Newsletter #2 from O'Reilly UG Program

[Keary Suska]

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> From: "Tim Chambers" <tbchambers at yahoo.com>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 17:05:47 -0600
> To: "Pikes Peak Perl Mongers" <pikes-peak-pm-list at happyfunball.pm.org>
> Subject: Fw: Newsletter #2 from O'Reilly UG Program
> 
> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 10:51:16 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Denise Olliffe <deniseo at oreilly.com>
> Message-Id: <200107121751.f6CHpGl20470 at smtp.oreilly.com>
> Subject: Newsletter #2 from O'Reilly UG Program
> 
> O'Reilly User Group Program
> NEWSLETTER 
> Volume 1, #2
> www.oreilly.com
> 
> Thanks to the 108 UGs that responded to my questions from the first
> newsletter. After polling your answers, 69 groups liked the new format,
> so I've decided to stay with the all-in-one newsletter, and I've
> arranged the news by subject matter.
> 
> Highlights this week:
> Books:
> 5 New titles released, including the "Java Cookbook"
> News:
> GNOME's Miguel de Icaza on .NET
> Why does O'Reilly use animals on the book covers?
> IEE Call for Papers: Open Source Software Engineering
> 15 tips for the Linux LPI Certification exams
> 
> *****************************
> NEWS from O'Reilly & Beyond
> *****************************
> I would be grateful if you would pass on the info that your members
> will find interesting...
> 
> GENERAL INTEREST:
> 
> GNOME's Miguel de Icaza on .NET:
> In a conversation with O'Reilly Network publisher Dale Dougherty, GNOME
> founder Miguel de Icaza discusses the advantages of the .NET
> development environment and why the open source community should join
> him in developing Mono--a free implementation of .NET. Miguel will
> speak about these topics at O'Reilly Open Source Convention, this
> month.  http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2001/07/09/icaza.html
> 
> Microsoft attacks open source
> By Charles Babcock, Interactive Week
> article quotes Tim O'Reilly
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/zd/20010702/tc/ms_attacks_open_source_1.html
> 
> Ever wonder why O'Reilly has chosen animals to grace our book covers?
> Find out at:  http://www.oreilly.com/news/lejeune_0400.html or
> http://www.oreilly.com/news/ediemals_0400.html
> 
> WINDOWS:
> 
> An interview with Jesse Liberty: Author of "Programming C#":
> We asked Jesse how C# compares with other object-oriented programming
> languages and how C# fits into the .NET Framework. To learn more, don't
> miss O'Reilly's upcoming release, Programming C#.
> http://dotnet.oreilly.com/news/jesse_0701.html
> 
> OPEN SOURCE:
> 
> IEE Call for Papers: Open Source Software Engineering
> The Institution of Electrical Engineers is soliciting papers
> representing original, completed research on open source software
> engineering, especially papers providing a rigorous analysis of open
> source methods and tools.  http://opensource.ucc.ie/iee-cfp.htm
> 
> If you're planning on taking the Linux LPI Certification Level 1 exams,
> here are 15 tips from O'Reilly's author of "LPI Linux Certification in
> a Nutshell": http://linux.oreilly.com/news/lpilinux_0601.html
> 
> APPLE/MAC:
> 
> O'Reilly Network's managing editor, Derek Story talks disc burning with
> Sony's Digital Relay:
> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/06/27/sony_digital_relay.html
> 
> JAVA:
> 
> O'Reilly author, Jason Hunter takes an in-depth look at the new 2.3
> servlet filter model in this JavaWorld article:
> http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-06-2001/jw-0622-filters.html
> 
> *************************************************
> BOOKS hot off the press--REVIEW COPIES AVAILABLE
> *************************************************
> Please email me to request review copies.
> Click on either link for book details--the press announcement is the
> top link--feel free to use the release as you see fit. For UPCOMING
> titles, go to: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/new.html
> 
> Java Cookbook
> http://press.oreilly.com/javacook.html
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javacook/
> 
> Web Caching
> http://press.oreilly.com/webcaching.html
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/webcaching/
> 
> Linux Device Drivers
> http://press.oreilly.com/linuxdrive2.html
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxdrive2/
> 
> Programming Web Services with XML-RPC
> http://press.oreilly.com/progxmlrpc.html
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progxmlrpc/
> 
> ADO: ActiveX Data Objects
> http://press.oreilly.com/ado.html
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javacook/
> 
> 
> NEW titles (not listed above):
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/new.html
> 
> Keep an eye out for "Dreamweaver 4: The Missing Manual" next week
> 
> Reminder: Your members are entitled to 20% discount on all books
> purchased direct from O'Reilly. Ask me for discount code info.
> 
> ******************************
> ANNOUNCEMENTS from your peers
> ******************************
> 
> NEW YORK CITY:
> The New York Enterprise Windows User Group focuses on the use of
> Windows servers, workstations, and related products in the Enterprise.
> We meet one evening a month in New York City. If you have any
> questions, or to be put on the mailing list, please contact Bill Zack
> at wzack at compuserve.com.
> 
> HUNTSVILLE, TENNESSEE:
> The Huntsville New Technology [NT] Users Group [HuNT UG .org] will meet
> at Intergraph Corp. Building 15 Auditorium, on July 16, 6-8 pm. At this
> month's meeting, Executive Software will discuss Windows 2000 and
> Windows NT4 Performance relating to Disk Fragmentation. Plan to attend
> for a great technical presentation on how bring your Gigahertz
> processor back to Gigahertz speed. Executive Software will tell us all
> about the NTFS file system in Windows 2000 if you ask the questions.
> HUNTUG is a non-profit, no-dues group. For directions check out our Map
> at www.huntug.org/map
> 
> *************************
> UPCOMING O'Reilly events
> *************************
> 
> Enter your group to win a pass to the O'Reilly Peer-to-Peer and Web
> Services Conference. Email me for further details, if you didn't
> receive my email notice. Deadline for entries is July 31st, 2001. The
> winner will be annouced August 1st.
> 
> Congratulations to Classic Hackers UGA Linux Users Group of Georgia for
> winning the raffle for the single pass to the O'Reilly Open Source
> Convention this July.
> 
> JULY:
> 
> O'Reilly Open Source Convention
> July 23-27, 2001
> Sheraton San Diego Hotel, San Diego, CA
> http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/
> 
> Don't miss author Hans Bergsten's
> (JavaServer Pages) presentation at the
> Georgia Web Developers Conference, July 25th.
> http://www.tagonline.org/gwdc/
> 
> AUGUST:
> 
> Visit the O'Reilly booth at LinuxWorld
> August 28-30
> Moscone Center, Booth #1747
> San Francisco, CA
> 
> SEPTEMBER:
> 
> O'Reilly Peer-to-Peer and Web Services Conference
> September 18-21, 2001
> Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.
> Early Bird Registration ends August 17th
> http://conferences.oreilly.com/p2p/
> 
> UG Discount information for conferences:
> O'Reilly offers 20% discount to UG members on all conference and
> tutorial fees. Use the DSUG discount code. If registering online, enter
> the code where it says "If you received a discount code, enter it
> here." Register before the "Early Bird" discounts end, and you'll save
> 20% on already discounted "Early Bird" prices.
> 
> For more O'Reilly event information, go to:
> http://events.oreilly.com/
> 
> **************
> MISCELLANEOUS
> **************
> 
> I'm looking for Oracle UGs and Bioinformatics UGs this month. If you
> know of any, please tell them about the O'Reilly UG Program:
> http://ug.oreilly.com/
> 
> If your UG has an announcement that you'd like my help communicating to
> other groups, let me know. I'm happy to include the info in an upcoming
> newsletter.
> 
> Does your UG have a newsletter? If so, please add me to your mailing
> list if you haven't already done so:
> 
> Denise Olliffe
> c/o O'Reilly & Associates
> 101 Morris Street
> Sebastopol, CA 95472
> deniseo at oreilly.com
> 
> 
> 
> Until next week,
> Denise
> 
> 
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