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There has been some changes to the BizSense code base since I last posted here. We have added some features, improved the code, wrote some scripts to aid developers and QA teams.

Here is a quick report about PHP code in BizSense.

Directories: 96
Files: 289

Lines of Code (LOC): 30726
Comment Lines of Code (CLOC): 11013
Non-Comment Lines of Code (NCLOC): 19713

Interfaces: 0
Classes: 288
Non-Static Methods: 793
Static Methods: 21
Functions: 8

Fedora 11, codenamed Leonidas, was released on June 9, 2009. There are many notable features of this release. Some of them are listed below:

• ext4 as the default file system
• Faster Bootup aimed at 20 seconds
• OpenOffice 3.1.0
• Python 2.6
• Virtualization improvements
• yum-presto plugin

Fedora 9 reaches end of life status on June 21, 2009.

We have added many Fedora 11 images to our free media burning service offering.

We have few positions open for professional Linux system administrators. Candidates having experience in Linux system administration can apply.

If you are hired for this position you would be:

• Working on a leading Linux web based control panel software
• Build RPMs of popular open source software and add them to repositories
• Provide technical support to customers on forums and email ticketing system
• Write shell scripts to automate tasks
• Logon to remote servers and perform installation and maintenance tasks

We are looking to hire a number of associate software engineers.

Required qualification:
B.E., B.Sc., Dipolma or similar education in computer science
C programming
Familiar with Linux operating system
Comfortable using desktop applications like text editor, web browser and e-mail client on Linux
Conceptual understanding of web server, MTA, FTP, DNS and related technologies
PHP programming and shell scripting will be an added bonus
Experience in administering Linux systems will be an added bonus
Hands on SQL experience will be an added advantage to the candidate

Yesterday, Sun had organized the MySQL Bangalore User Group meet up at their premises. Before the talks started, we started chatting about related technologies. There was a good discussion about using PHP for enterprise applications.

Are you studying computer science engineering or related technical course? Are you looking for apprentice opportunities? Are you looking for a way to mark your entry into the FOSS world? Read on.

Binary Vibes BizSense is a CRM and ERP software written in PHP programming language. BizSense is a free software released under GPL V3 license. The project is started and maintained by Binary Vibes. If you would like to participate in this project, send us your resume. We will revert to you with details.

In the last post, I mentioned BizSense is available for testing. Even though the development status is in alpha, the software was good enough to install and test on your server. This time we went a step ahead and put across a demo website. You can now have a glimpse of what is being developed right from your browser. All you need to do is, register yourself at BizSnese site and visit the demo information page for instructions to access the demo website.

We have decided to call our CRM + ERP product - Binary Vibes BizSense. We have now entered pre-alpha stage. You can see the features of the software by installing it on your web server. All you have to do is checkout code from the Subversion repository

svn checkout http://bizsense.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ bizsense

and install it on your web server. The install instructions are in the README file.

The following features will be available in the first release:

• Sales force automation - leads, quotes, orders
• Customer information - contacts and accounts

Can't download large ISO images from Internet? No problem, we will help you obtain a copy of many popular Linux distributions. Just bring a blank DVD or CD media to our office during business hours. We will burn the ISO image to your media. The service is absolutely free.

Currently we have the following images:

1. Fedora
   1. Fedora 11 i386 DVD
   2. Fedora 11 i686 Live
   3. Fedora 11 x86_64 DVD
   4. Fedora 11 x86_64 Live
   5. Fedora 10 i686 Live CD
   6. Fedora 10 i386 DVD
   7. Fedora 10 x86_64 DVD
2. Ubuntu

After discussing and exploring various options we decided to use Google as our project host, for now. Eventually, we will host the project on our own servers in the future. Having a third party to manage the project infrastructure enables us to focus more on development. code.google.com provides version control system, wiki and an issue tracker. We can also use Google Groups for our mailing lists. We are still discussing whether or not to use Google Groups for project mailing lists. We are also yet to decide on whether or not to use the wiki system provided by code.google.com.