From nbs at sonic.net Thu Jan 6 15:24:18 2005 From: nbs at sonic.net (Bill Kendrick) Date: Sat Apr 2 14:57:01 2005 Subject: [web-team] Re: [Speakers] proposed SVLUG speaker In-Reply-To: <016a01c4f446$77f3a200$5b66fea9@laptop> References: <20050103235435.GJ27577@sonic.net> <016a01c4f446$77f3a200$5b66fea9@laptop> Message-ID: <20050106232418.GA952@sonic.net> On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 06:21:36PM -0500, Russell DeVeau wrote: > Bill, I am working on getting you the name of the speaker for July 6th. > We want to make sure we match the speaker with the technical > expectations of SVLUG participants. We are looking at the date as > confirmed. It's a matter of getting the right person out of the 150+ > members of LAP. Excellent, thanks. I'm Cc'ing the Speakers list and SVLUG webmasters, so we can pencil you in. Webmasters, LAP's website is at: http://www.projectliberty.org/ Take care! -bill! From nbs at sonic.net Sun Jan 9 02:43:00 2005 From: nbs at sonic.net (Bill Kendrick) Date: Sat Apr 2 14:57:01 2005 Subject: [web-team] DETAILS: July 6th meeting topic & bio Message-ID: <20050109104300.GA15078@sonic.net> ----- Forwarded message from Russell DeVeau ----- Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 17:22:18 -0500 From: "Russell DeVeau" Subject: RE: [Speakers] proposed SVLUG speaker To: "'Bill Kendrick'" Looks like this is our guy. Atul Tulshibagwale, CEO of Trustgenix (http://www.trustgenix.com/). Trustgenix is a Liberty Alliance member organization delivering solutions based on LAP specifications. Atul will develop and present the Federated Identity Management presentation for the July 6 SVLUG meeting. Let me know what else you might need, Bill. Russ Trustgenix Atul Tulshibagwale, CEO > > Atul co-founded Trustgenix, Inc. in June 2002. Prior to founding > Trustgenix, Atul was a Director of Engineering at VeriSign, Inc. > > During his career at VeriSign, Atul has successfully developed several > key products that have been globally deployed by Fortune 500 > companies. These products include VeriSign's first Enterprise RA and > International Affliiate products; GoSecure! for Microsoft Exchange; > the Personal Trust Agent and Personal Trust Service; Qualcomm BREW "3G > Code Signing" Services; VeriSign SecureExpress and several others. > > Before working at VeriSign, Atul was employee#1 at Querisoft, Inc. and > prior to that a supercomputing expert at the Indian Center for > Development of Advanced Computing. > > Atul has an M.Tech in Computer Science from University of Pune, India. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Kendrick [mailto:nbs@sonic.net] Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 6:24 PM To: Russell DeVeau Cc: SVLUG Speakers List; webmaster@svlug.org Subject: Re: [Speakers] proposed SVLUG speaker On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 06:21:36PM -0500, Russell DeVeau wrote: > Bill, I am working on getting you the name of the speaker for July 6th. > We want to make sure we match the speaker with the technical > expectations of SVLUG participants. We are looking at the date as > confirmed. It's a matter of getting the right person out of the 150+ > members of LAP. Excellent, thanks. I'm Cc'ing the Speakers list and SVLUG webmasters, so we can pencil you in. Webmasters, LAP's website is at: http://www.projectliberty.org/ Take care! -bill! ----- End forwarded message ----- -- bill@newbreedsoftware.com April shower bring Kompressor power! http://newbreedsoftware.com/ From nbs at sonic.net Wed Jan 19 12:51:21 2005 From: nbs at sonic.net (Bill Kendrick) Date: Sat Apr 2 14:57:01 2005 Subject: [web-team] July and August potential speakers Message-ID: <20050119205121.GA24791@sonic.net> I've asked the folks who spoke at LUGOD this week (one is from the Open Vote Foundation, the other is from BlackBoxVoting.org) if they'd like to speak at SVLUG. Depending on their schedule, the July meeting might work. I've also found out that someone from VMWare might be able to speak in August. Webmasters, can you put these talks down as 'tentative' on the meetings page? (mostly so I and others know not to double-book them ;^) ) Thanks! -bill! From nbs at sonic.net Wed Jan 19 13:35:54 2005 From: nbs at sonic.net (Bill Kendrick) Date: Sat Apr 2 14:57:01 2005 Subject: [web-team] July and August potential speakers In-Reply-To: <20050119205121.GA24791@sonic.net> References: <20050119205121.GA24791@sonic.net> Message-ID: <20050119213554.GA30120@sonic.net> On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 12:51:21PM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote: > I've also found out that someone from VMWare might be able to > speak in August. The actual topic won't be VMWare, though, so I guess he wouldn't be there representing VMWare. The topic would be: "galago, desktop notifications, IM.. something like that" Speaker is: Christian Hammond, of the GNUpdate project ( http://www.gnupdate.org/ ) and contributor to Gaim ( http://gaim.sf.net/ ). -bill! From vcartwright at penguincomputing.com Wed Jan 19 19:51:49 2005 From: vcartwright at penguincomputing.com (Virginia Cartwright) Date: Sat Apr 2 14:57:01 2005 Subject: [web-team] RE: Don Becker In-Reply-To: <20041231012840.GB14081@sonic.net> Message-ID: Bill, Sorry for the delay. Will this work for you?: Bio: Donald Becker Chief Scientist, Scyld Software and Chief Technology Officer, Penguin Computing Donald is an internationally recognized operating system developer and the original inventor of Beowulf. In 1999 he founded Scyld Computing and led the development of the next-generation Beowulf cluster operating system, which is the cornerstone for commodity-based high-performance cluster computing. Prior to founding Scyld, Don started the Beowulf Parallel Workstation project at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Don's work in parallel and distributed computing began in1983 at MIT's Real Time Systems group. He is known throughout the international community of operating system developers for his contributions to networking software and as the driving force behind beowulf.org. He is the co-author of How to Build a Beowulf: A Guide to the Implementation and Application of PC Clusters. With colleagues from the California Institute of Technology and the Los Alamos National Laboratory, he was the recipient of the IEEE Computer Society 1997 Gordon Bell Prize for Price/Performance. Don holds a B.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Topic/Abstract: Donald Becker, Chief Scientist of Scyld Software and CTO of Penguin Computing, has consistently challenged conventional wisdom - from the early days of his Beowulf Project at NASA through to the creation of Scyld as a commercial entity and the introduction of the Scyld Beowulf distribution. By upsetting expected beliefs, Donald has maintained a continuum of innovation in the Linux arena that continues to address unmet needs today. Ten years ago, it was widely believed that only custom designed vector architectures could solve supercomputing problems.... Along came Beowulf which solved such problems using a connected cluster of commodity systems, based on Linux - at a time when many who had not explored Linux, either ignored it or grouped it with other 'toy' systems. In fact at the first cluster systems conference in 1997 the widely held belief was that Microsoft held the future of all software in its hands. Fast forward to 2000 when Scyld introduced a prototype of a Unified Cluster System which completely changed the approach to building clusters by using a full installation only on a master node, with compute nodes running only applications. Donald's talk will look back on this history of challenging conventional wisdom and how it has contributed to the startling growth in Linux clustering; and he'll also offer a glimpse of a future where, he believes, clustering will be the natural evolution of the computing ecosystem. About Penguin Computing & Scyld Software: Penguin Computing is the leading innovator of highly scalable Linux cluster, server and workstation platforms based on open standards hardware and software. Scyld Software, a subsidiary of Penguin Computing, provides the industry leading Linux clustering software, Scyld Beowulf. The company's extensive customer base includes Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies and educational institutions. Founded in 1998, Penguin Computing is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information, please visit Penguin Computing at http://www.penguincomputing.com and Scyld Software at http://www.scyld.com. Virginia Cartwright VP, Corporate Marketing Penguin Computing www.penguincomputing.com 300 California St, suite 600 San Francisco CA 94104 tel: 415 954 2800 -----Original Message----- From: Bill Kendrick [mailto:nbs@sonic.net] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 5:29 PM To: Virginia Cartwright; SVLUG Speakers List Cc: Donald Becker; suzie@scyld.com; ockman@penguincomputing.com; webmaster@svlug.org Subject: Re: Don Becker On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 11:53:14AM -0800, Virginia Cartwright wrote: > Bill - I wanted to confirm that April 6th would be great for Don and he has > it on his calendar. What do you need from our end and by when? Hi Virigina (and everyone else). Thanks for the confirmation! Would it be possible to get a more thorough description of what Mr. Becker will be speaking about? Right now, we don't have an exact topic listed, and simply have the following for the description: Penguin Computing [link] is a leading provider of high-performance Linux-based computer systems, system management software, and integration services. Penguin's extensive customer base includes Fortune 1000 companies, educational institutions, and government agencies. And a small bio under "About the Speaker": Donald Becker is Penguin Computing's Chief Technology Officer, and was co-founder of the original Beowulf project, which is the cornerstone for commodity-based high-performance cluster computing. Don's work in parallel and distributed computing began in 1983 at MIT's Real Time Systems group. He is known throughout the international community of operating system developers for his contributions to networking software and as the driving force behind beowulf.org. I'm fairly sure that's all we need, but I'm Cc'ing the SVLUG Speaker Coord'n list and webmaster, just in case. Thanks again, and happy new year to you, too! -bill! http://www.svlug.org/ From nbs at sonic.net Thu Jan 20 15:01:40 2005 From: nbs at sonic.net (Bill Kendrick) Date: Sat Apr 2 14:57:01 2005 Subject: [web-team] [vcartwright@penguincomputing.com: [Speakers] RE: Don Becker] Message-ID: <20050120230140.GA14540@sonic.net> "webmaster@" was Cc'd, but just in case it didn't get to that alias for whatever reason. This is regarding the April 6th meeting. Also, I notice the front page still lists January's meeting. Can we get it updated to show Febuary 2nd's? (Is there anything else we need for it?) Thanks!!! -bill! ----- Forwarded message from Virginia Cartwright ----- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 19:51:49 -0800 From: "Virginia Cartwright" Subject: [Speakers] RE: Don Becker To: "Bill Kendrick" , "SVLUG Speakers List" Cc: webmaster@svlug.org, ockman@penguincomputing.com, Donald Becker , suzie@scyld.com Bill, Sorry for the delay. Will this work for you?: Bio: Donald Becker Chief Scientist, Scyld Software and Chief Technology Officer, Penguin Computing Donald is an internationally recognized operating system developer and the original inventor of Beowulf. In 1999 he founded Scyld Computing and led the development of the next-generation Beowulf cluster operating system, which is the cornerstone for commodity-based high-performance cluster computing. Prior to founding Scyld, Don started the Beowulf Parallel Workstation project at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Don's work in parallel and distributed computing began in1983 at MIT's Real Time Systems group. He is known throughout the international community of operating system developers for his contributions to networking software and as the driving force behind beowulf.org. He is the co-author of How to Build a Beowulf: A Guide to the Implementation and Application of PC Clusters. With colleagues from the California Institute of Technology and the Los Alamos National Laboratory, he was the recipient of the IEEE Computer Society 1997 Gordon Bell Prize for Price/Performance. Don holds a B.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Topic/Abstract: Donald Becker, Chief Scientist of Scyld Software and CTO of Penguin Computing, has consistently challenged conventional wisdom - from the early days of his Beowulf Project at NASA through to the creation of Scyld as a commercial entity and the introduction of the Scyld Beowulf distribution. By upsetting expected beliefs, Donald has maintained a continuum of innovation in the Linux arena that continues to address unmet needs today. Ten years ago, it was widely believed that only custom designed vector architectures could solve supercomputing problems.... Along came Beowulf which solved such problems using a connected cluster of commodity systems, based on Linux - at a time when many who had not explored Linux, either ignored it or grouped it with other 'toy' systems. In fact at the first cluster systems conference in 1997 the widely held belief was that Microsoft held the future of all software in its hands. Fast forward to 2000 when Scyld introduced a prototype of a Unified Cluster System which completely changed the approach to building clusters by using a full installation only on a master node, with compute nodes running only applications. Donald's talk will look back on this history of challenging conventional wisdom and how it has contributed to the startling growth in Linux clustering; and he'll also offer a glimpse of a future where, he believes, clustering will be the natural evolution of the computing ecosystem. About Penguin Computing & Scyld Software: Penguin Computing is the leading innovator of highly scalable Linux cluster, server and workstation platforms based on open standards hardware and software. Scyld Software, a subsidiary of Penguin Computing, provides the industry leading Linux clustering software, Scyld Beowulf. The company's extensive customer base includes Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies and educational institutions. Founded in 1998, Penguin Computing is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information, please visit Penguin Computing at http://www.penguincomputing.com and Scyld Software at http://www.scyld.com. Virginia Cartwright VP, Corporate Marketing Penguin Computing www.penguincomputing.com 300 California St, suite 600 San Francisco CA 94104 tel: 415 954 2800 -----Original Message----- From: Bill Kendrick [mailto:nbs@sonic.net] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 5:29 PM To: Virginia Cartwright; SVLUG Speakers List Cc: Donald Becker; suzie@scyld.com; ockman@penguincomputing.com; webmaster@svlug.org Subject: Re: Don Becker On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 11:53:14AM -0800, Virginia Cartwright wrote: > Bill - I wanted to confirm that April 6th would be great for Don and he has > it on his calendar. What do you need from our end and by when? Hi Virigina (and everyone else). Thanks for the confirmation! Would it be possible to get a more thorough description of what Mr. Becker will be speaking about? Right now, we don't have an exact topic listed, and simply have the following for the description: Penguin Computing [link] is a leading provider of high-performance Linux-based computer systems, system management software, and integration services. Penguin's extensive customer base includes Fortune 1000 companies, educational institutions, and government agencies. And a small bio under "About the Speaker": Donald Becker is Penguin Computing's Chief Technology Officer, and was co-founder of the original Beowulf project, which is the cornerstone for commodity-based high-performance cluster computing. Don's work in parallel and distributed computing began in 1983 at MIT's Real Time Systems group. He is known throughout the international community of operating system developers for his contributions to networking software and as the driving force behind beowulf.org. I'm fairly sure that's all we need, but I'm Cc'ing the SVLUG Speaker Coord'n list and webmaster, just in case. Thanks again, and happy new year to you, too! -bill! http://www.svlug.org/ _______________________________________________ Speakers mailing list Speakers@lists.svlug.org http://lists.svlug.org/lists/listinfo/speakers ----- End forwarded message ----- -- bill@newbreedsoftware.com April shower bring Kompressor power! http://newbreedsoftware.com/ From rick at linuxmafia.com Thu Jan 20 15:36:41 2005 From: rick at linuxmafia.com (Rick Moen) Date: Sat Apr 2 14:57:01 2005 Subject: [web-team] [vcartwright@penguincomputing.com: [Speakers] RE: Don Becker] In-Reply-To: <20050120230140.GA14540@sonic.net> References: <20050120230140.GA14540@sonic.net> Message-ID: <20050120233641.GN3549@linuxmafia.com> Quoting Bill Kendrick (nbs@sonic.net): > "webmaster@" was Cc'd, but just in case it didn't get to that alias for > whatever reason. > > This is regarding the April 6th meeting. > > > Also, I notice the front page still lists January's meeting. Can we get it > updated to show Febuary 2nd's? (Is there anything else we need for it?) Send me a few hours of spare time. ;-> I'll get around to things needed to be fixed, when I get home from tonight's BayLISA meeting, which I've promised to emcee. From rick at linuxmafia.com Mon Jan 24 14:52:22 2005 From: rick at linuxmafia.com (Rick Moen) Date: Sat Apr 2 14:57:01 2005 Subject: [web-team] July and August potential speakers In-Reply-To: <20050119213554.GA30120@sonic.net> References: <20050119205121.GA24791@sonic.net> <20050119213554.GA30120@sonic.net> Message-ID: <20050124225222.GF3549@linuxmafia.com> Quoting Bill Kendrick (nbs@sonic.net): > The actual topic won't be VMWare, though, so I guess he wouldn't be there > representing VMWare. > > The topic would be: > > "galago, desktop notifications, IM.. something like that" OK, I think we're now all caught up again. Please let me know if you spote anything amiss. From nbs at sonic.net Mon Jan 24 23:34:07 2005 From: nbs at sonic.net (Bill Kendrick) Date: Sat Apr 2 14:57:01 2005 Subject: [web-team] Knoppix in September Message-ID: <20050125073407.GA29511@sonic.net> Kyle Rankin, author of "Knoppix Hacks" (pub'd by O'Reilly) has agreed to speak at SVLUG in September. It will be a more technical talk than the ones he's been making at other LUGs, and will focus more on system recovery using Knoppix. Can we put a brief note on the meetings page, and I'll get more details soon... -bill! From rick at linuxmafia.com Tue Jan 25 09:52:18 2005 From: rick at linuxmafia.com (Rick Moen) Date: Sat Apr 2 14:57:01 2005 Subject: [web-team] Knoppix in September In-Reply-To: <20050125073407.GA29511@sonic.net> References: <20050125073407.GA29511@sonic.net> Message-ID: <20050125175218.GK3549@linuxmafia.com> Quoting Bill Kendrick (nbs@sonic.net): > Kyle Rankin, author of "Knoppix Hacks" (pub'd by O'Reilly) has agreed > to speak at SVLUG in September. > > It will be a more technical talk than the ones he's been making at other > LUGs, and will focus more on system recovery using Knoppix. > > Can we put a brief note on the meetings page, and I'll get more details > soon... Cool. I've added him in. Man, Bill, this is an impressive stack of speakers you've been lining up. Well done! From nbs at sonic.net Tue Jan 25 10:01:47 2005 From: nbs at sonic.net (Bill Kendrick) Date: Sat Apr 2 14:57:01 2005 Subject: [web-team] Knoppix in September In-Reply-To: <20050125175218.GK3549@linuxmafia.com> References: <20050125073407.GA29511@sonic.net> <20050125175218.GK3549@linuxmafia.com> Message-ID: <20050125180147.GB15484@sonic.net> On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 09:52:18AM -0800, Rick Moen wrote: > Man, Bill, this is an impressive stack of speakers you've been lining > up. Well done! I'm glad you think so. Paul and others have been helping as well. :^) -bill! From bill at wards.net Tue Jan 25 16:54:41 2005 From: bill at wards.net (William R Ward) Date: Sat Apr 2 14:57:01 2005 Subject: [Speakers] Re: [web-team] Knoppix in September In-Reply-To: <20050125180147.GB15484@sonic.net> References: <20050125073407.GA29511@sonic.net> <20050125175218.GK3549@linuxmafia.com> <20050125180147.GB15484@sonic.net> Message-ID: <16886.59985.222113.644946@komodo.home.wards.net> Bill Kendrick writes: >On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 09:52:18AM -0800, Rick Moen wrote: >> Man, Bill, this is an impressive stack of speakers you've been lining >> up. Well done! > >I'm glad you think so. Paul and others have been helping as well. :^) If you get inquiries for people who want to speak in the next few months, PenLUG (email: officers@penlug.org) would appreciate the referral... -- William R Ward bill@wards.net http://bill.wards.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help save the San Jose Earthquakes - http://www.soccersiliconvalley.com/