This is a reminder of the monthly KPLUG meeting for September 14, 2006.
Meeting topic from the web site: This presentation and discussion will show why customers are becoming bolder in adopting open source products for critical components of their infrastructure, and building better value and an improved relationship with their software providers. The increasing use of this new model creates new opportunities and demonstrates how the old, closed source model is failing. For those still using proprietary software, this session will cover the questions you should be asking your closed-source vendor about what actual value they are providing you - their end-user. Also discussed will be the contribution of Ingres to open source in August 2004, providing an alternative to commercial relational databases for the fiscally aware enterprise. Emma McGrattan, VP of Development and owner of the Ingres project, will discuss the current status of Ingres, open source success stories, and the plans for the future. Topics to be addressed include: The creation of the ""business open source"" community and its likely impact on the enterprise software market How to identify the next set of leaders emerging in the market and how to identify a leader vs. a follower The changing concept of the business open source "community" --------------- Also, don't forget the raffle. Hope to see you there. Gus "Raffle Meister" Wirth -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
