Peninsula Linux Users' Group Meeting, Thursday, November 10th, 2005

Mon Nov 7 16:43:43 PST 2005

Peninsula Linux Users' Group, Thursday, November 10th, 2005

NOTE: New meeting location this month.

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

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Date:     Thursday, November 10th, 2005
Time:     7:00 - 9:00 PM
Location: IHOP restaurant in Belmont, CA

Agenda:
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7:00 - 8:30 PM: Presentation by Arno Puder:
                 "XML11 - An Abstract Windowing Protocol"
8:30 - 9:00 PM: Members' Minutes
8:45 - 9:00 PM: Adjourn to IHOP (Belmont) for social & food time

Presentation by Arno Puder:
"XML11 - An Abstract Windowing Protocol"
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Arno Puder, XML11 - An Abstract Windowing Protocol

Arno Puder received his masters and Ph.D. in computer science and is
currently working as an Assistant Professor at San Francisco State University.
He is one of the founders of the MICO CORBA implementation. His special
interests include distributed systems, middleware architectures and ubiquitous
computing environments.

This presentation introduces XML11, an abstract windowing protocol inspired by
the X11-protocol develop by MIT. XML11 is an XML-based protocol that allows
asynchronous UI updates of widgets to an end-device. To overcome high-latency
connections, XML11 allows migration of application logic to the end-device. The
prototype implementation of XML11 runs in any standard web browser without Java
capabilities on the client-side and replaces AWT/Swing on the server-side. This
also allows us to expose legacy AWT/Swing applications as web applications.
Ultimately XML11 can be used for writing Ajax applications without requiring any
JavaScript knowledge. The prototype implementation of XML11 is released under
the GPL and available at www.xml11.org

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 me in advance to arrange for your needs.

We have a limited number of books courtesy of Prentice-Hall and
O'Reilly to give away as an added inducement to participate in this
portion of the meeting.  :-)

RSVP
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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.

Bill Crooke
PenLUG Speaker Coordinator