SPUG: Perl Conference Update,Discount Extended

[Tim Maher/CONSULTIX]

FYI, for those who don't already know all about this.

-Tim
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Fueling the Open Source Alternative
O'Reilly Open Source Convention
Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, San Diego, CA
July 23-27, 2001 

EARLY REGISTRATION EXTENDED ONE WEEK ONLY!
SAVE UP TO $400 WHEN YOU REGISTER BY MONDAY, JULY 2

CONVENTION UPDATE

Preview: O'Reilly XTech 2001 Conference on XML--
The conference chair, Edd Dumbill, previews O'Reilly's 
XTech 2001 Conference, the essential meeting for 
XML developers.
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/06/20/xtech2001.html

Microsoft's Mundie Added as Keynote Speaker--
Microsoft Senior Vice President Craig Mundie and 
Red Hat CTO Michael Tiemann set the stage for a wide-open 
keynote and panel discussion about Microsoft's Shared 
Source program and the response from the open source 
community, when they square off in this shared source 
vs. open source debate.
http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/

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Register Now! Save up to $400 when you register
before July 2! 
http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/
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ALSO ADDED
Complimentary Subscription to Dr. Dobb's Journal --
Open Source Convention media sponsor Dr. Dobb's Journal has graciously 
offered a year's complimentary subscription to DDJ when you 
register! Already have a subscription? DDJ will add a year 
onto your current subscription! Register today 
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2001/create/ord_os01

Special Screening of Open Source Film --
Come see Revolution OS, a documentary that chronicles the Open 
Source movement (free shuttle bus to and from the 
theater). The movie screens at 8:00 pm. The filmmaker, 
J.T.S. Moore will be on hand for a pre and post show talk. 
(Sponsored by Hewlett Packard).


CONVENTION DETAILS

The 3rd annual O'Reilly Open Source Convention, 
July 23-27, 2001, at the waterfront Sheraton Hotel and 
Marina in San Diego, California.

This year's convention offers over 250 sessions in 16 
tracks including Perl, Apache, XML, Python, PHP, MySQL, 
Linux, just to name a few. If you're a hard-core system 
administrator, programmer, or Web developer, you'll learn 
to understand, code, and manage these powerful tools. 
Whatever you're looking for is most likely here.

Why attend the O'Reilly Open Source Convention?
Get the latest and the deepest information on what's 
new in open source software --Read Tim O'Reilly's 
reasons why Open Source is Here to Stay. 
http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/tim_letter.html

Make or renew professional contacts, network 
with industry colleagues, add new technologies to 
your resume--Check out the Convention schedule.
http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/

Vacation with the family in beautiful San Diego --
We've added new events and services to make it easy
for you to attend the Convention and safe for your
family to enjoy San Diego.
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2001/pub/10/see_do.html

Attendee Community Board - 
Logon and join other attendees in discussions about the many 
See & Do activities at the Open Source Convention. Learn about 
the O'Reilly sponsored children's program at Kid's World, San 
Diego sites and attractions and more. 
http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/board/

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Receive a free T-Shirt save up to $400 when you register 
before July 2 --  Register Today!
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Program Highlights
The Perl Conference 5--Where else can you get
together with Perl hackers, learn something useful,
have fun, and change the world? The Camel is back,
this time in San Diego.
http://conferences.oreilly.com/perl/

O'Reilly XTech2001 Conference (New this year, in
association with Graphic Communications
Association)--The O'Reilly XTech2001 Conference
is the perfect setting for a serious technical discussion
between XML developers. 
http://conferences.oreilly.com/xml/

PHP Conference--The first ever PHP Conference
brings the community together for sessions and
tutorials designed to explore and strengthen PHP in
the open source space.
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2001/pub/w/os2001/sessions_php.html
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2001/pub/10/php_tutorials.html

The O'Reilly Summit on Open Source Strategies-- Collocated 
at this year's Open Source Convention this strategic 
summit explores the best practices in collaborative software 
development, allowing any organization to utilize widely 
distributed network resources. This conference is for 
technical managers and technology executives and examines 
innovative, open solutions to business problems. 
http://conferences.oreilly.com/summit/

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Register Now! Visit http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/
for information on what to do in and around sunny 
San Diego--Save up to $400 when you register
before July 2! 
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