Tuesday, May 23rd
8:30pm
Comlab
http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/about/directions.html
Abstract:
Robert J. Chassell, founding Director and Treasurer of the Free
Software Foundation, will speak on the nature of free software. The
nature of free software is such that it can be modified and
redistributed at will. Chassell will discuss application to the
business of writing computer software and to the wider software
landscape as a whole. He will also speak of the dangers inherent in a
world where we increasingly see our freedoms and rights being
compromised and how free software can make a difference.
Robert Chassell writes and edits. He is the author of "Programming in
Emacs Lisp: An Introduction". He graduated from Cambridge, has his own
aeroplace and an abiding interest in social and economic history.
Apologies for the late notice of this event, but we've only just confirmed
it.
On Tuesday 16th May, Steve Whitehouse will talk about the Global File
System. 8.30pm
The GlobalFileSystem is a journalled, fault-tolerant, clustered file
system. It provides a high-performance solution to many applications
where reliability is of foremost concern. The talk will centre upon
the applications of the GlobalFileSystem and will also cover the
implementation and describe how it interacts with the Linux kernel.
Steve Whitehouse is a software consultant running his own company
(ChyGwyn Limited) which mainly takes on contract programming work
on Open Source and Linux based projects. He is also in the final
stages of writing up his PhD thesis on "Error Resilient Image
Compression". Steve first became involved with Linux when he
was an undergraduate at the University of Wales, Swansea where
he was an active member of the computer society. Steve maintains
the Linux DECnet kernel code.
Diary
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Wednesday 17th May, Linux@work at Wembley, free registration.
http://www.ltt.de/linux/lon_00.html
Monday 22nd May - Thursday 25th May
Systems And NEtworking Conference 2000, Maastricht, Netherlands
http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2000/
Thursday 1st June - Friday 2nd June, Linux Expo, Olympia
http://www.itevents.co.uk/exhibitions/linux/NewHome.htm
Incorporating The European Linux Conference (Thursday)
http://www.suse.de/uk/conference/index.html
Sunday 4th June - OxLUG, 6.30pm. Still TBA.
Thursday 29th June - Sunday 2nd July
LinuxTag, Stuttgart, Germany
http://www.linuxtag.de/
Sunday 2nd July - OxLUG, 6.30pm. TBA.
Friday 7th July - Sunday 9th July
Linux for the Enterprise, Hammersmith, London
http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2000/
Alasdair
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agk(a)oxlug.org
On Sunday 7th May, Matthew Kirkwood & Chris Evans will talk about
Firewalls and Security. 6.30pm. Venue to be confirmed.
On Tuesday 16th May, Steve Whitehouse will talk about the Global File
System. 8.30pm (CompSoc talk). Venue to be confirmed.
Wednesday 17th May, Linux@work at Wembley, free registration.
http://www.ltt.de/linux/lon_00.html
Thursday 1st June - Friday 2nd June, Linux Expo, Olympia
http://www.itevents.co.uk/exhibitions/linux/NewHome.htm
To the two people who have just arrived at Comlab: there is no meeting
scheduled for tonight:-(
Alasdair
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agk(a)oxlug.org
