Re: Jon Hall's lecture

1999-12-01 Thread Moran Cohen
"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote: Personaly, I think something like "Integrating Linux into a Windows World", would be far better. It might attract people who are not pro-linux, and that's what we need. I think what should be promoted is open source/free software in general, because I don't

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

1999-12-01 Thread guy keren
just FYI, some of us actually decided to 'get off our lazy butts', and set up a (rather small) haifa linux club. it was started out few month back, and carries out a lecture (almost) once every two weeks. so far there were 6 lectures, including one given by informix's representatives in israel.

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

1999-12-01 Thread Ira Abramov
On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, guy keren wrote: just FYI, some of us actually decided to 'get off our lazy butts', and set up a (rather small) haifa linux club. it was started out few month back, and carries out a lecture (almost) once every two weeks. so far there were thanks Choo! yes, I was

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

1999-12-01 Thread dorit
Hi guys I am only a relatively simple user but I would come to show solidarity only I have a cold and a fever. Maybe next time ?:) Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

1999-12-01 Thread Ira Abramov
On Thu, 2 Dec 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am only a relatively simple user no users are too "simple" to participate :-) but I would come to show solidarity only I have a cold and a fever. Refua Shlema! close all the windows, run the heat daemon and reboot, call me when uptime reaches

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

1999-12-01 Thread dorit
close all the windows closing windows is _always_ good for ones health, regardless :) = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail

Jon Hall's lecture

1999-11-30 Thread Ira Abramov
ok, I see noone is really interested in important guest lecturers and all, I was going to try and reach Jon Hall today and ask him to come, but... I'm a bit depressed about the lack of enthusiasm this LUG is showing but, TOUGH, it's my problem alone I suppose. -- Ira Abramov ; whois:IA58

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

1999-11-30 Thread Oded Arbel
- Original Message - From: Ira Abramov [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: What do you want to do tommorow? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 10:17 AM Subject: Jon Hall's lecture ok, I see noone is really interested in important guest lecturers and all, I was going to try

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

1999-11-30 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Gavrie Philipson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oded Arbel wrote: Our fault ? you are right, but I thought people here don't like the "me too" Me too. kind of statements - but just in case : I want to hear Jon Hall lecture - anywhere, anytime, anyplace. Me too ;-) Ouch. You took the

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

1999-11-30 Thread Vadim Vygonets
Quoth Gavrie Philipson on Tue, Nov 30, 1999: Oded Arbel wrote: I want to hear Jon Hall lecture - anywhere, anytime, anyplace. Me too ;-) AOL. Although I'm not a Linux maniac, I'd like to hear what he wants to say, if it's of interest to me. Which brings me to the question: what's the

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

1999-11-30 Thread Herouth Maoz
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 14:10:05 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vadim Vygonets) wrote: AOL. Although I'm not a Linux maniac, I'd like to hear what he wants to say, if it's of interest to me. Which brings me to the question: what's the subject, anyway? Should be something different than what he is to

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

1999-11-30 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Herouth Maoz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The "when" is in the comdex site, naturally. The linux day is this Thursday, 8:30-14:00. That is, more or less, because the event is to be ended in a free talk with maddog. OK, this is from (ironically) http://www.comdex.co.il/windows2000.htm: The

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

1999-11-30 Thread Gavrie Philipson
Herouth Maoz wrote: BTW, the event is open only to 18 years old or above. Does that mean they intend to exhibit nude penguins? Well, I suppose most of you heard about a company CTO being almost excluded from the real Comdex because he was too young. In the end they made an exception for him

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

1999-11-30 Thread Gavrie Philipson
Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: http://www.comdex.co.il/ (That's where you enroll - for those who haven't done it yet) They don't have pre-registration any more. I called them today, and they said anyone can join as long as there is room. So try ;-) Gavrie. -- Gavrie Philipson System

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

1999-11-30 Thread Herouth Maoz
On 30 Nov 1999 15:56:58 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Oleg Goldshmidt) wrote: You did enroll yourself both to the general event and specifically to the linux day, didn't you? No. I didn't see *anything* related specifically to the linux day on the registration page. Oh. Well, it was only on the

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

1999-11-30 Thread Ira Abramov
On 30 Nov 1999, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: On a more serious note, to talk to Hall Ira needs to know approximately how many people will attend. On the other hand, while I am very eager to meet Mr. Hall there are some restrictions on date/time. What about the place? Take him to dinner in Tel Aviv

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

1999-11-30 Thread Ira Abramov
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Vadim Vygonets wrote: Me too ;-) AOL. Although I'm not a Linux maniac, I'd like to hear what he wants to say, if it's of interest to me. Which brings me to the question: what's the subject, anyway? interesting point. sugestions? I suppose the obvious ones are: *

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

1999-11-30 Thread Nir Simionovich \(Rin Solo\)
People, Eli Marmor and I are already on the matter, presentation ready and everything is set for thursday. I've been working on it since sunday ! Best regards, Nir Simionovich --- Hey, check

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

1999-11-30 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Ira Abramov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * on OpenSource in the academic worls (afterall, I hope to drag students and teachers to this lecture too!) I am interested in OpenSource in the corporate world (and I suppose students and teachers should be interested in that, too!). -- Oleg Goldshmidt

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

1999-11-30 Thread Michael Rozhavsky
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Nir Simionovich (Rin Solo) wrote: Hi All, Please disregard last message, I failed to understand that thread, but now it's ok. I guess I should core dump my brain more often :-) me too :-) Best regards, Nir Simionovich

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

1999-11-30 Thread Moran Cohen
Ira Abramov wrote: I also visited COMDEX today, totally boring for me other than the SGI booth (150 cm tall Tux sitting on an Origin 2000 Cray machine, visual workstations running NT and SGI Linux 1.1 - a Red Hat variant) My observation was even more gloomy, since I've been there, yet I

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

1999-11-30 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Moran Cohen wrote: If this year should be the industry-wide breakthrough for linux, and most of Israeli companies are still in the Windows age, our future as a Hi-Tech Country is at risk. That's one issue to ask Maddog to talk about, how Linux gained public trust abroad, what can be

Me too (was: Re: Jon Hall's lecture)

1999-11-30 Thread Omer Zak
I do not plan to go to the lecture, as it will probably be inaccessible to me ("fall on deaf ears" is no pun in my case...), but I'll be happy if anyone will take down lecture notes and post them on a Web site. My opinion in the lecture subject debate is a "me too". I agree with Moran Cohen's

Re: Me too (was: Re: Jon Hall's lecture)

1999-11-30 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Omer Zak wrote: My opinion in the lecture subject debate is a "me too". I agree with Moran Cohen's suggestion. The knowledge about integrating Linux into a Windows World can (AFAIK) be summarized in the single word SAMBA (anyone cares to suggest a meaning to the prefix HA, so that we can