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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Just so people don’t
think the Perl list is dead, what with this transition to Java and such, I
thought I’d pass along a few things that might interest the PM crowd.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>In this single email compact
issue, we have: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Tallahassee</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
Linux users meet up on Meetup.com June 1st at 8:00PM NFANP has its next meeting
on June 4th at noon.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>BugSur Technologies, Inc
hosts a free (as in speech or beer?) Security Seminar on the June 9th.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>And the FDoR wants you to
pay a tax to use the switch or router in your home, plus a whole lot more!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Linux meetup- <a
href="http://linux.meetup.com/">http://linux.meetup.com</a> 5 people have
agreed to attend as I write this (one of them is me). If you like Linux, and
you can tolerate OTHER people that like Linux, this might be the place to be
next Tuesday night. You should really visit the site and sign up if interested,
but here is the gist: Tuesday June 1st at 8:00PM at Curry & Wine, 1105a <st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">Apalachee Pkwy</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Tallahassee</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">FL.</st1:State></st1:address> I’m not sure if they
serve beer, but I’m not one to complain about wine!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>NFANP- <a
href="http://www.nfanp.org/">http://www.nfanp.org</a> everyone's favorite
networking and IT technology user group is having its next meeting June 4th at
Noon. The restaurant isn't called Ryan's any more; it's called the Florida
Grill, but same place, same time. As is always the case, anyone that can even
spell Perl is more than welcome to attend.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>BigSur Technology, Inc.
Security Seminar- I'm not to sure about this one. You have to signup, but it's
supposed to be free. You can find more info on the NFANP website <a
href="http://www.nfanp.org/">http://www.nfanp.org</a> (see my crafty way to
drive traffic there?).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The silly wascals at the
Florida Department of Revenue seem to be moving ahead with their new plan to
stimulate the relocation of high tech businesses out of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:State>. Yes it's our old friend the
substitute communications tax. A general overview can be found here: <a
href="http://www.aif.com/2004Articles/commsubtax.htm">http://www.aif.com/2004Articles/commsubtax.htm</a>
more details here: <a
href="http://www.flchamber.com/home/chamberinsider/archive/040517_L3.htm">http://www.flchamber.com/home/chamberinsider/archive/040517_L3.htm</a>
and finally if you just want to be chilled to the bone, read this one: <a
href="http://www.myflorida.com/dor/rules/12a19substitute.pdf">http://www.myflorida.com/dor/rules/12a19substitute.pdf</a>.
The long and short of it is, they want to collect tax on owning and using a
switch, router, PBX, etc, and also want to collect tax based on the salary a
company might have paid an employee to support that switch, router or PBX.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>That's all I have for you
today, but you can check on upcoming user meeting at the NFANP website, which
will even include Perl meetings if we have another one soon. Hint hint.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Phillip<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>p.s. The mailer ate my last message. Hopefully it will not
cough up the old one now that I have resent it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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