NYC LOCAL: Wednesday 8 September 2004 GNUbies: Sam Hiser of OpenOffice on The Fabled Land of The Desktop

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 Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 04:07:03 -0700 (PDT)
 Subject: GNUbies September 8, 2004 - Sam Hiser

 Sorry this is so terribly late.  I was waiting to hear from our speaker.
 (Please note security procedures below)

 We are pleased to announce that Sam Hiser will once again be speaking at
 GNUbies tomorrow night, that is Wednesday September 8, 2004.  As you may
  recall he has given presentations on OpenOfffice.org in the past.  And
 this will undoubtedly be part of his talk this Wednesday night
 - that is TOMORROW night.

 The final title for the talk was never confirmed, but he will be talking
 about both OpenOffice.org and the desktop.

 He has said he would demonstrate Sun's GNU/Linux desktop --
 called the Java Desktop System -- in context of Sun's overall Java
 branding strategy and introduce some of the new features in the new
 OpenOffice2 (beta), including the new database module called OpenOffice
 "Base".

 And one of the titles he sugested was "Free Software for the Enterprise:
 Sun's Java Desktop System in Context."  Please bear in mind thouh that
 this was not finalized and that OpenOffice.org will be discussed as well.

 ***********************************************
 Sam Hiser, co-author of "Exploring Linux with the Java Desktop System"
 (O'Reilly Media), is a GNU/Linux consultant based in New York City. He
 was consultant to Sun Microsystems and Marketing Project Lead of the
 OpenOffice.org development project through its 20-millionth download.
 Hiser now contributes to JDShelp.org, a community site providing support
 and resources to users of the Java Desktop System. He is a Contributing
 Editor of LinuxWorld Magazine and writes on information technology for
 The Economist and other publications. He holds an MBA from The Fuqua
 School of Business at Duke University and lives with his wife and
 daughter in Manhattan.
 ***********************************************

 Date:
         Wednesday, Sept 8, 2004

 Time:   6:30-7:00 General Q&A
         7:00 Sam Hiser

         Free Software for the Enterprise:
         Sun's Java Desktop System in Context

 Location:
         The IBM Building
         590 Madison Avenue
         (57th Street and Madison Avenue)
         (note security procedures for admittance to the building below)


 After the meeting you can join us and speak further with our speaker at a
 nearby Pub/Restaurant. It would be very helpful if you could also let us
 know if you will be joining us there so that the space can be put aside
 for us.

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 (reachable at http://www.eskimo.com/~lo/linux.)

 We hope to see you at the meeting.

 Lyn
 Gnubies

 Link to Sam Hiser's O'Reilly page:
 http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/catalog/view/au/1828

 Book link:
 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jds/
  
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