[ale] ALE NW meeting update and announcement

[Geoffrey]

Okay folks, this month we are having two presentations on two different 
days.  Wednesday and Thursday of this week.  The goods are on the 
website, but here they are as well:

Date: February 16 AND February 17, 2005

MEETING #1:

Date: February 16, 2005
Time: 8:00-9:15
Location: Clendenin Building
Room: TBA

Presenter: Jim Patterson

Presentation: bash usage and basic gcc usage

Join us at a February ALE-NW meeting where Jim Patterson
will provide introductory coverage of the bash shell and
gcc usage.  The target will be basic navigation and file
manipulation using BASH for UNIX shell novices and basic
compiling using GCC and G++.

Bio:

Jim is currently employed by Datatrac Corporation developing
software on UNIX platforms for the expedited freight
industry.  He has been programming for 22 years, 18 of
those professionally, and 14 of those on UNIX.  Jim has been
using Linux at home/work for 13 years.


MEETING #2:

Date: February 17, 2005
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Clendenin Building
Room: CL 1010

Presenter: James Taylor

Presentation: Novell Open Enterprise Server

Join us at a February ALE-NW meeting where James
Taylor of The East Cobb Group presents a review of
Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) features and
functionality, and a demonstration of a functional OES.

In 2003 Novell capped their ongoing effort to provide
cross platform computer services with the purchases of
Ximian and SuSE.  Since then the company formerly known
primarily for their NetWare network operating system has
rolled out several Linux releases and has further
integrated their productivity tools into their Linux
platforms.

Coming in March of this year will be the first major
release of a Linux offering that provides all of the
traditional Novell core services on an enterprise Linux
server.   Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) provides a
true directory-enabled file and print services solution
based on Linux.  It includes a native heirarchically
rights structure on the NSS files system, automatically
delivery of printers to Windows, Mac and Linux clients,
client access via NCP, SMB and Apple protocols.  It also
includes all the internet based file and print services
currently available on NetWare and Windows servers,
including NetStorage, iFolder and iPrint.

Bio:

James Taylor is the founder and Principal Consultant of
The East Cobb Group, Inc.  He has over 20 years of
experience in information system development,
instructional design, team leadership, and systems
implementation. Previous to founding ECG, he worked with
Xerox, Wang Laboratories and Whittman-Hart.  James has
served as a member of the Board of Directors of the
Network Professional Association, and is a past member
of the Board of Directors of Novell Users International.



For more info about ALE, visit our web page: http://www.ale.org/ For 
directions to Kennesaw State University: 
http://www.ale.org/directions.shtml Meeting Format * Introduction and 
announcements * Presentation by the month's speaker * Switchboard - free 
form Linux Q&A session * Door prize drawings (if we have any) * Wrapup 
If you would like to give a talk, or have a topic which you think would 
make a great talk, email admin at ale.org . Directions: 1000 Chastain Rd. 
Kennesaw, Georgia 30144 Take the first entrance to the college off of 
Chastain traveling west from I75. Following this road, you'll see the 
Science building on your left. Park in the lot that is North of the 
Science building.


-- 
Until later, Geoffrey