From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Thu Mar 2 06:27:05 2006 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 06:27:05 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] S.F.: BALUG 2006-03-21: Tom Limoncelli: Time Management for System Administrators Message-ID: <1141309625.440700b9e72e1@webmail.rawbw.com> For the 2006-03-21 Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) meeting, we have as guest presenter Tom Limoncelli, of Google, on: Time Management for System Administrators (and everyone else too) synopsis: Whether you use Perl, Python or Ruby, whether you use Windows, Linux or Unix, all system administrators have a problem with time management. Users interrupt you constantly with requests, your managers want you to get long-term projects done but flood you with requests for quick- fixed, and the machines you manage just never behave, causing problems at the most inopportune moments. Tom will discuss techniques he has developed over the last 15 years for dealing with these things --- all of which (and more) can be found in his new book from O'Reilly, "Time Management for System Administrators". http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0596007833/tomontime-20 (The book was the #1 computer book on Amazon on Feb 10, 2006) Tom Limoncelli has over 15 years of system administration experience and has been teaching workshops on Time Management at conferences since 2003. Tom has worked for both large and small organizations, including Bell Labs and AT&T. He speaks at conferences around the world. His previous book, The Practice of System and Network Administration, is considered a standard reference in system administration. He now works at the Google NYC office. His web site is www.EverythingSysadmin.com more details here: http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-announce-balug.org/2006-March/000058.html From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Thu Mar 2 08:07:14 2006 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 08:07:14 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] CoMPare and LiNk (cmpln) utility In-Reply-To: <20060226030955.GB21536@manjusri.org> References: <20060226030955.GB21536@manjusri.org> Message-ID: <1141315634.440718326f27b@webmail.rawbw.com> Well, just finished it (my CoMPare and LiNk utility, cmpln) off essentially this past weekend (and some cosmetic tweaks and one teensy efficiency tweak on Monday). Have a look at http://www.rawbw.com/~mp/perl/ for a bit of description and access to the code itself. I'd been poking at it on-and-off (often once in a great while) for quite a while - wasn't exactly a high priority project, ... but one that was an exceedingly good fit for Perl, and a very bad fit for C or shell, hence I "of course" implemented it in Perl :-). I've got another useful utility I finished off ~Nov. last year, perhaps I'll get that one up on that page too, and perhaps even relatively soon. Oh, ... yes, and critiques welcomed (particularly on cmpln ... the older backup stuff probably has lots of stuff I already know how to do much better, but haven't gotten around to updating/rewriting that one). Quoting Shannon Prickett: > to write much of it lately, but I read about this group on Michael > Paoli's via: http://www.rawbw.com/~mp/perl/ From david at fetter.org Tue Mar 7 23:30:13 2006 From: david at fetter.org (David Fetter) Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 23:30:13 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] March 14 Meeting of SF PostgreSQL Users' Group Message-ID: <20060308073013.GF14881@fetter.org> Folks, David Fetter (that's me ;) will be talking about how to get OO code and RDBMSs to play nicely together with some examples. Venue: Casa Donde Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 Time: 7:30pm RSVP: to david at fetter.org if you want the best pizza in the Bay Area. It's usually about $10 Details: http://pugs.postgresql.org/sfpug/ Cheers, David. -- David Fetter david at fetter.org http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 415 235 3778 Remember to vote! From george at metaart.org Wed Mar 8 16:18:43 2006 From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley) Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 16:18:43 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] RMS Interview Message-ID: <200603081618.43670.george@metaart.org> Link to Interview: http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html I just came across an interview with Richard Stallman that seems incredible clear to me. It's from December 2004, so perhaps you've already read it. If you are interested and read it, I'd be most interested in your comments. George From extasia at extasia.org Wed Mar 8 18:36:42 2006 From: extasia at extasia.org (David Alban) Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 18:36:42 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] RMS Interview In-Reply-To: <200603081618.43670.george@metaart.org> References: <200603081618.43670.george@metaart.org> Message-ID: <4c714a9c0603081836k6d18eab3w546f9ce895585119@mail.gmail.com> I *love* the following quote (from the interview). On the environment variable POSIXLY_CORRECT: My original plan was to name it POSIX_ME_HARDER. On 3/8/06, George Woolley wrote: http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html -- Live in a world of your own, but always welcome visitors. From george at metaart.org Wed Mar 8 19:56:40 2006 From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley) Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 19:56:40 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] RMS Interview In-Reply-To: <4c714a9c0603081836k6d18eab3w546f9ce895585119@mail.gmail.com> References: <200603081618.43670.george@metaart.org> <4c714a9c0603081836k6d18eab3w546f9ce895585119@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <200603081956.40455.george@metaart.org> Me too. Have added to FunStuff on the O'Reilly User Group Program Wiki. On Wednesday 08 March 2006 18:36, David Alban wrote: > I *love* the following quote (from the interview). On the environment > variable POSIXLY_CORRECT: > > My original plan was to name it POSIX_ME_HARDER. > > On 3/8/06, George Woolley wrote: > http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html > > -- > Live in a world of your own, but always welcome visitors. From alamozzz at yahoo.com Wed Mar 8 21:06:41 2006 From: alamozzz at yahoo.com (Adrien Lamothe) Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 21:06:41 -0800 (PST) Subject: [oak perl] RMS Interview In-Reply-To: <200603081618.43670.george@metaart.org> Message-ID: <20060309050641.57873.qmail@web31407.mail.mud.yahoo.com> I hadn't read that interview it till now. Thank you for pointing it out. Each question/answer is separated by multiple hyphens, my comments are followed by a single hyphen: FB: GNU/Linux (the complete OS!) is probably the most known free software project. What do you think about the fact that Linux (the kernel!) uses a proprietary program to manage its source code? RMS: There are already free programs that do the same basic job. Linus Torvalds feels they are not convenient enough, and he values convenience more than he values standing firm for freedom. I think that is leading the community in the wrong direction. - I think Linus does value freedom. I think he also is pragmatic, and he most certainly needs to be efficient. By using a proprietary source code management system, Linus actually set a good example of how open-source and proprietary technology can be used together. When Linus encountered a licensing problem with BitTorrent, he abandoned it and developed his own system (Git,) which is open-source and free. ----------- FB: What is your opinion on the fact that Linux (the kernel!) supports binary drivers without too many problems? I'll make an example: the OpenBSD project didn't support Atheros wireless chips because they require a binary HAL provided with an incompatible license for their goals and policy. They act consistently. Do you think that Linux (the kernel!) should try a similar rigorous approach? RMS: Yes! And so should the developers of GNU/Linux distributions. This is very important. - No! Richard isn't staying true to the concept of freedom with that statement. True freedom means giving users freedom to accept and utilize a proprietary binary driver, if they choose to do so (and there are situations where it is advantageous to do so.) Again, this is a wonderful example of Linus' flexibility and pragmatism. ----------- FB: Do you think that hardware manufacturers should make public all the datasheets, docs, specifications, and details about their products? Something like free (as in freedom) hardware? RMS: If a hardware developer won't tell you how to use the hardware they sell you, don't buy it. I am not campaigning for laws that would require all software to come with source code, but I do think that governments should require all new computer hardware that is sold commercially to come with full specifications. FB: Would you sign and promote a petition or an initiative for free access to hardware specifications? RMS: I'd endorse any sort of nonviolent democratic political activity to promote such a law. - It depends on what level of specification you're talking about, and neither of them was specific about how detailed the disclosure would be. Hardware developers, especially of video controllers, do tend to be paranoid about disclosing much of anything about the internal workings of their products; open-source operating systems have suffered because of it. There are different reasons given for the secrecy, and from the hardware manufacturer's perspective they are legitimate. This is a difficult area, and as previously mentioned Linus has taken the pragmatic approach by allowing binary drivers to operate with the kernel. Another approach is to create standard API's for different devices, like OpenGL for video cards, and continue allowing hardware manufacturers to develop binary drivers. Unfortunately, attempts at such standards, OpenGL is an example, get bogged down by politics. So, it looks like Linus' approach will be the best we have for quite some time. Sony is about to launch the Playstation 3, which will have the most powerful commercial microprocessor ever. The Playstation 3 will ship only with Linux, NO MICROSOFT WINDOWS, and a powerful NVidia graphics controller. The NVidia driver is most likely proprietary, but so what, progress has been made. Sony is expected to sell about 200 million Playstation 3s, which means 200 million Linux boxes in the hands of young people. FOR THE PERL MONGERS: I believe Sony may be using lots of Perl for infrastructure and sys admin type stuff on the Playstation 3; I say this based on Sony job descriptions seen in the past. ----------- FB: It seems that Sun Microsystems wants to release Java source code. Do you think that a language such as Java could spread more if it were covered by the GPL? - If Java had been GPLed when Sun approached ISO to certify Java an an International Standard, then Java would today be an ISO standard. Thank God for standards bodies. ----------- RMS: When we started developing the Hurd, there was no free kernel. Our motive was to get a free kernel. Since we now have a free kernel that works, namely Linux, it's no longer essential to develop the Hurd. We are continuing to work on it for two reasons: 1. It has a more powerful design and that will provide some advantages. 2. It would be a GNU kernel, from the GNU Project. Neither of these advantages applies to the idea of using Solaris. FB: What is the status of Hurd development? RMS: The Hurd runs, but not reliably. The developers are working on it slowly now, although one is arranging to get funds to work on it a substantial fraction of his time. The developers have concluded that Mach is unreliable as a microkernel and that they need to transplant the Hurd to L4 instead. But this requires substantial rewrites. - Hmmm... first he says that Hurd "... has a more powerful design and that will provide some advantages." Then he says "The developers have concluded that Mach is unreliable as a microkernel and that they need to transplant the Hurd to L4 instead. But this requires substantial rewrites." So what is the "more powerful design" that will provide "some advantages"? Based on those statements, one assumes this more powerful design transcends the more mundane issues of kernel architecture. ----------- FB: I was looking at the operating systems market of the past few years. I think that every Mac OS X release keeps adding innovations that improve the experience of its users, but I don't see this type of improvements in any commercial (Red Hat, Mandrake, Novell/SuSE ...) GNU/Linux distribution. It seems to me that these big companies build a complete product simply putting together the result of various external projects. They take Linux (the kernel!), GCC, and other GNU utilities, XFree/X.Org, KDE/Gnome, and so on. Where are the innovations for the user? - The interviewer is apparently unaware of some of the kernel enhancements contributed by SuSE. Also, SuSE's system administration tool Yast is quite excellent (it also isn't a free as in freedom program.) I'm not familiar with Mandrake and Red Hat, but I recall hearing about security enhancements and other enhancements contributed by those companies. The Linux community seems to be more concerned about building a strong foundation first, then adding the chrome later. An example of this is the KDE desktop environment: the KDE team has been somewhat chaotic and fractured recently because they are in the middle of a major architectural change. They are more concerned with providing a good underlying structure that can then be used to create the types of slick applications the interviewer alludes to. Maybe they should have done this earlier, but if you look at their budget and the large percentage of volunteer effort, then their achievments are quite amazing. ----------- MY SYNOPSIS: Richard Stallman is an incredibly valuable individual to the open-source community. He is a purist with extreme standards. Some of his standards will most likely remain unobtainable, but that doesn't diminish the important role he plays by insistance on those standards. Cheers, Adrien This is a good time to be alive. George Woolley wrote: Link to Interview: http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html I just came across an interview with Richard Stallman that seems incredible clear to me. It's from December 2004, so perhaps you've already read it. If you are interested and read it, I'd be most interested in your comments. George _______________________________________________ Oakland mailing list Oakland at pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/oakland --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/oakland/attachments/20060309/89f36b9a/attachment.html From george at metaart.org Thu Mar 9 14:47:50 2006 From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley) Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 14:47:50 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] RMS Interview In-Reply-To: <20060309050641.57873.qmail@web31407.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060309050641.57873.qmail@web31407.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <200603091447.50381.george@metaart.org> Hi Adrien, Thanks for your clearly presented comments. I also think Linus values freedom. My impression is that that RMS does too, however, I gather RMS thinks Linus values convenience more. The specific context in which the matter comes up doesn't convince me of that. You say RMS is not staying true to the concept of freedom. I'm not convinced. I'm not sure what concept of freedom you have in mind, but I'm wondering if it's the same as RMS's. So far, it appears to me that RMS's views fit together. I understand that people who favor a microkernel often cite modularity, flexibility, extensibility and such as advantages. So far microkernels haven't worked out well. Personally, I'm happy for someone to try to make the purported advantages real. George On Wednesday 08 March 2006 21:06, Adrien Lamothe wrote: > I hadn't read that interview it till now. Thank you for pointing it out. > Each question/answer is separated by multiple hyphens, my comments are > followed by a single hyphen: > > FB: GNU/Linux (the complete OS!) is probably the most known free software > project. What do you think about the fact that Linux (the kernel!) uses a > proprietary program to manage its source code? > > RMS: There are already free programs that do the same basic job. Linus > Torvalds feels they are not convenient enough, and he values convenience > more than he values standing firm for freedom. I think that is leading the > community in the wrong direction. > > - I think Linus does value freedom. I think he also is pragmatic, and he > most certainly needs to be efficient. By using a proprietary source code > management system, Linus actually set a good example of how open-source and > proprietary technology can be used together. When Linus encountered a > licensing problem with BitTorrent, he abandoned it and developed his own > system (Git,) which is open-source and free. > > ----------- > > FB: What is your opinion on the fact that Linux (the kernel!) supports > binary drivers without too many problems? I'll make an example: the OpenBSD > project didn't support Atheros wireless chips because they require a binary > HAL provided with an incompatible license for their goals and policy. They > act consistently. Do you think that Linux (the kernel!) should try a > similar rigorous approach? > > RMS: Yes! And so should the developers of GNU/Linux distributions. This is > very important. > > - No! Richard isn't staying true to the concept of freedom with that > statement. True freedom means giving users freedom to accept and utilize a > proprietary binary driver, if they choose to do so (and there are > situations where it is advantageous to do so.) Again, this is a wonderful > example of Linus' flexibility and pragmatism. > > ----------- > > FB: Do you think that hardware manufacturers should make public all the > datasheets, docs, specifications, and details about their products? > Something like free (as in freedom) hardware? > > RMS: If a hardware developer won't tell you how to use the hardware they > sell you, don't buy it. > > I am not campaigning for laws that would require all software to come with > source code, but I do think that governments should require all new > computer hardware that is sold commercially to come with full > specifications. > > FB: Would you sign and promote a petition or an initiative for free access > to hardware specifications? > > RMS: I'd endorse any sort of nonviolent democratic political activity to > promote such a law. > > - It depends on what level of specification you're talking about, and > neither of them was specific about how detailed the disclosure would be. > Hardware developers, especially of video controllers, do tend to be > paranoid about disclosing much of anything about the internal workings of > their products; open-source operating systems have suffered because of it. > There are different reasons given for the secrecy, and from the hardware > manufacturer's perspective they are legitimate. This is a difficult area, > and as previously mentioned Linus has taken the pragmatic approach by > allowing binary drivers to operate with the kernel. Another approach is to > create standard API's for different devices, like OpenGL for video cards, > and continue allowing hardware manufacturers to develop binary drivers. > Unfortunately, attempts at such standards, OpenGL is an example, get bogged > down by politics. So, it looks like Linus' approach will be the best we > have for quite some time. Sony is about to launch > the Playstation 3, which will have the most powerful commercial > microprocessor ever. The Playstation 3 will ship only with Linux, NO > MICROSOFT WINDOWS, and a powerful NVidia graphics controller. The NVidia > driver is most likely proprietary, but so what, progress has been made. > Sony is expected to sell about 200 million Playstation 3s, which means 200 > million Linux boxes in the hands of young people. FOR THE PERL MONGERS: I > believe Sony may be using lots of Perl for infrastructure and sys admin > type stuff on the Playstation 3; I say this based on Sony job descriptions > seen in the past. > > ----------- > > FB: It seems that Sun Microsystems wants to release Java source code. Do > you think that a language such as Java could spread more if it were covered > by the GPL? > > - If Java had been GPLed when Sun approached ISO to certify Java an an > International Standard, then Java would today be an ISO standard. Thank God > for standards bodies. > > ----------- > > RMS: When we started developing the Hurd, there was no free kernel. Our > motive was to get a free kernel. > > Since we now have a free kernel that works, namely Linux, it's no longer > essential to develop the Hurd. We are continuing to work on it for two > reasons: > > 1. It has a more powerful design and that will provide some advantages. > 2. It would be a GNU kernel, from the GNU Project. > > Neither of these advantages applies to the idea of using Solaris. > > FB: What is the status of Hurd development? > > RMS: The Hurd runs, but not reliably. The developers are working on it > slowly now, although one is arranging to get funds to work on it a > substantial fraction of his time. The developers have concluded that Mach > is unreliable as a microkernel and that they need to transplant the Hurd to > L4 instead. But this requires substantial rewrites. > > - Hmmm... first he says that Hurd "... has a more powerful design and that > will provide some advantages." Then he says "The developers have concluded > that Mach is unreliable as a microkernel and that they need to transplant > the Hurd to L4 instead. But this requires substantial rewrites." So what is > the "more powerful design" that will provide "some advantages"? Based on > those statements, one assumes this more powerful design transcends the more > mundane issues of kernel architecture. > > ----------- > > FB: I was looking at the operating systems market of the past few years. I > think that every Mac OS X release keeps adding innovations that improve the > experience of its users, but I don't see this type of improvements in any > commercial (Red Hat, Mandrake, Novell/SuSE ...) GNU/Linux distribution. It > seems to me that these big companies build a complete product simply > putting together the result of various external projects. They take Linux > (the kernel!), GCC, and other GNU utilities, XFree/X.Org, KDE/Gnome, and so > on. Where are the innovations for the user? > > - The interviewer is apparently unaware of some of the kernel enhancements > contributed by SuSE. Also, SuSE's system administration tool Yast is quite > excellent (it also isn't a free as in freedom program.) I'm not familiar > with Mandrake and Red Hat, but I recall hearing about security enhancements > and other enhancements contributed by those companies. The Linux community > seems to be more concerned about building a strong foundation first, then > adding the chrome later. An example of this is the KDE desktop environment: > the KDE team has been somewhat chaotic and fractured recently because they > are in the middle of a major architectural change. They are more concerned > with providing a good underlying structure that can then be used to create > the types of slick applications the interviewer alludes to. Maybe they > should have done this earlier, but if you look at their budget and the > large percentage of volunteer effort, then their achievments are quite > amazing. > > ----------- > > MY SYNOPSIS: > > Richard Stallman is an incredibly valuable individual to the open-source > community. He is a purist with extreme standards. Some of his standards > will most likely remain unobtainable, but that doesn't diminish the > important role he plays by insistance on those standards. > > Cheers, > > Adrien > > This is a good time to be alive. > > > > George Woolley wrote: Link to Interview: > http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html > > I just came across an interview with Richard Stallman > that seems incredible clear to me. > It's from December 2004, > so perhaps you've already read it. > > If you are interested and read it, > I'd be most interested in your comments. > > George > > _______________________________________________ > Oakland mailing list > Oakland at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/oakland > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Mail > Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. From george at metaart.org Thu Mar 9 20:32:56 2006 From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley) Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 20:32:56 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] Fwd: Job opening for OO Perl expert Message-ID: <200603092032.56193.george@metaart.org> Please Note: I know no more about this than you. -- George ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Job opening for OO Perl expert Date: Thursday 09 March 2006 11:32 From: Tom Mornini ... Hello there Perl Mongers. My name is Tom Mornini, and I'm a long time Perl programmer myself. I occasionally run across interesting jobs, and perform small time recruiting services when the job is interesting enough. Google my name and you'll find I'm not some gonzo recruiter trying to stack up resum?s for non-existent clients. Seriously, folks, this is a real full time job at a non-startup established business in San Francisco, California. If you wouldn't mind distributing this to your local PM members, I'd appreciate it, as will they if they're looking for a change. P.S. I did this a couple of years ago, and most recipients were very cordial and I placed a couple of people at Amazon through this very method. A few were angry, and I'm sure I removed them from my list. If I missed anyone, or if anyone wants to be removed from my list, let me know and you'll be gone. San Francisco, OO Perl/PHP expert, full-time employee, salary $85-120K or more ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------- I met this client last week and he's a nice guy at a small/medium- sized company (about 40-50 people) near South Park in San Francisco. He really needs a senior, multi-year-experienced, OO Perl programmer/ architect. He'd also like OO PHP, but Perl is more important between the two. Also expected are the typical "surrounding technologies"... SQL, Linux/Unix, Apache, CVS/SVN, regex's, mod_perl, XML, SOAP, etc. This person should have been seriously pursuing Perl in commercial/ ecommerce areas since the last 90s. This client is pretty smart and will agree to pay commensurate with experience and fit with his needs. His company manages email campaigns for their clients, but is VERY strict about not spamming. -- -- Tom Mornini ------------------------------------------------------- From david at fetter.org Mon Mar 13 08:30:41 2006 From: david at fetter.org (David Fetter) Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:30:41 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] TOMORROW: March 14 Meeting of SF PostgreSQL Users' Group Message-ID: <20060313163041.GL28298@fetter.org> Folks, David Fetter (that's me ;) will be talking about how to get OO code and RDBMSs to play nicely together with some examples. Venue: Casa Donde <-- print this and bring it along. Date: TOMORROW! Tuesday, March 14, 2006 Time: 7:30pm RSVP: to david at fetter.org if you want the best pizza in the Bay Area. It's usually about $10 Details: http://pugs.postgresql.org/sfpug/ Cheers, David. -- David Fetter david at fetter.org http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 415 235 3778 Remember to vote! From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Fri Mar 17 19:24:39 2006 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 19:24:39 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] Reminder: S.F.: BALUG 2006-03-21: Tom Limoncelli: Time Management for System Administrators Message-ID: <1142652279.441b7d77ab764@webmail.rawbw.com> Just a brief reminder: in San Francisco for the 2006-03-21 Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) meeting, we have as guest presenter Tom Limoncelli, of Google, on: Time Management for System Administrators (and everyone else too) Tom Limoncelli is the author of the new book from O'Reilly, "Time Management for System Administrators" (The book was the #1 computer book on Amazon on Feb 10, 2006) and is also co-author of the book "The Practice of System and Network Administration" from Addison-Wesley more details on the meeting, presentation, etc. here: http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-announce-balug.org/2006-March/000058.html From george at metaart.org Tue Mar 21 16:34:28 2006 From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:34:28 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] Fwd: USENIX LISA Regional Training Message-ID: <200603211634.28037.george@metaart.org> I thought someone might be interested in this, especially in M1 & M4. If anyone goes, I'd be interested in any kind of feedback. George .......................................................... USENIX LISA Regional Training From: Anne Dickison To: george at metaart.org Date: Today 15:49:52 [i.e. on 2006-03-21] Hi George, I wanted to let you know that USENIX is offering a one-day LISA ? Regional Training program on Monday, May, 8, ?2006 in San Jose. Below ? is brief list of the classes. Full descriptions can be found at ? http://usenix.org/events/lisart06/training/training.html Half Day Training (a.m.) * M1- Chip Salzenberg -Regular Expression Mastery dot_clear.gif * M2- Gerald Carter- So You Have Active Directory: Now What? dot_clear.gif * M3-Strata Rose Chalup- Practical Project Management for Sysadmins ? and IT Professionals dot_clear.gif Half Day Training (p.m.) * M4-Chip Salzenberg-Perl Program Repair Shop and Red Flags dot_clear.gif * M5-Gerald Carter-Hot Swap File/Print Services * M6-Strata Rose Chalup -Alligators 101: Project Troubleshooting Training is in a " buy 1 half-day, get the second half-day free" format. ? Would this be of interest to your user group? If so please distribute the following blurb to your list. We also ? have a PDF Flyer and Banners and buttons available at http:// usenix.org/events/lisart06/promote.html =============== Attention SF Bay Area: Join us May 8, 2006, in San Jose, CA, for the first LISA Regional Training event. USENIX and SAGE, working in cooperation with BayLISA, are taking the LISA training program on the road. The LISA Regional Training program provides in-depth, immediately useful training in the latest techniques, effective tools, and best strategies. The program offers one day of tutorials with 6 half-day sessions from which to choose. Topics for this one-day event include: Active Directory, Perl, project management, and more. Register now to guarantee your first choice-seating is limited. For the full program and to register, see http://www.usenix.org/lisart06/mem =================== Thanks for your help with this. ?Please let me know if you have any ? questions. Hope to see you there. Anne Anne Dickison Marketing ?Manager USENIX Association 2560 Ninth St. Suite 215 Berkeley, CA 94710 P (510)528-8649 ex 24 From george at metaart.org Fri Mar 24 13:17:43 2006 From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:17:43 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] Just a Test In-Reply-To: <200603211634.28037.george@metaart.org> References: <200603211634.28037.george@metaart.org> Message-ID: <200603241317.43914.george@metaart.org> I just had an unexpected bounce when posting to the mailing list. This is a test replying to a message that was posted successfully earlier (though I've changed the title). From george at metaart.org Fri Mar 24 13:20:51 2006 From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:20:51 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] Article by Adrien Lamothe Message-ID: <200603241320.51817.george@metaart.org> Link: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2006/03/23/apple_vs_everyone.html O'Reilly has published an interesting article by Adrien Lamothe on ONLamp.com. It's entitled "Apple's High-Water Mark?" Some of you may find it interesting. I certainly did. George From george at metaart.org Sat Mar 25 16:55:16 2006 From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:55:16 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] Article by Adrien Lamothe Message-ID: <200603251655.16102.george@metaart.org> If you do read the article, you might wish to also read the "talkback" at the end of the article. I missed it earlier. George ---------- Earlier Message ---------- Subject: [oak perl] Article by Adrien Lamothe Date: Friday 24 March 2006 13:20 From: George Woolley To: oakland at pm.org Link: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2006/03/23/apple_vs_everyone.html O'Reilly has published an interesting article by Adrien Lamothe on ONLamp.com. It's entitled "Apple's High-Water Mark?" Some of you may find it interesting. I certainly did. George _______________________________________________ Oakland mailing list Oakland at pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/oakland ------------------------------------------------------- From george at metaart.org Sat Mar 25 20:12:12 2006 From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:12:12 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] Draft of Review: Web Design in a Nutshell Message-ID: <200603252012.12478.george@metaart.org> Link: http://www.metaart.org/opug/reviews/wdnut3.html There's a draft of a review of "Web Design in a Nutshell" on our site should you wish to look at it. Your comments and/or corrections would be appreciated. George From george at metaart.org Sun Mar 26 01:13:22 2006 From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley) Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 01:13:22 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] Next Meeting: Sat., June 10 1-3pm Message-ID: <200603260113.22843.george@metaart.org> OK, we have a meeting date for a social meeting in June. We'll be meeting at Arden's place (in Oakland). A cut & paste of the meeting announcement from our home page is included below my "signature". George cut & paste of meeting announcement from our home page: http://oakland.pm.org/ ............................................................. Next meeting * when: 1-3pm, Saturday, June 10th * where: Arden's Place 413 61st Street, Oakland CA. * directions: [link to] directions and ascii map * type meeting: social * activities: o introductions o giveaways o ... * who: open to anyone interested. * how much: no fee for our meetings. * RSVP: is helpful to me and the host but is not required. From george at metaart.org Mon Mar 27 18:11:50 2006 From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley) Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:11:50 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 27 Message-ID: <200603271811.50453.george@metaart.org> ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 27 Date: Monday 27 March 2006 11:40 From: Marsee Henon ... ================================================================ O'Reilly News for User Group Members March 27, 2006 ================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Ajax Hacks -Ableton Live 5 Tips and Tricks -The Art of SQL -Best of Ruby Quiz -Don't Get Burned on eBay -The eBay Price Guide -Fixing Windows XP Annoyances -Flash 8: Projects for Learning Animation and Interactivity -Flash 8: The Missing Manual -Google: The Missing Manual, Second Edition -Head Rush Ajax -How to Cheat at Managing Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 -Intermediate Perl -iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual -iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual -ISS X-Force: Next Generation Threat Analysis and Prevention -The JavaScript Anthology -Mapping and Modding Half-Life 2 Complete -Mind Performance Hacks -Music Projects with Propellerhead Reason -MySQL Stored Procedure Programming -Photoshop CS2 RAW -Practical VoIP Security -Practices of an Agile Developer -UML 2.0 Pocket Reference -Visual Basic 2005 Express -Visual C# 2005 Black Book -Window Seat -Write Great Code, Volume 2 -XAML in a Nutshell ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Sebastian Bergmann("PHPUnit Pocket Guide"), PHP Usergroup Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Bayern--Mar 30 -Dan Gillmor ("We the Media"), Commonwealth Club, San Jose, CA--Mar 30 -Digital Portfolios with Stephen Johnson ("Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography"), Pacifica, CA--Apr 1 -Visit O'Reilly at LinuxWorld--Boston, MA--Apr 4-6 -Dan Gillmor ("We the Media"), Institute for Applied and Professional Ethics, Athens, Ohio--Apr 7 -Julieanne Kost ("Window Seat"), Wedding and Portrait Photographers, International Convention, Las Vegas, NV--Apr 9 -Robbie Allen ("Windows Server 2003 Security Cookbook"), the 58th Annual Conference on World Affairs, Boulder, CO--Apr 10 -O'Reilly authors at Exchange Connections 2006, Orlando, FL--Apr 10 -Peter Krogh ("The DAM Book"), ASMP PixelCash Seminar, Minneapolis, MN--Apr 11 -Maker Faire, San Mateo, CA--Apr 22-23 -Tony Bove ("Just Say No To Microsoft"), Cody's Books, San Francisco, CA--April 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conference News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Where 2.0 Registration is Open -MySQL Registration is Open ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Tim O'Reilly Quizzes Bill Gates at MIX06 -O'Reilly Authors Get Jolted -New Rough Cuts Title: Atlas -Secure Your Linux Server -Autofilled PHP Forms -What Corporate Projects Should Learn from Open Source -Digital Bookmark Mods -Getting Started with Quartz Composer -Using the MultiView and Wizard Controls in ASP.NET 2.0 -Directions in Windows Scripting -Profiting Without Frequently Updated Content -Google Page Creator: When It Gets Too Hard -Zero Configuration Networking: Using the Java APIs, Part 1 -What Is Java? -The Internet of Things -The Future of Telephony, Going Digital, and Open Formats -Managing Digital Images: Applying Ratings and Keywords -Inside Animusic's Astonishing Computer Music Videos -Screencast: Photoshop Starburst Effect -Maker Faire, San Mateo Fairgrounds, San Mateo, CA--April 22-23 ================================================ Book News ================================================ Did you know you can request a free book to review for your group? 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A smart collection of 100 insider tips and tricks, "Ajax Hacks" covers the finer points of Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, or Ajax as it's known. Learn leading-edge web development tasks like how to display Weather.com data, scrape stock quotes, fetch postal codes and much, much more ***Ableton Live 5 Tips and Tricks Publisher: PC Publishing ISBN: 1870775090 This book enables you to create your ideal Live 5 template; get the most from Live's MIDI features; find audio editing workrounds within Live; prepare a Live set for performance; use Live with other music software; and includes interviews with high-profile Live users. ***The Art of SQL Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596008945 Enterprises throughout the world are confronted with exploding volumes of data, and many IT departments are looking for quick solutions. This insightful book demonstrates that since SQL code may run for 5 to 10 years, and run on different hardware, it must be fast and sound from the start. Expert Stephane Faroult offers SQL best practices and relational theory that force you to focus on strategy rather than specifics. ***Best of Ruby Quiz Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf ISBN: 0976694077 Sharpen your Ruby programming skills with twenty-five challenging problems from Ruby Quiz. Whether you have faithfully followed the weekly online Ruby Quiz challenges or are just looking for some practical tests of your Ruby skills, this book delivers. Read the problems, work out a solution, and compare your solution with others. Read about the interesting issues of each problem. Writing code and reading code are still the only ways to truly gain skill with a programming language, and within these pages you can do both quickly and easily. ***Don't Get Burned on eBay Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596101783 Don't Get Burned on eBay offers relevant lessons based on real-life stories posted on eBay's Answer Center. With sharp, witty rhetoric, veteran eBay user Shauna Wright shows eBay veterans and newcomers alike how to avoid those nasty scenarios, and how to pull themselves out of the muck if they've already fallen in. ***The eBay Price Guide Publisher: No Starch ISBN: 1593270550 A one-stop shop for pricing information and tips for successful buying and selling on eBay. Sellers learn how to price their items competitively to attract more customers, while buyers learn which categories tend to be overpriced and where they can find the best bargains. Fun stories, statistics, lists, and eBay trivia round out the book. A must-have for the serious eBayer. ***Fixing Windows XP Annoyances Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596100531 Inspired by author David Karp's "Windows XP Annoyances for Geeks," this all-new tome pulls together tips, tricks, insider workarounds, and fixes for PC novices and pros, in a handy, accessible Q&A format that lets you find the solutions in a flash. "Fixing Windows XP Annoyances" will not only increase your productivity, but lower your blood pressure. ***Flash 8: Projects for Learning Animation and Interactivity Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596102232 This book teaches Flash design rather than simply Flash itself. With a standalone series of walkthroughs and tutorials for Flash beginners coming from a graphics field, Flash is covered in the context of real-world projects. Rather than simply learn a Flash tool, you learn which areas of Flash are important, and which are less so, by seeing how typical content is actually created. And rather than a text-heavy approach, this graphically rich book leads you through hands-on examples by illustration. ***Flash 8: The Missing Manual Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596101376 Macromedia's Flash 8 is the world's premier program for adding animation to web sites. But Flash isn't intuitive. And it doesn't come with a manual. This hands-on guide to today's hottest web design tool is aimed at non-developers, and it teaches you how to translate your ideas into great Web content. Whether you want to learn the basics or unleash the program's true power, "Flash 8: The Missing Manual" is the ideal instructor. ***Google: The Missing Manual, Second Edition Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596100191 Sure, you know how to "Google it" when you're searching for something on the Web. But did you know how much more you could achieve by clicking beyond the "Google Search" button? Our fully updated and expanded edition to "Google: The Missing Manual" covers everything you need to know to become a Google guru--including all the new, cool, and often overlooked features that make Google the world's best search engine. ***Head Rush Ajax Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596102259 "Head Rush Ajax" takes the reader beyond basic web development with DHTML and JavaScript and explains how asynchronous data requests and more powerful event models can be used in the Ajax methodology ***How to Cheat at Managing Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 1597492515 Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) is a network monitoring tool that provides enterprise-class event and performance management for Windows Server System technologies. MOM's event and performance management tools discover problems before system administrators would ever find them, thereby enabling administrators to lower their costs of operations and simplify management of their Windows Server System infrastructure. MOM can notify system administrators of overloaded processors, depleted memory, or failed network connections affecting their Windows servers long before these problems bother users. ***Intermediate Perl Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596102062 Perl programmers need a clear roadmap for improving their skills. "Intermediate Perl" teaches a working knowledge of Perl's objects, references, and modules--all of which make the language so versatile and effective. Written by the authors of the bestselling Llama book, "Learning Perl," this guide offers a gentle but thorough introduction to intermediate programming in Perl. Topics include packages and namespaces, references and scoping, manipulating complex data structures, writing and using modules, package implementation, and using CPAN. ***iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 059652725X Along with its host of new features, iPhoto 6 can handle as many as 250,000 images. It's incredible, and Apple makes it sound so easy. But you can still get lost, especially if you're new to iPhoto. Not to worry. The latest edition of this popular book gives you plenty of undocumented tips & tricks for taking advantage of the new version and every feature packed into it. ***iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 059652675X An iPod is many things to many people, but it can be much more than most people realize. That's where this new edition comes in. Like the iPod itself, this book is a long-running bestseller with a wealth of useful information for any iPod user. This edition features the new Video iPod, iTunes 6, ways to use an iPod as an external drive or personal organizer, and much more. ***ISS X-Force: Next Generation Threat Analysis and Prevention Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 1597490563 Over the last seven years, Internet Security Systems (ISS) elite X-Force has discovered more high-risk vulnerabilities than all other research groups and vendors combined, including the vulnerability that led to the recent, widespread Zotob worm. For the first time ever, follow the X-Force team as they analyze potential vulnerabilities and security solutions for cutting edge technologies and emerging attack methodologies. ***The JavaScript Anthology Publisher:SitePoint ISBN: 0975240269 The "JavaScript Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks, and Hacks" is a compilation of customizable solutions to the most common JavaScript questions and problems, including solutions using AJAX. All the code in the book is thoroughly tested, best practice, and standards-compliant to ensure that will work across different browsers and platforms. ***Mapping and Modding Half-Life 2 Complete Publisher: Paraglyph ISBN: 1933097132 Modding is the new craze that has taken the gaming world by storm. And Half-Life 2 provides the premier game engine that modders all around the world are using to enhance the highly popular Half-Life game and create exciting new custom game features. As many modders like to say, "The possibilities are endless." This unique book shows all Half-Life 2 fans everything they need to know to work with the powerful game engine and customize their own games using clever mapping, modding, and modeling techniques. With "Mapping and Modding Half-Life 2 Complete," game fans will get a chance to progressively expand their skills at mapping and modding. This is a one-of-a-kind book, jam-packed with insider tips and techniques by a leading Half-Life 2 modding expert. ***Mind Performance Hacks Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596101538 "Mind Performance Hacks" provides real-life tips and tools for overclocking your brain and becoming a better thinker. In the increasingly frenetic pace of today's information economy, managing your life requires hacking your brain. With this book, you'll cut through the clutter and tune up your brain intentionally, safely, and productively. ***Music Projects with Propellerhead Reason Publisher: PC Publishing ISBN: 1870775147 Ideal for everyone from beginners to experienced users, the book covers essentials like choosing a computer, setting it up for audio work and optimizing Reason for maximum performance. It contains detailed workshops on eight major musical genres--Hip Hop, Drum & Bass, Dub, House, Techno, Trip Hop, Trance, and Club. ***MySQL Stored Procedure Programming Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596100892 MySQL Stored Procedure Programming covers a lot of ground. The book starts with a thorough introduction to stored procedures programming and functions, covering the fundamentals of data types, operators, and using SQL in stored procedures. You'll learn how to build and maintain stored programs--covering transactions, stored functions, and triggers--and how to call and use MySQL-based stored procedures in a variety of languages, including PHP, Perl, Python, .NET, and Java. This book, destined to be the bible of stored procedure development, is a resource that no real MySQL programmer can afford to do without. ***Photoshop CS2 RAW Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596008511 The RAW file format is the uncompressed data file captured by a digital camera's electronic sensor. Because RAW files remain virtually untouched by in-camera processing, working with them brings greater flexibility and control to the editing process-if you know how to use them. Adobe Photoshop CS2 has emerged as the best way to edit RAW images, and Photoshop CS2 RAW is dedicated to working with RAW in Photoshop. This comprehensive guide explores the entire RAW process, focusing extensively on Photoshop editing techniques targeted to professionals and photo hobbyists alike. ***Practical VoIP Security Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 1597490601 After struggling for years, you finally think you've got your network secured from malicious hackers and obnoxious spammers. Just when you think it's safe to go back into the water, VoIP finally catches on. Now your newly converged network is vulnerable to DoS attacks, hacked gateways leading to unauthorized free calls, call eavesdropping, malicious call redirection, and spam over Internet Telephony (SPIT). This book details both VoIP attacks and defense techniques and tools. ***Practices of an Agile Developer Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf ISBN: 097451408X These are the proven, effective agile practices that will make you a better developer. You'll learn pragmatic ways of approaching the development process and your personal coding techniques. You'll learn about your own attitudes, issues with working on a team, and how to best manage your learning, all in an iterative, incremental, agile style. You'll see how to apply each practice, and what benefits you can expect. Bottom line: this book will make you a better developer. ***UML 2.0 Pocket Reference Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596102089 Globe-trotting travelers have long resorted to handy, pocket-size dictionaries as an aid to communicating across the language barrier. Dan Pilone's "UML 2.0 Pocket Reference" is just such an aid for on-the-go developers who need to converse in the Unified Modeling Language (UML). Use this book to decipher the many UML diagrams you'll encounter on the path to delivering a modern software system. ***Visual Basic 2005 Express Publisher: No Starch ISBN: 1593270593 A true guide for beginners, "Visual Basic 2005 Express" starts off with a short primer on how programming works, regardless of the programming language used. Once readers understand the general principles behind computer programming, the book then teaches readers how to use the Visual Basic Express program itself and how to write programs using the Visual Basic language. ***Visual C# 2005 Black Book Publisher: Paraglyph ISBN: 1933097167 "Visual C# 2005 Black Book" is one of the first books that presents in detail the new specifications of the language at length. The book takes the reader through the key changes to Visual Studio and the critical new programming features of Visual C# 2005. 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Julieanne Kost, a Photoshop and creative thinking guru, has taken her own experience shooting images out of airplane windows to create a unique seminar in three parts: a manifesto of ways to stay creatively alive; a portfolio of stunning photographs, with commentaries describing her experiences and thought process; and a technical appendix that includes the details of the images were shot, manipulated, and prepared for printing. ***Write Great Code, Volume 2 Publisher: No Starch ISBN: 1593270658 The second volume in the "Write Great Code" series supplies critical information that today's computer science students don't often get in class: How to carefully choose their high-level language statements to produce efficient code. 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Please give me a call at your earliest convenience. Thanks for your time. Position: Software Engineer Project Title: Autotest Software Developer Statement of Work: This resource will provide software development services in the area of server side web development in a UNIX (Solaris/Linux) environment. The individual needs to be an expert on web software development technologies using Perl, CGI, Java, and shell scripts, with experience working with UNIX device drivers. The resource will develop and enhance a web-based application attached to an Oracle database. The emphasis of the work will be to display statistics, and developing and supporting workflow logic for an end-to-end, automated testing tool running on Linux/Solaris. Deliverables: Under the guidance of two existing senior developers this resource will develop software that displays data pulled from various sources via device drivers, Oracle, and display it on a web page using tables, charts and graphs in a web-based, server side environment. A mixture of languages will be used (such as Perl, CGI, HTML, Java, Java applets, JavaScript, C/C++, and SQL), depending on what is most appropriate for the task. Database schema design and optimal utilization of Oracle storage methods will also be required. Key Information: Server-side GUI web and applications development using Perl, CGIs, HTML, Java applets, JavaScript, C/C++ in a Linux environment. Environment (Plat., O/S, Lang., DB, Apps, & Tools): Required: Mid-level (3-5 years) or Senior (6+ years) Developer Required: Perl, CGIs Preferred: Java, JSP, JavaScript, HTML, XHTML, shell scripting (ksh), C/C++, SQL, http, java applets, Swing Sincerely, Colin d'Hondt, Sr. Account Manager The TRIAD Group Plaza Center 10900 NE 8th Street * Suite 1500 Bellevue, WA 98004 Phone: (425) 454-0282 Toll Free: (800) 514-9155 Fax: (425) 990-3328 Cell: (206) 235-9030 colind at triadgroup.com www.triadgroup.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/oakland/attachments/20060329/315387eb/attachment.html From george at metaart.org Wed Mar 29 16:53:44 2006 From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:53:44 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] Fwd: Need Sunnyvale, CA Message-ID: <200603291653.44644.george@metaart.org> I believe Adrien L. and Steve K. are familiar with this fellow. I'd not communicated with him before today. George ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Fw: Need Sunnyvale, CA Date: Wednesday 29 March 2006 15:33 From: "Doug Jonson" To: Hi George, Here's the 6-month position we have in Sunnyvale. I apologize that the account manager didn't give me more info about the position. The most important thing is someone who is very strong in Perl Scripting. -Doug Contract Position LOA- 6 months Location- Sunnyvale, CA Mananger looking for someone to write Perl Scripts Object oriented Perl is a major plus Please send resumes to: Doug Jonson Oxford International Technical Recruiter, Software/Hardware Work: (800) 260-8844, ext 3360 doug_jonson at oxfordcorp.com ------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/oakland/attachments/20060330/557a86f9/attachment.html From skolupae at sonic.net Thu Mar 30 02:06:08 2006 From: skolupae at sonic.net (Steve K) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:06:08 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] 'Need Sunnyvale, CA' Perl job Message-ID: <1143713168.6475.18.camel@linux.site> Hi all, I'm back from a 4-month contract doing Perl coding at Lockheed/D3 Tech. in Mukilteo, Washington. Doug Jonson is the consultant-handler who placed me with D3 and handled my needs as employee/consultant with Oxford. He is quite personable and not hard to talk to. Doug is reputable and his company Oxford pays on time. Haven't heard anything bad about them. Oxford has played it straight with me. Naturally, their clients are the usual mixed bag. If anyone in the group wants a consulting gig, I'd investigate it if I were you. Steve Kolupaev From alamozzz at yahoo.com Thu Mar 30 10:35:30 2006 From: alamozzz at yahoo.com (Adrien Lamothe) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:35:30 -0800 (PST) Subject: [oak perl] Fwd: Need Sunnyvale, CA In-Reply-To: <200603291653.44644.george@metaart.org> Message-ID: <20060330183531.72384.qmail@web31412.mail.mud.yahoo.com> I'm familiar with the recruiter. His company has been around a long time and has lots of client companies nationwide. Doug has a lot of initiative in finding work for people, so I really like him from that standpoint - much different from the run-of-the-mill recruiters who wait for everything to come to them. George Woolley wrote: I believe Adrien L. and Steve K. are familiar with this fellow. I'd not communicated with him before today. George ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Fw: Need Sunnyvale, CA Date: Wednesday 29 March 2006 15:33 From: "Doug Jonson" To: Hi George, Here's the 6-month position we have in Sunnyvale. I apologize that the account manager didn't give me more info about the position. The most important thing is someone who is very strong in Perl Scripting. -Doug Contract Position LOA- 6 months Location- Sunnyvale, CA Mananger looking for someone to write Perl Scripts Object oriented Perl is a major plus Please send resumes to: Doug Jonson Oxford International Technical Recruiter, Software/Hardware Work: (800) 260-8844, ext 3360 doug_jonson at oxfordcorp.com ------------------------------------------------------- Hi George, Here's the 6-month position we have in Sunnyvale. I apologize that the account manager didn't give me more info about the position. The most important thing is someone who is very strong in Perl Scripting. -Doug Contract Position LOA- 6 months Location- Sunnyvale, CA Mananger looking for someone to write Perl Scripts Object oriented Perl is a major plus Please send resumes to: Doug Jonson Oxford International Technical Recruiter, Software/Hardware Work: (800) 260-8844, ext 3360 doug_jonson at oxfordcorp.com _______________________________________________ Oakland mailing list Oakland at pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/oakland --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2?/min or less. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/oakland/attachments/20060330/efc622a8/attachment.html From george at metaart.org Thu Mar 30 14:24:01 2006 From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:24:01 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] Fwd: Need Sunnyvale, CA Message-ID: <200603301424.01722.george@metaart.org> Hi Adrien & Steve, Thanks for the highly relevant responses which provide useful perspectives on Doug for those who are interested. George ===== Highly Relevant Responses ===== ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: [oak perl] Fwd: Need Sunnyvale, CA Date: Thursday 30 March 2006 10:35 From: Adrien Lamothe To: oakland at pm.org I'm familiar with the recruiter. His company has been around a long time and has lots of client companies nationwide. Doug has a lot of initiative in finding work for people, so I really like him from that standpoint - much different from the run-of-the-mill recruiters who wait for everything to come to them. George Woolley wrote: I believe Adrien L. and Steve K. are familiar with this fellow. I'd not communicated with him before today. George ... ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: [oak perl] 'Need Sunnyvale, CA' Perl job Date: Thursday 30 March 2006 02:06 From: Steve K To: Oakland Perl Mongers Hi all, I'm back from a 4-month contract doing Perl coding at Lockheed/D3 Tech. in Mukilteo, Washington. Doug Jonson is the consultant-handler who placed me with D3 and handled my needs as employee/consultant with Oxford. He is quite personable and not hard to talk to. Doug is reputable and his company Oxford pays on time. Haven't heard anything bad about them. Oxford has played it straight with me. Naturally, their clients are the usual mixed bag. If anyone in the group wants a consulting gig, I'd investigate it if I were you. Steve Kolupaev ===== My Earlier Post ===== ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: [oak perl] Fwd: Need Sunnyvale, CA Date: Wednesday 29 March 2006 16:53 From: George Woolley To: oakland at pm.org I believe Adrien L. and Steve K. are familiar with this fellow. I'd not communicated with him before today. George ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Fw: Need Sunnyvale, CA Date: Wednesday 29 March 2006 15:33 From: "Doug Jonson" To: Hi George, Here's the 6-month position we have in Sunnyvale. I apologize that the account manager didn't give me more info about the position. The most important thing is someone who is very strong in Perl Scripting. -Doug Contract Position LOA- 6 months Location- Sunnyvale, CA Mananger looking for someone to write Perl Scripts Object oriented Perl is a major plus Please send resumes to: Doug Jonson Oxford International Technical Recruiter, Software/Hardware Work: (800) 260-8844, ext 3360 doug_jonson at oxfordcorp.com -------------------------------------------------------