Just to clarify, the same as all our monthly meetings, this event is open to non-SLUG-members and the general public also. If you're interested, please come along. With Martin's permission, we'll also video the talk and make the recording available afterward.
Cheers, Jan. <quote who="Jan Schmidt"> > Apologies for the late notice. We had some trouble sorting out a room and > time to host this talk. i > > We are holding this talk separately to the ordinary SLUG meeting, > as it doesn't clearly meet SLUG's normal talks, but we still thought > that it would be of interest to some SLUG members. > > When: > Thursday, August 12, 7:00pm - 9:30pm > Location: UTS Broadway, Building 10, Level 2, Room 410 > This is located in the Fairfax Building - UTS Building 10 - in Jones > St on the corner of Thomas St. It is between UTS Building 1 and > Wattle St. Level 2 is street level from Jones St. > > Synopsis: > Martin Gregory has been with Microsoft for 15 years and works on the > company's platform strategy. He is based in Sydney. > > Martin will be joining us to talk about what Microsoft has learned > from the Open Source community, the feedback they have received from > various players in the industry, including customers, partners and > developers and Microsoft's view of Open Source. > > Martin is keen to hear your views on the Open Source versus > commercial software debate and the key concerns IT decision makers > face, including total cost of ownership, security and sharing source > code. > > -- > Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Pants Pants Pants Pants Pants Pants Pants Pants. > Lovely Pants, wonderful Pa-ants. > Lovely Pants, wonderful Pa-ants. > (Shut up! Bloody Vikings.) > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you been half-asleep? Have you heard voices? I've heard them calling my name... -Kermit the Frog (Rainbow Connection) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
