If I can squeeze it in. Mark kindly gave OK to record. On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 11:06 PM, Joseph Kern <[email protected]> wrote:
> Will there be a video available? > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 7:09 AM, Aleksey Tsalolikhin < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, all, >> >> If you'll be in the SF Bay Area this weekend, Mark Burgess is giving a >> talk on Promise Theory at LinkedIn on Saturday at 5 P.M., would love to see >> you there. >> >> >> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thinking-in-promises-for-the-cyborg-age-tickets-17284050059 >> >> Event Details >> >> The traditional way of talking about all aspects of human organization is >> through commands, requirements, and obligations. However, this tradition is >> not only presumptuous but actually inconsistent in a logical sense. As we >> embrace more of the realities of distributed systems for a global world, we >> need a new way of thinking about intent. In this talk, Mark Burgess >> explains the motivation for Promise Theory (the subject of his new book >> Thinking in Promises), and what this means for our technology and >> interactions in a world of humans and machines. >> >> About the speaker >> >> Mark Burgess is the Founder and original author of CFEngine. He was >> senior lecturer and then professor of Network and System Administration at >> Oslo University College from 1994-2011. He was the first professor with >> this title and remains Emeritus Professor. Mark obtained a PhD in >> Theoretical Physics in Newcastle, for which he received the Runcorn Prize. >> His current research interests include the behaviour of computers as >> dynamic systems and applying ideas from physics to describe computer >> behaviour. Mark is the author of the popular configuration management >> software package CFEngine, and is the founder of the CFEngine company. He >> led theoretical and practical contributions to the theory of automation and >> policy based management, including the idea of Operator Convergence and >> Promise Theory. He is the author of numerous books and papers on Network >> and System Administration and has won several prizes for his work. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ >> >> > > > -- > Joseph A Kern > [email protected] > -- Need CFEngine training? Email [email protected]
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