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From: Michael Masterson MMasterson@taos.com
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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:30:01 -0700
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Taos Tech Talks presents a panel discussion:
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THE FUTURE OF LINUX, including Linus Torvalds and others.
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On July 14, 1998, at 6:00PM, Taos Mountain (www.taos.com)
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in association with the Silicon Valley Linux User Group
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(www.svlug.org) will present a panel discussion on THE
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FUTURE OF LINUX. Linux is a freely available version of
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the UNIX operating system.
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Panelists will include Linus Torvalds, the creator of
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Linux; Robert Hart from retail Linux distributor Red Hat
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Software; Larry Augustin of the Silicon Valley Linux User
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Group and director of Linux International, a non-profit
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consortium of Linux users and vendors; and Jeremy Allison,
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the developer of SAMBA. Phillip Hughes, publisher of Linux
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Journal, will question the panelists.
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The discussion will address several questions: Will Linux
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become popular in corporations? Does open-source
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development always produce quality software? Why should
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large corporations trust a free operating system? Can open-
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source development ever challenge Microsoft's OS dominance?
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Will Linux take sales away from commercial UNIX or
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Microsoft Windows? What is the future of Linux?
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COST AND REGISTRATION: There is no charge to attend but
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registration is required to ensure a seat. Interested
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persons can use a web browser to register by visiting
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www.taos.com/techtalks.
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WHEN: 6:00PM - 9:30PM on Tuesday, July 14, 1998.
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LOCATION: The Santa Clara Convention Center located at
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the corner of Great America Parkway and Tasman Drive in
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Santa Clara, California. It is 1/2 mile from Highway 101
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or Highway 237 on Great America Parkway. County Transit
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Light Rail stops in front. SJ Int'l Airport is just 10
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minutes south on Hwy 101.
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Taos Tech Talks is a series of public speaking events
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featuring leaders in information systems technology.
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Additional sponsors of this event include Intel
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(www.intel.com), Linux International (www.li.org),
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Linux Journal (www.ssc.com), RedHat Software
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(www.redhat.com), the Silicon Valley Linux User Group
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(www.svlug.org), and VA Research (www.varesearch.com).
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For more information, please send an email with
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questions or comments to techtalks@taos.com or call
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the Tech Talks hotline at (408) 330-2605.
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---
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Founded in 1987, Taos Mountain is a provider of system
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support and Web development services to more than 200
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client companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. Taos also
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provides technical educational services including course
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development and delivery. Taos' clients include many of
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the Bay Area's largest companies -- such as Sun
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Microsystems, Silicon Graphics, Hewlett Packard and
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Synopsys -- and many of the area's start-ups. The company
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has been honored by Sun Microsystems with two Supplier
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Performance Awards and is a member of the Microsoft
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Solution Providers Program. ###
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