----- Forwarded message from Lim Swee Tat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > From: Lim Swee Tat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 01:14:42 +0800 (SGT) > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Help needed (fwd) > > Hi fellow penguinistas, > I'm from Linux Users Group Singapore (http://www.lugs.org.sg). LUGS is > currently organizing the Singapore Linux Conference 2001 from 21 March 2001 to > 24 March 2001. I'm in need of help spreading the message around. > > I'll appreciate it if you can send this to the various communication channels > you have to inform your LUG members of the up coming event. Below is the fuller > text that I've formulate to garner interest in the event. > > Hope to see you there. > > Ciao > ST Lim > > Text follow: > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Linux enthusiasts need wait no more as once again Linux fever strikes the region > with the third Singapore Linux Conference. Entering its third iteration in the > annual series that started in 1999, the show promises to be bigger and better to > satisfy and sate the appetites of the thousands of Linux fanatics out there. The > event is expected to further the cause of Linux research, development and > deployment, and bring the formidable technical experience of expert developers > and the business perspective of successful directors of Linux-based companies > from around the world to Singapore and Asia as a whole. At such a time when the > Linux platform is maturing to be a true force to reckon with in the technology > corridors, this is a timely meeting of the most visionary and the most > passionate, seeking to provide further impetus to the Linux movement in Asia, > striving to fulfill every enthusiast's dream : Linux: Everyone@Everywhere. > > For the business users, the conference will provide a better prespective on how > to harnass the capabilities of an emerging operating system in their business. > Eyewitness how Linux, a free operating system's share managed to grow 212 > percent in the server market from 1997 to 1998, capturing 17 percent of the > total market. If all these are insufficient to convince you, listen in on how > many who have profited from the open source phenomena that has taken the world > by storm. > > Technically savvy delegates can look forward to an enriching experience with > power packed tutorials and informative programs. The technology track is full > of pleasant surprises with the prime movers of the linux community coming to > share > their knowledge and giving a better technology angle to Linux. > > Starring at the show this year is the famed Richard Stallman, brought back to > Singapore by sheer popular demand. Stallman, founder of Free Software Foundation > and author of the now ubiquitous and much revered gcc compiler, is a stalwart in > marketing the Linux advocacy of Free Software to both businesses and the common > man. Singapore will also see Greg Lehey, one of Free BSD's most respected gurus > and an expert consultant in the open source industry. Richard Sharpe, Samba Team > member, will be an invited speaker, again brought back by popular demand. Bill T > Lee, a researcher for Institute for Genomic Research will also be present to > share his experience in using Linux clusters for the new and groundbreaking life > sciences. Local experts like Harish Pillay, CTO of IQminds add the regional > touch. > > The programs lined up this year caters to a wider range of industries and a > broader outlook. Program highlights include multimedia development in Linux, > multilingual support, open source advocacy to linux clustering in life-sciences. > All this are happening because of the widespread usage of Linux into newer > users, newer businesses and newer markets. The program is designed to help you > learn how Linux can help you both as an individual and as a business. > > Whether you have already deployed Linux successfully in your business or have > yet to venture into it, whether you are serious kernel hacker or a fairly new > applications developer, whether you are an enthusiast or a critic - we promise > you an experience that will open you to new vistas of knowledge and network. > Here you will truly find an experience you wouldn't want to miss. > > To find out more about SLC, or better yet, register for the event, pop over to > http://www.slc.org.sg or send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or even call > 65-346-6811 for further assistance. > > Ciao > ST Lim > > ----- End forwarded message ----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Utk berhenti langganan, kirim email ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Informasi arsip di http://www.linux.or.id/milis.php3 Pengelola dapat dihubungi lewat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
