[Charlotte.PM] Fwd: [charlug] Press Release

William McKee william at knowmad.com
Fri Mar 25 06:34:07 PST 2005


The Charlotte Linux User's Group is reorganizing and will be meeting
monthly on Saturdays starting in April. See the press release for more
details. Hope to see some of you there.


William


> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
> 
> Contact:
> Cory Foy
> Charlotte Linux User's Group
> (704) 813-1193
> charlug at cornetdesign.com
> http://www.charlug.org
> 
> Charlotte, NC, 3/22/2005 ? The Charlotte Linux User's Group (CharLUG) 
> will be holding a presentation on the benefits of switching to and using 
> the Linux Operating System and Open Source software Saturday, April 9th 
> 11:00am at the Central Piedmont Community College's (CPCC) central campus.
> 
> The presentation, entitled "Why Linux?" will cover the benefits both 
> home users and corporations can receive by switching to the Linux 
> Operating System and by using and contributing to Open Source software. 
> It is being presented by Grant Johnson, a software developer with nearly 
> 30 years experience on a variety of computer systems and platforms.
> 
> This presentation is free of charge and is being sponsored by the 
> Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Student Chapter of CPCC. It 
> will be held on the 2nd floor of the CPCC IT Building at the corner of 
> Elizabeth Avenue and Independence near downtown Charlotte. Directions 
> and more information can be found on the CharLUG web site 
> (http://www.charlug.org).
> 
> Originally started as a hobby system by Linus Torvalds, Linux has grown 
> to be a viable Unix replacement, and is increasingly viewed as a 
> replacement for the Windows operating system. A recent CNN article 
> (http://www.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/03/14/go.open.source/index.html) 
> mentioned the prevalence of Linux, reporting that high-profile companies 
> and large governments alike are researching switching to the open-source 
> operating system.
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> discuss at charlug.org
> http://lists.charlug.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

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