From brandon at squareonedesign.com Thu Aug 23 08:30:29 2001 From: brandon at squareonedesign.com (Brandon Gohsman) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:00:42 2004 Subject: FW: Newsletter #6 from O'Reilly UG Program Message-ID: -----Original Message----- From: Denise Olliffe [mailto:deniseo@oreilly.com] Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 6:36 PM To: brandon@squareonedesign.com Subject: Newsletter #6 from O'Reilly UG Program O'Reilly User Group Program NEWSLETTER Volume 1, #6 I was out of the office last week, so you may have noticed that I didn't send a newsletter. Hope this catches you up on things. HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK... Books: - Programming ColdFusion - Server Load Balancing - Network Troubleshooting Tools - Top 10 O'Reilly titles sold this year News: - Extending XSLT to Encrypt XML on the Fly - Top 10 Dreamweaver Design Tips - Introducing the Mac Open Source Software Directory - Will Open Source Lose the Battle for the Web? - Interview with author of "Java & XML, 2nd Editon" Events: - EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION for the O'Reilly Peer-to-Peer and Web Services Conference EXTENDED to September 7th (also, news on emergent technology community meetings--open to public, free of charge) **************************** NEWS from O'Reilly & Beyond **************************** I would be grateful if you would alert your group to the news they'd find valuable. GENERAL INTEREST: ----------------- Have you ever wanted to ask Tim O'Reilly a question? You can at: http://www.oreilly.com/ask_tim/ Spreading the Search for SETI Wired reports that scientists at the SETI Institute and the Lick Observatory have expanded their search for extraterrestrial intelligence to include a hunt for flashes of laser light: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,45559,00.html Don't miss O'Reilly's book... "Beyond Contact: A Guide to SETI and Communicating with Alien Civilizations" http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/alien/ APPLE/MAC: ---------- A new directory of open-source software for the Mac already has more than 100 entries. It goes from Audacity, a fast audio editor for Linux, Mac OS, and Windows, to Yellow Dog Linux, the slick version of PPC-friendly Linux: Introducing the Mac Open Source Software Directory http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/08/03/mac_directory_intro.html JAVA: ----- Developers are rushing to use the new XML APIs for the Java platform. But these higher-level APIs can adversely affect developers' basic understanding of Java and XML. Read more at: http://java.oreilly.com/news/javaxml_0801.html Also, Brett McLaughlin, author of "Java & XML, 2nd Editon" is interviewed at: http://java.oreilly.com/news/javaxmlint_0801.html Writing for O'Reilly's ONJava.com Web site, Al Saganich begins his series by introducing and demonstrating Web services as an extension of Remote Procedure Call (RPC): http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2001/08/07/webservices.html OPEN SOURCE: ------------ Writing for Linux Today, Web architect Ganesh Prasad asks: Will Open Source Lose the Battle for the Web? http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-08-13-009-20-OP An Interview with Randal Schwartz and Tom Phoenix, authors of "Learning Perl, 3rd Edition": The popular llama book has been rewritten from the ground up. We asked the authors about the state of Perl, what's new in this edition, and if the jokes got any better in their recently released book. http://perl.oreilly.com/news/perlint_0801.html ORACLE: ------- SQLJ enables Java programs to access a database with SQL statements. Here's and example of a complete SQLJ program, plus and introduction to an exciting new feature in SQLJ Version 9i, by Jason Price, author of O'Reilly's upcoming "Java Programming with Oracle SQLJ": Using Static and Dynamic SQL in SQLJ http://oracle.oreilly.com/news/javaoracleSQLJ_0801.html PEER-TO-PEER: ------------- EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION has been extended to September 7th, for the O'Reilly Peer-to-Peer and Web Services Conference: http://conferences.oreilly.com/p2p/ WEB ---- Learn how to add extension elements and extension functions to XSLT in this article by Doug Tidwell, author of O'Reilly's upcoming book, "XSLT": Extending XSLT to Encrypt XML on the Fly http://web.oreilly.com/news/xslt_0801.html Top 10 Dreamweaver Design Tips To help you get the most out of Dreamweaver 4's powerful Web design program, here are ten Dreamweaver design tips from David McFarland, author of "Dreamweaver 4: The Missing Manual": http://web.oreilly.com/news/dreamweaver2_0701.html ************************************************* BOOKS hot off the press--REVIEW COPIES AVAILABLE ************************************************* Please email me to request review copies. Press announcement available for your use, please ask for a copy. For more NEW and UPCOMING titles, go to: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/new.html Programming ColdFusion http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/coldfusion/ Server Load Balancing http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/serverload/ Network Troubleshooting Tools http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/nettroubletools/ Here's a list of O'Reilly's top 10 selling titles so far this year. Let me know if there are any you'd like to review: 1. Programming Perl, 3rd Edition 2. XML in a Nutshell 3. Learning XML 4. JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 3rd Edition 5. Java Servlet Programming, 2nd Edition 6. Java in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition 7. DNS & BIND, 4th Edition 8. SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide 9. UNIX in a Nutshell: System V Edition, 3rd Edition 10. HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, 4th Edition **************** UPCOMING EVENTS **************** Inventing the Post-Web World... The O'Reilly Peer-to-Peer and Web Services Conference September 18 - 21 Washington, D.C. EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER 7th! http://conferences.oreilly.com/p2p/ User Group members are entitled to 20% discount on conference sessions and tutorial fees. Your members can register for the conference online, using the DSUG discount code. Registration is also available by phone: 800-998-9938. Several worth-while emergent technology community meetings are being offered to the public, at the conference, free of charge. For details, go to: http://conferences.oreilly.com/p2p/community.html ****************************** ANNOUNCEMENTS from your peers ****************************** SAN RAFAEL, CA: GOLDEN GATE COMPUTER SOCIETY GENERAL MEETING (No Admission cost) MONDAY, AUGUST 27TH, 7:15 P.M. SAN RAFAEL RECREATION CENTER, 618 B STREET, SAN RAFAEL CA PowerQuest Corporation's Randy Whittle will present all you need to know about organizing and protecting your hard drive, including How to Organize Your Hard Drive, How to Run Multiple Operating Systems and How to Protect Your Hard Drive using some of the PowerQuest family of products. Special User Group Prices on all of these products will be offered. They will be available for you to take home with you. Randy will bring handouts and exciting door prizes as well. INTRO TO COMPUTER CLASS, ALSO OPEN TO PUBLIC, AT 6:00 P.M., SAME LOCATION. Subject: "All About E-Mail") For more information, see www.ggcs.org Until next week, Denise From brandon at squareonedesign.com Fri Aug 24 10:20:24 2001 From: brandon at squareonedesign.com (Brandon Gohsman) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:00:42 2004 Subject: FW: Newsletter #7 from O'Reilly UG Program Message-ID: -----Original Message----- From: Denise Olliffe [mailto:deniseo@oreilly.com] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 6:42 PM To: brandon@squareonedesign.com Subject: Newsletter #7 from O'Reilly UG Program NEWSLETTER O'Reilly UG Program Volume 1 #7 HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK.... Books: -Malicious Mobile Code News: - Apache::CodeRed - The Great Rewiring--an interview with Clay Shirky - An Excuse to Use VB .NET Today - Top Ten Traps in C# for C++ Programmers - HyperCard ************************************************* NEWS from O'Reilly & Beyond ************************************************* I would be grateful if you would alert your group to the news they'd find valuable. Apache: ------- Apache::CodeRed Reuven M. Lerner writes about Code Red 2 attacks, and shows system administrators how to be alerted to the problem: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/apache/2001/08/16/code_red.html Apple/Mac: ---------- HyperCard Danny Goodman has insights into HyperCard's history and possibilities of it's future: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/08/17/goodman.html C++/C#: ------- Top Ten Traps in C# for C++ Programmers http://dotnet.oreilly.com/news/programmingCsharp_0801.html Web Services & Peer-to-Peer: ---------------------------- An interview with Clay Shirky... The Great Rewiring Clay talks about "rewiring" web services and the future of P2P: http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2001/08/20/shirky.html Clay will also be online this week to discuss these ideas, so if you want to send in your thoughts, go to: http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2001/08/20/shirky.html?page=3#thread VB/.NET: -------- Looking for an excuse to use VB .NET today? Jose Mojica describes how to get around problems associated with component versioning in VB 6 by using VB .NET. Jose is the author of "COM+ Programming with Visual Basic." http://dotnet.oreilly.com/news/complus_0801.html ************************************************* BOOKS hot off the press ************************************************* REVIEW COPIES AVAILABLE Please email me to request review copies. Press announcement available for your use, please ask for a copy. Malicious Mobile Code http://oreilly.com/catalog/malmobcode/ Sample Chapter 11: Malicious ActiveX Controls http://oreilly.com/catalog/malmobcode/chapter/ch11.html Programmers may want to find out more about the Bioinformatics field. This rapidly growing industry has many people turning their heads to start new careers, helping biologists transform the way they process data. O'Reilly has released its first Bioinformatics book: Developing Bioinformatics Computer Skills http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bioskills/ For a full description on the book, go to: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bioskills/desc.html also... In January, O'Reilly will be offering our first Bioinformatics conference: O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference http://conferences.oreilly.com/biocon/cfp.html For NEW and UPCOMING titles, go to: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/new.html ************************************************* UPCOMING EVENTS ************************************************* NEXT WEEK: LinuxWorld August 28-30 Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, CA O'Reilly will be at Booth 1747 Drop by Wednesday the 29th at 4:30 and meet some of O'Reilly's best authors--bring your favorite book to have it signed! SEPTEMBER: O'Reilly Peer-to-Peer and Web Service Conference September 18-21, 2001, Washington, D.C. EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER 7th! http://conferences.oreilly.com/p2p/ The conference is central to what's happening now in web services, with tutorials on SOAP, Jabber, Groove, JXTA and more. SPEAKER HIGHLIGHT: Michael Macedonia, PhD, will be offering an overview/infrastructure conference session on P2P and network-centric warfare. Michael is the Chief Scientist and Technical Director for the US Army Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM). Here is what Michael has to say about the P2P movement: "We are fast approaching a world of 200 million supercomputer tied together via broadband networks. By 2005, PCs will have 4 Ghz processors, gigabytes of RAM and terabyte storage while connected via cable or DSL broadband networks. Layered on this will be graphics supercomputers called game consoles tied into the same networks for entertainment-on-demand. The commoditization of high performance computing and emergence of an enormous P2P fabric is reshaping our knowledge culture on a global scale. As the Chief Scientist for the Army's Simulation Training and Instrumentation Command, I see this as a powerful medium for improving the readiness of our forces through collaborative education and simulation-on-demand." For more on Michael's session, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/p2pweb2001/view/e_sess/1621 ************************************************** ANNOUNCEMENTS from your peers ************************************************** FREEMONT, CA: 7th International CCT Users Group Conference For Specctra Autoroute Users September 20-22 in Fremont, CA More information available at http://www.cctug.org/conference_2001 Until next week, --Denise From joelmeulenberg at yahoo.com Thu Aug 30 15:37:00 2001 From: joelmeulenberg at yahoo.com (Joel Meulenberg) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:00:42 2004 Subject: August GR.pm Lunch Meeting Cancelled - Unless There's Sufficient Protest Message-ID: <20010830203700.74315.qmail@web13001.mail.yahoo.com> With early Labor Day vacations starting tomorrow and whatnot we figured it probably wasn't a good Friday to try to gather a group for lunch. If you disagree, holler. If enough people holler, there will be lunch. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com