegas

-- OpenJDK and Ubuntu: Bringing Java to Linux with Rich Sands

-- SQLAlchemy: Database Access Using Python with Mark Ramm

“OnOpenSource podcasts harness the power and flexibility of the digital medium to connect audiences directly to the most authoritative experts in the Open Source community for a truly on-demand learning experience," said Eric Garulay, Digital Marketing Manager and OnPodcast Network Executive Producer.

OnOpenSource podcasts are available at Informit.com and iTunes.com.

About the OnPodcast Network

The Pearson OnPodcast Network (www.informit.com/podcasts) is comprised of weekly interviews with the most respected Information Technology professionals and best-selling authors in the industry, hosted by Ted Neward, well-known software architect and book author. The Network includes six channels representing Pearson Education’s core technology publishing areas.

• OnSecurity
• OnSoftware
• OnMicrosoft
• OnNetworking
• OnOpenSource
• OnTechLife
• Users can subscribe to any or all podcasts via RSS feed. (http://www.informit.com/rss/index.aspx)

About Pearson Education

Educating 100 million people worldwide, Pearson Education (www.pearsoned.com) is the global leader in educational and professional publishing, providing scientifically research-based print and digital programs to help people of all ages learn at their own pace, in their own way. Professionals, leaders, academics, experts, and consultants draft the books and online resources that help develop today’s and tomorrow’s business leaders. Top technology companies who have chosen Pearson Education as their publishing partner include IBM, Symantec, Cisco, Adobe, and Macromedia. The company is home to such renowned publishing and information portal brands as Informit.com, IBM Press (www.ibmpressbooks.com), Prentice Hall Professional (www.prenhallprofessional.com), Addison-Wesley Professional (www.awprofessional.com), Peachpit Press (www.peachpit.com), Cisco Press (www.ciscopress.com), Sams Publishing (www.samspublishing.com), and Que Publishing (www.quepublishing.com). Pearson Education is part of Pearson (NYSE:PSO), the international media company. In addition to Pearson Education, Pearson’s primary operations include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.

About InformIT

InformIT (www.informit.com) is the online publishing arm of Pearson Technology Group, the world's largest provider of professional reference content on operating systems, networking, programming, certification, web development and design, information technology, and engineering. InformIT offers authoritative, accurate content written by the experts in the field from leading technology publishers, including Prentice Hall Professional (www.prenhallprofessional.com), Addison-Wesley Professional (www.awprofessional.com), Peachpit Press (www.peachpit.com), Cisco Press (www.ciscopress.com), Que Publishing (www.quepublishing.com), and InformIT (www.informit.com) — names technology professionals and home and office computing users trust.

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