Author: JT Smith
“Have you wondered where that billion dollars IBM is spending on
Linux
in 2001 has gone? It’s not all going into “Peace. Love. Linux.”
advertising.”
Linux
in 2001 has gone? It’s not all going into “Peace. Love. Linux.”
advertising.”
Subject: Wednesday 17 October 2001 NYLUG Meeting: Peggy McKeon of IBM's GNU/Linux Technology Center and Alan Robertson of the Linux High Availability Project Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 02:50:47 -0400 From: secretary@lxny.org To: editors@newsforge.com*** New York Linux Users Group October 2001 Meeting *** - NYLUG.org - IBM's Linux Technology Center Presented by Peggy McKeon With a special appearance by Alan Robertson of the Linux High Availability Project 10/17/2001 Wednesday 6:30pm-8:00pm IBM Headquarters Building 590 Madison Avenue at 57th Street !! YOU MUST RSVP!! IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND, YOU MUST RSVP BEFOREHAND BY EMAILING jgleason@nylug.org Photo ID and rsvp beforehand is required at the lobby to get a badge. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Have you wondered where that billion dollars IBM is spending on Linux in 2001 has gone? It's not all going into "Peace. Love. Linux." advertising. Do you think you've already heard everything IBM has to say about Linux? Think again. This month's speaker is Peggy McKeon, of IBM's Linux Technology Center (LTC). Peggy will give us an update on IBM's current Linux strategy, followed by an overview of projects underway at the LTC. She will be presenting information about the Linux System Installation Suite (SIS), a GPLed joint project of IBM and VA Linux Systems. SIS is a combination of the IBM (GPL) Linux Utility for cluster Installation (LUI), and Brian Finley's System Imager project. http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc http://sourceforge.net/projects/sisuite http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/projects/lui http://systemimager.org BONUS! Alan Robertson of the Linux High Availability Project will be attending the meeting, and will give a quick update about linux-ha. http://linux-ha.org Free Stuff! Swag of undetermined value and quantity will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Arrive early for the best pickins! About our speaker: Peggy McKeon is the past president of the Hudson Valley chapter of the Project Management Institute. Her credits include: * 20 year IBM veteran, worked in the VM, MVS, and now the Linux Technology Center (LTC) groups * Manager of the LTC Systems Management and Clustering team * Masters Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University Stammtisch: And then after the meeting... Join us around 8:15pm or so at the Typhoon Brewery & Restaurant located at 22 East 54th Street between Madison and 5th Aves. http://www.typhoonbrewery.com Next Month Eric Raymond speaks! On Monday November 11th, Eric S. Raymond, the author of The Cathedral and The Bazaar, will present his thoughts to The New York Linux Users Group. In the aftermath of the World Trade Center atrocity, Eric has produced a new essay entitled "Decentralism Against Terrorism:" http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/against-terrorism.html He will expound on that, and of course, open the session up to questions. Note that this meeting is being held on Monday Nov. 12th, instead of the usual third Wed. of the month because of the proximity to Thanksgiving. Please see our home page at http://www.nylug.org for the HTMLized version of this announcement, our archives, and a lot of other good stuff. October 2001 - The New York Linux Users Group, NYLUG.org ---------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Gleason VA Linux Systems email: jim@valinux.com http://www.valinux.com phone: 212-858-7684 Pres. New York Linux Users Group fax: 212-858-7685 http://www.nylug.org ----------------------------------------------------------------Distributed poC TINC: Jay SulzbergerCorresponding Secretary LXNY LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization. http://www.lxny.org
