Howdy Folks:
Bruce Perens will be giving a talk titled "Innovation Goes Public" at the
Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) on February 19th. (See the abstract
below)
If you'd like to come, please RSVP:
RSVP(a)balug.org
If you haven't been to BALUG in a while, this a great opportunity to check
out what we're up to... and who knows you may just wind up eating dinner
with Bruce Perens at your table.
Upcoming 2008 speakers include:
Feb 19th - Bruce Perens
March 25th (New Date) - Mark Shuttleworth (Ubuntu/Canonical)
April 15th - Eric Allman (Sendmail)
May 20th - Jeremy Allison (Samba)
June 17th - Andrew Morton (Linux kernel)
July 15th - Mike Linksvayer (Creative Commons)
So why not signup for BALUG's extremely low volume announce list:
http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-announce-balug.org
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
February 19th, 2008
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
PARKING: http://www.portsmouthsquaregarage.com/
Cost:
The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13
ABSTRACT: "Innovation Goes Public"
Presented by Bruce Perens, co-founder of the Open Source initiative
insoftware.
Open Source provides much of the software infrastructure for many of the
world's largest companies and organizations: Merrill Lynch, Google, Pixar,
Amazon, the City of New York, and probably you - although you might not
know it. Innovative products like Linux, Firefox, and Apache are the
market-leaders in their sectors, but there are tens of thousands of Open
Source programs, used for just about everything. But the economics of Open
Source are non-intuitive: how can you make money by giving software away?
Why did IBM de-emphasize AIX, after spending Billions, in favor of Linux,
the product of a loose collaboration of programmers that it can never
control? How can the world's greatest city trust Open Source to help
manage its jails?
Bruce Perens will show how Open Source is often the most effective
strategy for creating and utilizing new innovation. He will explain the
economics of Open Source and how it works for profit-generating companies.
His talk will be clear to beginners yet informative even for Open Source
pros.
About BALUG:
BALUG is lively gathering of Linux users & free software enthusiasts
that
combines great food, community & intimate access to featured speakers.
We meet in the bar of the Four Seas Restaurant from 6:30pm. At 7pm, we
share a family-style Chinese dinner, which is followed by our guest
speaker.
BALUG Mailing list Policy:
BALUG promises not to abuse other LUGs mailing lists. Our current
policy
is to make one monthly announcement on other Bay Area LUGs mailing
lists.
If you feel this is not appropriate for a particular list, please tell
us
which list and what you feel would be a more appropriate policy for that
list. Please send feedback to balug-contact(a)balug.org.
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Andrew Fife
Untangle - Open Source Security Gateway
download.untangle.com
650.425.3327 (O)
415.806.6028 (C)
afife(a)untangle.com
Howdy Folks:
Eric S. Raymond will be kicking off the start of a great 2008 at The Bay
Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) with a talk on January 15th. If you
haven't been to BALUG in a while, this a great opportunity to check out
what we're up to... and who knows you may just wind up eating dinner with
Eric S. Raymond at your table.
If you'd like to come, please RSVP:
RSVP(a)balug.org
Upcoming 2008 speakers include:
Jan - Eric S. Raymond
Feb - Bruce Perens
March 24th (New Date) - Mark Shuttleworth
April - Eric Allman
May - Jeremy Allison
June - Andrew Morton
So why not signup for BALUG's extremely low volume announce list:
http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-announce-balug.org
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
January 15th, 2008 (Next Tuesday)
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Parking: http://www.portsmouthsquaregarage.com/
Cost:
The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13
About BALUG:
BALUG is lively gathering of Linux users & free software enthusiasts
that
combines great food, community & intimate access to featured speakers.
We meet in the bar of the Four Seas Restaurant from 6:30pm. At 7pm, we
share a family-style Chinese dinner, which is followed by our guest
speaker.
BALUG Mailing list Policy:
BALUG promises not to abuse other LUGs mailing lists. Our current
policy
is to make one monthly announcement on other Bay Area LUGs mailing
lists.
If you feel this is not appropriate for a particular list, please tell
us
which list and what you feel would be a more appropriate policy for that
list. Please send feedback to balug-contact(a)balug.org.
----------------------------------------
Andrew Fife
Untangle - Open Source Security Gateway
download.untangle.com
650.425.3327 (O)
415.806.6028 (C)
afife(a)untangle.com
Howdy Folks:
Eric S. Raymond will be kicking off the start of a great 2008 at The Bay
Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) with a talk on January 15th. If you
haven't been to BALUG in a while, this a great opportunity to check out
what we're up to... and who knows you may just wind up eating dinner with
Eric S. Raymond at your table.
If you'd like to come, please RSVP:
RSVP(a)balug.org
Upcoming 2008 speakers include:
Jan - Eric S. Raymond
Feb - Bruce Perens
March - TBD
April - Eric Allman
May - Jeremy Allison
June - Andrew Morton
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
January 15th, 2008
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Parking: http://www.portsmouthsquaregarage.com/
Cost:
The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13
About BALUG:
BALUG is lively gathering of Linux users & free software enthusiasts
that
combines great food, community & intimate access to featured speakers.
We meet in the bar of the Four Seas Restaurant from 6:30pm. At 7pm, we
share a family-style Chinese dinner, which is followed by our guest
speaker.
----------------------------------------
Andrew Fife
Untangle - Open Source Security Gateway
download.untangle.com
650.425.3327 (O)
415.806.6028 (C)
afife(a)untangle.com
Just a reminder,
Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) is not meeting in December this year.
Hope to see you all in January! (2008-01-15 Eric S. Raymond! - more on that
a bit later).
Happy Holidays!
TOMORROW: BALUG Nov. 20: James Burgett, "ACCRC+Linux: Keeping computers out of
Landfills"; etc.
A reminder for tomorrow's meeting:
BALUG Nov. 20: James Burgett, "ACCRC+Linux: Keeping computers out of Landfills";
etc.
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For our 2007-11-20 Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG)[1] meeting we are
pleased to present:
James Burgett, Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC)[2]:
"Free Software, The Environment, Social Welfare, and the Digital Divide"
Planning to attend? Please e-mail us an RSVP[3] to:
RSVP(a)BALUG.ORG
James will recount the path ACCRC has taken as it's grown in the last
five years to reclaim and reuse computers, peripherals, and other
electronic devices people donate. In general, ACCRC gives computers
to individuals and worthy organizations without charge or strings.
ACCRC uses Linux on the systems it gives away and has developed quite
a bit of expertise in installing various Linux distros on various
(old) hardware. (flyer[5] for event)
The event is free. However, dinner is $13 for those that want to eat.
2007-11-20 starting at 6:30PM (more details[1], directions[4])
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108-2113
1. http://www.balug.org/
2. http://www.accrc.org/
3. http://www.balug.org/#RSVP
4. http://www.fourseasr.com/directions.htm
5. http://www.balug.org/flyers/2007-11-20.pdf
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Other upcoming BALUG meetings
Choice conversation, company and Chinese cuisine, and if that weren't
enough, we typically also have interesting, informative and exciting
speaker(s)/presentation too!
2007-12 (no meeting in December this year)
2008-01-15 Eric S. Raymond
2008-02-19 Bruce Perens
2008-03-18 (TBD)
2008-04-15 Eric Allman
...
Note the dates on your calendar, and check our website
http://www.balug.org/[1] for more details and updates! Subscribe to
the BALUG "announce" list[2], to be notified of these and future
announcements if you're not already subscribed.
1. http://www.balug.org/
2. http://www.new.balug.org/#Lists
BALUG Nov. 20: James Burgett, "ACCRC+Linux: Keeping computers out of Landfills";
etc.
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For our 2007-11-20 Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG)[1] meeting we are
pleased to present:
James Burgett, Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC)[2]:
"Free Software, The Environment, Social Welfare, and the Digital Divide"
Planning to attend? Please e-mail us an RSVP[3] to:
RSVP(a)BALUG.ORG
James will recount the path ACCRC has taken as it's grown in the last
five years to reclaim and reuse computers, peripherals, and other
electronic devices people donate. In general, ACCRC gives computers
to individuals and worthy organizations without charge or strings.
ACCRC uses Linux on the systems it gives away and has developed quite
a bit of expertise in installing various Linux distros on various
(old) hardware. (flyer[5] for event)
The event is free. However, dinner is $13 for those that want to eat.
2007-11-20 starting at 6:30PM (more details[1], directions[4])
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108-2113
1. http://www.balug.org/
2. http://www.accrc.org/
3. http://www.balug.org/#RSVP
4. http://www.fourseasr.com/directions.htm
5. http://www.balug.org/flyers/2007-11-12.pdf
------------------------------
Other upcoming BALUG meetings
Choice conversation, company and Chinese cuisine, and if that weren't
enough, we typically also have interesting, informative and exciting
speaker(s)/presentation too!
2007-12 (no meeting in December this year)
2008-01-15 Eric S. Raymond
2008-02-19 Bruce Perens
2008-03-18 (TBD)
2008-04-15 Eric Allman
...
Note the dates on your calendar, and check our website
http://www.balug.org/[1] for more details and updates! Subscribe to
the BALUG "announce" list[2], to be notified of these and future
announcements if you're not already subscribed.
1. http://www.balug.org/
2. http://www.new.balug.org/#Lists
Reminder, tomorrow!:
BALUG 2007-10-16: Paddy Sreenivasan, Zmanda: "Amanda - open source backup"; etc.
If you intend to attend, please RSVP (see further below) - Thanks.
Planning to come to BALUG meeting? Please drop us a note at:
rsvp(a)balug.org
indicating meeting date and if more than just yourself the number of
folks you're RSVPing for, etc.
See also: http://www.balug.org/#RSVP[1]
Thank you for RSVPing if you're planning to attend.
For our 2007-10-16 BALUG meeting we are pleased to present:
Paddy Sreenivasan, Zmanda[2]: "Amanda - open source backup"
flyer[3] (PDF) to help promote the event
Amanda is a popular open source network backup and recovery system.
The talk will be about Amanda, how it is different, current status and
why you should use it. The talk will also provide information about
Amanda enterprise edition.
Paddy is the Vice President of Engineering and a founder of
Zmanda, Inc.[2] He is responsible for technical strategy and
development of leading software products for data protection. Paddy
has over 13 years of experience in development and management of
software for enterprise storage. In addition, he has worked with
various open source communities, including leading the development of
an open source high-availability clustering solution. Prior to
founding Zmanda[2], he had key engineering roles at Cisco, Silicon
Graphics, Inc. and Hewlett-Packard. He holds a Bachelor's degree
from BITS, Pilani and a Master's degree from the University of Pune,
India.
references:
1. http://www.balug.org/#RSVP
2. http://www.zmanda.com/
3. http://www.balug.org/flyers/2007-10-16.pdf
our earlier announcement:
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-announce-balug.org/2007-October/0000…
meeting time, location, and lots of other great BALUG information:
Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) http://www.balug.org/
Hi,
please advertise among your colleagues this one day free course on
Mobile Linux.
Thanks,
Péter
Tuesday, November 6, 2007, 10:00am-3:45pm Stanford University, Clark
Center Auditorium
registration: http://wiki.research.nokia.com/
(The direct link https://mktools.forum.nokia.com/invitation?
action=showEvent&mode=doLogin&event_username=MobNux1107&event_password=W
orkNok611)

BALUG 2007-10-16: Paddy Sreenivasan, Zmanda: "Amanda - open source backup"; etc.
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Contents:
RSVP
BALUG 2007-10-16: Paddy Sreenivasan, Zmanda: "Amanda - open source backup"
Other upcoming BALUG meetings
door prizes
references
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Planning to come to BALUG meeting? Please drop us a note at:
rsvp(a)balug.org
indicating meeting date and if more than just yourself the number of
folks you're RSVPing for, etc.
See also: http://www.balug.org/#RSVP[1]
Thank you for RSVPing if you're planning to attend.
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For our 2007-10-16 BALUG meeting we are pleased to present:
Paddy Sreenivasan, Zmanda[2]: "Amanda - open source backup"
flyer[3] (PDF) to help promote the event
Amanda is a popular open source network backup and recovery system.
The talk will be about Amanda, how it is different, current status and
why you should use it. The talk will also provide information about
Amanda enterprise edition.
Paddy is the Vice President of Engineering and a founder of
Zmanda, Inc.[2] He is responsible for technical strategy and
development of leading software products for data protection. Paddy
has over 13 years of experience in development and management of
software for enterprise storage. In addition, he has worked with
various open source communities, including leading the development of
an open source high-availability clustering solution. Prior to
founding Zmanda[2], he had key engineering roles at Cisco, Silicon
Graphics, Inc. and Hewlett-Packard. He holds a Bachelor's degree
from BITS, Pilani and a Master's degree from the University of Pune,
India.
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Other upcoming BALUG meetings
We also have quite a lineup of speakers/presentations for BALUG
meetings. Not only do we have
Paddy Sreenivasan, Zmanda[2]: "Amanda - open source backup"
as noted above, but we also have the following
speakers/presentations/talks lined up for the months ahead - be sure to
also check out our website http://www.balug.org/[4] for the latest
updates, and if you're not already subscribed to the BALUG "announce"
list[5], be sure to subscribe to be notified of these and future
announcements.
2007-11-20 James Burgett,
Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC)[6]:
"Saving Computers from the Landfill"
2007-12 (BALUG will not meet in December 2007)
2008-01-15 Eric S. Raymond:
Freedom, Power, and Software:
What the Internet teaches us about ethics and politics
2008-02-19 Bruce Perens
(co-founder of the Open Source initiative in software):
Innovation Goes Public
2008-03-18 (TBA)
2008-04-15 Eric Allman[7]
See the BALUG website http://www.balug.org/[4] for additional details.
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Door prizes!
Yes, we have some giveaway items (e.g. books)[8] At least
presently, this is mostly stuff we got from/via LinuxWorld - mostly
generously donated books for User Groups from various publishers.
We'll probably give away approximately half of our remaining "stockpile"
of books at the 2007-10-16 meeting, and the remainder at our 2007-11-20
meeting. There may be additional giveaway items too. The "stockpile"
presently includes at least:
_Practices of an Agile Developer_ ISBN: 0-9745140-8-X
_Pro Oracle Database 10g RAC on LINUX_ ISBN: 1-59059-524-6
_Professional LINUX Programming_ ISBN: 978-0-471-77613-0
_LINUX System Administration_ ISBN-10: 0-596-00952-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-596-00952-6
_Hacking Ubuntu_ ISBN: 978-0-470-10827-7
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references:
1. http://www.balug.org/#RSVP
2. http://www.zmanda.com/
3. http://www.balug.org/flyers/2007-10-16.pdf
4. http://www.balug.org/
5. http://www.new.balug.org/#Lists
6. http://www.accrc.org/
7. http://www2.sendmail.org/~eric/
likely door prizes at BALUG and/or other UGs:
8. http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2007-August/000401.h…
meeting time, location, and lots of other great BALUG information:
Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) http://www.balug.org/
For our 2007-09-18 BALUG meeting we are pleased to present:
John D. Mitchell, Chief Architect, Krugle[1]:
How Source Code Search is Revolutionizing Open Source Software Development
... and What it Means for Linux Users
Krugle Enterprise[2] is a vertical search engine for developers and
development teams. krugle.com[1] is a public search engine for
open/free software while Krugle Enterprise is for organizations.
Krugle is built on top of a lot of F/OSS and deployed on Linux.
John D. Mitchell is the Chief Architect of Krugle -- a search engine
for developers. Along with developing and rescuing distributed
enterprise systems, John advises investors and executives on
technology and high-tech companies. Over the past 15 years, he has
been the CTO of ElasticMedia, HealthLogic.com, jGuru and the MageLang
Institute. John co-authored _Making Sense of Java: A Guide for
Managers and the Rest of Us_. He was the founder and contributing
editor of "The Tips & Tricks" column at JavaWorld. John writes
extensively on complex systems, development processes, computer
languages and protocols, open source and intellectual property, and
technological business risk management.
Door prizes!
Yes, we still have giveaway items (books, magazines, etc.)[3] At least
presently, this is mostly stuff we got from/via LinuxWorld - mostly
generously donated books for User Groups from various publishers, but
also including other items (e.g. t-shirt(s), etc.)
For our 2007-10-16 BALUG meeting we are pleased to present:
2007-10-16 Paddy Sreenivasan of Zmanda[4]
(watch future announcement(s) for more details)
references:
1. http://www.krugle.com/
2. http://corp.krugle.com/product/
stuff likely to show up as door prizes at BALUG and/or other UGs:
3. http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2007-August/000401.h…
4. http://www.zmanda.com/
meeting time, location, and lots of other great BALUG information:
Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) http://www.balug.org/