Peninsula Linux Users' Group, Thursday, August 26, 2004

Wed Aug 25 18:19:34 PDT 2004

We have a meeting of the Peninsula Linux Users' Group (PenLUG) tomorrow!!
Here are the details about this meeting.  For more information or
directions go to http://www.penlug.org/

Our website is a TWiki; please feel free to create a user account and
modify the website if you have something to contribute.  Thanks!

Date:           Thursday, August 26, 2004
Time:           7:00 - 9:00 PM
Location:       100 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065
                Room 1op104

Conference Call: If you cannot attend in person, but would like to
dial in and listen, please send mail to conferencecall at penlug.org and
we will try to accomodate you.

Agenda:
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7:00 - 8:30 PM: Presentation by Bernard Golden: "Succeeding with Open Source"
8:30 - 8:45 PM: Members' Minutes
8:45 - 9:00 PM: PGP/GPG Key Signing
       9:00 PM: Adjourn to IHOP for social & food time

Presentation by Bernard Golden: "Succeeding with Open Source"
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With Linux well-established as an enterprise platform, IT
organizations are very interested in other open source products for
their software stacks. However, unlike Linux, with its endorsement by
a broad range of the very largest technology providers, other open
source products require much more responsibility on the part of the
users to obtain support, documentation, etc. The Open Source Maturity
Model (OSMM) enables IT organizations to select, assess, and implement
open source products. This presentation will describe the OSMM and
provide a real-world example of its application for JBoss.

See Bernard's bio on our Web site, http://www.penlug.org/

Bernard will be available to sign copies of his new book, "Succeeding
with Open Source," and one copy will be available as a door prize!

Members' Minutes
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Members will have an opportunity to take a few minutes to...

    * Describe their latest Linux discovery
    * Ask questions and get help from other members
    * Discuss Linux projects

You can just stand up and talk, or give a short demo or presentation.
If you need audio/visual support for your Members' Minute, please
contact Bill in advance to arrange for your needs.

Although it is NOT required, we like to have an idea of how many
people to expect, so if possible please email rsvp at penlug.org if you
are planning to attend.

Key Signing Party
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Rick Moen will organize a GnuPG key signing event.  For details, visit:
http://www.penlug.org/twiki/bin/view/Home/KeySigning

-- 
William R Ward               bill at wards.net             http://bill.wards.net
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"Where a calculator like the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum
 tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000
 vacuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1 1/2 tons." - Popular Mechanics, ca. 1947