Re: [Plug] Maddog's in town --- Linux Wizard to speak --- October 21 1999]

[umweber@mcs.drexel.edu]

I don't mean to be rude here, but this message has been sent to plug at
least 5 times...


-- 
Michelle Weber
umweber@mcs.drexel.edu


On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, William H. Magill wrote:

> 
> Avenue of the Technology---Brown Bag Lunch Series
> Presents John "maddog" Hall
> Computer Science and Linux (interested)
> 
> Linux Wizard to speak --- October 21 1999
> 1:00 PM Drexel University Nesbitt College
> Stein Auditorium at 33rd and Market Streets
> (Local Area University CS departments invited)
> 
> Topic: From Hell to Eternity or "We never had it so good".
> 
> So you "suffer" from only having 32 Megabytes of main memory in your
> PC? Your disk drive is so small it can only hold 15 or twenty MPEG-3
> songs? Your graphics card is so old that it only does 1024x768 at
> 256 colors? You gripe to your parents because your 100 MHZ pentium
> system will only allow you to recompile your computer project fifteen or
> twenty times a day?
> 
> Listen as a Drexel Alumni speaks of the days before Computer Science,
> in the days of "Computer Black Magic", when (and if) you spoke of a
> Megabyte of main memory, it cost over a hundred thousand dollars (and
> that was when a hundred thousand dollars meant something). The days
> when getting one compile a day meant that you were doing well.
> 
> Hear how modern day PCs and the Linux Operating System will
> revolutionize the teaching of computer science.  Send email for Jon for Bio
> 
> Linux is a free Unix-type operating system originally created by Linus
> Torvalds with the assistance of developers around the world. Linux is an
> independent POSIX implementation and includes true multitasking, virtual
> memory, shared libraries, demand loading, proper memory management, TCP/IP
> networking, and other features consistent with Unix-type systems. Developed
> under the GNU General Public License, the source code for Linux is freely
> everyone. 
> 
> =================
> 
> Additionally, Maddog will be joining us at the fall kickoff meeting of  our
> local DECUS user group later in the afternoon/evening 4-7pm at the Comapq
> office in bluebell. Drop me a note if you want more info.
> 
> -- 
>                 ===<Tru64 UNIX-SIG Chair>===
>                      www.tru64unix.org
> T.T.F.N.
> William H. Magill                          Senior Systems Administrator
> Information Services and Computing (ISC)   University of Pennsylvania
> Internet: magill@isc.upenn.edu             magill@acm.org
>           magill@upenn.edu                 http://pobox.upenn.edu/~magill/
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