Sorry guys - Just trying to prove what a moron I can be when I'm on cold medicine... :-) Peter. On Tuesday 06 September 2005 20:51, Peter Arremann wrote: > Ilan, > > I have been debating responding to this email for a few days now and I > unfortunately need some advice before I can submit my proposal. > > I work at a fortune 14 company (at least on the 2005 ratings) in a > development shop. We've got about 600 developers in the US and India, most > of them developing on Linux workstations. We develop systems that > eventually get deployed on Solaris, HP-UX or AIX servers... big irons... I > would like to talk about the challenges you face when running a large > environment like that... > > Unfortunately - and that's usually a big issue - I can't mention what > company I work for. I can show proof of where I work to the people who > organize things so you know what I'm saying isn't just BS but I can't > officially stand there as a representative of the company I work for. Mid > August 2002 got me and my boss into enough trouble when Cnet > missinterpreted some of the things we talked about... > > Please let me know if you are interested in the topic and if I can get away > without mentioning who I work for, > > Peter. > > On Thursday 01 September 2005 18:52, Ilan Rabinovitch wrote: > > Hello, > > > > The call for papers for SCALE 4x, the 2006 Southern California Linux > > Expo, is now open. This event will be our fourth annual show. It > > will be held on Feb 11-12, 2006 at the Los Angeles Airport Westin. We > > are expecting 1,300+ in attendance this year. We are non-profit, > > community run Linux, open-source and free software conference. > > > > If you are working on something you believe the community > > would be interested in, please consider submitting a presentation to > > our call for papers. I am including details bellow. > > > > Past presentations are available online (including slides audio in most > > cases): 2005 - http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/past/2005/hours.php > > 2003 - http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/past/2003/presentations.php > > 2002 - http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/past/2002/presentations.php > > > > If you have any questions please feel free to call the Call For Papers > > team at cfp @ socallinuxexp.org > > > > CFP Link: http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/pr/pr_20050620.php > > CFP PDF: http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/pr/cfp4x.pdf > > > > Best regards, > > Ilan Rabinovitch > > Conference Chair > > Southern California Linux Expo > > http://www.socallinuxexpo.org > > > > > > > > 2006 Southern CAlifornia Linux Expo > > > > The USC, Simi/Conejo, and UCLA Linux User Groups are proud to announce > > the 4th annual Southern California Linux Expo scheduled for February > > 11-12, 2006 at the Westin Hotel near the Los Angeles International > > Airport. Building on the tremendous success of last three years' SCALE, > > we will continue to promote Linux and the Open Source Software > > community. > > > > We invite you to share your work on Linux and Open Source projects with > > the rest of the community as well as exchange ideas with some of the > > leading experts in these field. Details about SCALE 4X as well as > > archives for the last three years can be found at > > http://www.socallinuxexpo.com. > > > > Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: > > > > * Linux kernel > > * Linux Networking > > * Linux for embedded systems > > * Linux for Desktops > > * LAMP > > * Multimedia in Linux > > * Security in Linux > > * VoIP > > * Wireless tools in Linux > > * Linux Games > > * GIMP & other graphics software > > * Administration techniques for specific distributions > > * Custom Configurations > > * Linux Deployments and experiences: Case studies > > * Open source Licensing > > * Government policies with Open Source > > * Other open source projects > > > > The proposals should comprise a 1-page (maximum) description containing > > the following: > > > > 1] Title for the talk. > > 2] Name, Affiliation, Bio, a passport size picture (optional) and > > contact email address of the Presenter. > > 3] What will be covered? A bulleted list of the main points of the > > presentation will be ideal. Please include enough detail as will be > > necessary. > > 4] Any specific requirements needed for the presentation other than an > > overhead projector and a microphone. > > > > Presentations are alloted a time slot of about 45 minutes. All proposals > > are to be sent to kapadia=at=socallinuxexpo.com. > > > > Important Dates: > > > > 20 Jun, 2005: CFP Opens > > 20 Nov, 2005: Last date for abstracts/proposals > > 20 Dec, 2005: Last date for notification of acceptance > > 11 Feb, 2006: Conference starts -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list