[sf-lug] Fwd: help create discussion topics for sf-state

Sat Jul 22 08:59:27 PDT 2006

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Andrew Stanton <andy at stantonweb.com>
> Date: July 21, 2006 9:52:34 AM PDT
> To: jim stockford <jim at well.com>
> Subject: Re: [sf-lug] help create discussion topics for sf-state
> Reply-To: andy at stantonweb.com
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> Please post these.  I think we all need to know how to use
> open source in the marketplace (using it to stay competitive) because 
> it's becoming more prominent. 
>
> Thanks!
>
> It was good to meet you all last Monday!
>
> - Andy S.
>
> jim stockford <jim at well.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks lots! can I forward this to the list?
>
> On Jul 20, 2006, at 12:34 PM, Andrew Stanton wrote:
>
> > Here's my list:
> >
> > 1. Various Linux desktops
> > 2. Case studies of deploying open source vs. proprietary software 
> (how
>  > it saved
> > the company/organization money)
> > 3. overview of different open source technologies (databases,
>  > languages (PHP, Perl, C, Python) - which language is best for doing
>  > the task at hand
> > (for example C/C++ is great for making your web apps run as fast as
> > possible (executes faster than PHP or other interpreted language) but
>  > you'll spend a lot of time debugging the code!ï¿½ PHP is great for
> > developing web apps that run reasonably fast and are easy to
> > maintain.ï¿½ But is Python faster? Under what circumstances? When 
> should
>  > you use Postgres over MySQL?ï¿½ What about object-oriented 
> databases?
> > 4. different open-source licensing models and when to apply them.
> > 5. examples of unusual uses for open source (eg. Nokia device we saw
> > last Monday, embedded applications and robotics.
> >
> > - Andy S.
> >
> > jim stockford wrote:
> >
> > http://www.ilm.com/companies.html
> >
> > On Jul 20, 2006, at 9:06 AM, vincent polite wrote:
> >
> > > Yesterday, on my way home from work, I stopped in Stacey's. I 
> picked
> > > up a copy "3d World" magazine. It is by the folks who put out
> > > "Caomputer Arts". It had an interesting article on OpenSource and
> > > Linux in the VFX world. It was the last in a series of articles.
> > > Basically it said that Linux and OpenSource software are taking 
> over
> > > the industry. The points that it brought out were: 1. OpenSource 
> and
> > > Linux are not hardware dependant. 2. The lag time between
>  > development
> > > and deployment is shorter then with commercial software. 3.
> > Commercial
> > > software has a lot of useless features...They mentioned ILM. Maybe
>  > we
> > > can get someone from ILM to talk about OpenSource, Linux and VFX.
>  > They
> > > are in the city?
> > >
> > > jim stockford wrote:
> > >
> > > Sameer from sf state university (19th and holloway)
> > > showed up at our last meeting at the Javacat and
> > > brought up the idea of sf-lug having a meeting at sf
> > > state. (a couple of months ago LX and I went there
> > > for a meeting with the IMSA student group.)
> > > We've suggested the second thursday of each month
> > > as our sf state meeting, probably 7 to 9 PM, probably
> > > three meetings each semester.
> > > We need a format and topics so's to present a
> > > seeming bona fide presentation and justify getting
> > > a room.
> > >
> > > Here's my idea for a format:
> > > 7 to 7:15 introductions and stalling waiting for late-comers
> > > 7:15 to 7:45 one to three "jelly bean" topics--linux related and
> > > brief
> > > 7:45 to 8:30 main topic
> > > 8:30 to 8:50 Q'n'A
> > > 8:50 to 9 goombyes and teasers for next meeting
> > >
> > > Here are some ideas for linux-related topics
> > >
> > > --> Jelly bean topics:
> > > best magazine stands in SF,
> > > best book stores in SF,
> > > best computer stores in SF,
> > > computer museum type places,
> > > developments in {music, video, graphics, clustering,
> > > storage, laptops, hand-helds, CPUs and silicon,
> > > linux distros (there are a lot: puppy, pebble, DSL,
> > > gentoo..., as well as RH, debian, *ubuntu...),
> > > databases....
> > >
> > > --> Primary topics:
> > > some of the jelly bean topics would also be appropriate
> > > as primary topics,
> > > what is a distro,
> > > what is linux (the kernel),
> > > the gnu toolkit,
> > > CLI tutorial,
> > > how to compile a kernel,
> > > anatomy of an /etc tree,
> > > get a speaker from planetCCRMA (linux music stuff),
> > > get sameer (prof at sf state) to speak,
> > > get stan osborne (prof at sf state) to speak,
> > > get one of you guys to speak,
> > >
> > > what are your ideas?
> > >
> > >
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