Hi Everyone, I have had a number of inquiries following my past posting so here is some more info on the Speakers. So far the Committee is planning for Greg to do his full presentation then later in the day join Jeff Smith and Jeff Dike on a Linux technical panel. I will be on a recruiting panel. As we know from our own show nothing is written in stone until the last attendee leaves and the lights go out. This is the thinking the speakers committee reported to the Planning meeting on Tuesday. There will be coverage of this event in the Boston Globe, NH Business, Mass High Tech. LINUX TOPICS FROM GNHLUG MEMBERS Speaker: Gregory Kettmann, IBM Global Services, IT Architect Title: "Development in the Open Source and Linux Environment a Management Perspective". Speaker: Jeff Dike graduated from MIT in 1986, at which point he started work at Digital's Unix group. In 1993, he became an independent contractor. He started working on the Linux kernel in Feb. 1999. Abstract: User-mode Linux (http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net) is a port of the Linux kernel which allows you to run Linux inside Linux. It provides a virtual Linux machine running on Linux, and potentially other operating systems. This talk will describe some of the many uses of this tool, such as sandboxing potentially hostile processes or potentially insecure services, virtual hosting, kernel and driver development, virtual networking and clustering, and as a Linux environment for other operating systems. It will also discuss the mechanics of setting up and running user-mode Linux. Speaker: Jeff Smith, Technical Sales Director, Mission Critical Linux, Inc. Recent Advances in Linux Clustering Linux offers many advantages for those who desire low-cost, high-end computing. However, issues concerning Linux's ability to cost-effectively deliver high availability with complete data integrity have in the past created a significant barrier to making Linux a serious contender in the enterprise. Jeff Smith, Technical Sales Director of Mission Critical Linux, will discuss how new advances in Linux clustering technology can offer high availability and eliminate data corruption at a price-point attractive to enterprise-class companies in industries ranging from finance to retail, as well as Web-related businesses such as ASPs and e-commerce ventures. Mr. Smith will highlight how this recent Open Source technology goes beyond "heartbeat" node monitoring to allow for high availability and data integrity on commodity hardware-based Linux configurations. NON LINUX TOPICS From GNHLUG Members Speaker: Lori Hitchcock Recruiting and Retention, Human Resource Issues in High Tech Environments Speaker Ronald E. Boehm, Executive Director of ValleyNet, Inc. which is a non-profit ISP and educational organization based in Norwich, Vermont. On-line Learning: Can the Potential Benefits Produce Measurable Results? Lori Hitchcock Hitchcock Staffing 800-867-9188 ********************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **********************************************************
