Wednesday June 29, 2005 Report on the 3rd OpenSolaris User Group meeting in Santa Clara
No pics as I forgot my camera this month, but we had the best yet meeting, IMO. I didn't get an actual count, but I would say about 60 showed up this time, more than the past couple meetings where about 50 showed up. Good to see interest building in the community and a lot of interest in building OpenSolaris.
Keith Wesolowski and Mike Kupfer put on a great presenation, and there was a great showing from Sun Engineering for the panel Q/A afterwards with a lot of info being tossed around for attendees to soak up.
Of the Sun Solaris Engineers participating on the panel, the ones I can remember are (but not limited to) Tim Marsland, Mike Shapiro, Dan Price, Jan Setje-Eilers, Jonathan Adams, Bart Smaalders, David Powell, Keith Wesolowki, Alan Coopersmith, Mike Kupfer, Wendy Phillips, Rod Evans, Daneck Duvall, Liane Praza, David Comay, Eric Schrock, and I'm certain I'm probably missing some...
We were giving away OpenSolaris hats, a few spare t-shirts that had been left over from the past meeting, and some of the following books by Rich Teer:
According to one attendee, "Wow, you're giving out Rich Teer's book? The only thing that would be better than that would be to give out jobs!".
This was a great evening, and stay tuned for next Month's meeting when Mike Shapiro (newly appointed Distinguished Engineer withing Solaris Engineering;-) will speak on the Fault Management Architecture. We'll also be doing another panel Q/A afterwards since that was so well received this month. Next month's meeting will be held on Tues., July 26th most likely unless we have a scheduling conflict. Stay tuned as I'll post on my blog when I have the date cast in stone. ( Jun 29 2005, 07:44:15 PM PDT ) Permalink Comments [0]
Monday June 27, 2005 3rd OpenSolaris User Group Meeting - Tomorrow June 28th 7:30pm Santa Clara, CA
Yes, Tuesday is upon us, don't miss this one night event!
A night not to miss, everyone always leaves with something so far, and I hope this will be no exception at this meeting. So if you're in the area, please try to attend.
Yes, the 3rd OpenSolaris User Group and for this event we'll have the OpenSolaris group hosting the meeting this month in honor of the release of OpenSolaris, Keith Wesolowski and Mike Kupfer will be presenting on Building and Using OpenSolaris. For more info, see my previous blog entry. There is a special event at this meeting. We will be having Solaris Engineers on a panel to field question for you, so if you've had anything you wanted to ask about Solaris and didn't know who to ask, bring your questions to this meeting. Guaranteed to have a lot of Solaris talent at the meeting, as always, and these folks have worked on Solaris for years!
The meeting will take place at the Sun Santa Clara Auditorium (upstairs, SCA03), where we have met for the past couple months, same time - 7:30pm-10:00pm.
Most of you probably know where the Auditorium is, but just in case you don't, use the directions above, or ask someone where it is. It's fairly easy to get to.
Just so there is no confusion, this is in Sunny California, right in the heart of Silicon Valley, that place where movers and shakers have continually stirred up the computer industry.
Where: Sun Santa Clara, CA Auditorium (upstairs, SCA03)
When: Tuesday, June 28th, 2005
Topic: Open Solaris
Time: 7:30pm-10:00pm
Hope to see you there!
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Wednesday June 22, 2005 3rd OpenSolaris User Group Meeting - June 28th 7:30pm Santa Clara
Next Tuesday, one night only!
Absolutely free of charge and all community members welcome! Everyone is welcome to attend!
A night not to miss, and there should be good times and something for all!
Yes, the 3rd OpenSolaris User Group and for this event we'll have the OpenSolaris group hosting the meeting this month in honor of the release of OpenSolaris, Keith Wesolowski and Mike Kupfer will be presenting on Building and Using OpenSolaris. This will be a great meeting for those wanting to know the nitty gritty details about OpenSolaris and what it took to get it in your hands. Both Keith and Mike have done a tremendous amount of work to get OpenSolaris to where it is today and will share with you some of the details that will help you make the best of it for yourself.
The meeting will take place at the Sun Santa Clara Auditorium (upstairs, SCA03), where we have met for the past couple months, same time - 7:30pm-10:00pm.
Most of you probably know where the Auditorium is, but just in case you don't, use the directions above, or ask someone where it is. It's fairly easy to get to.
We will be having a new venue this month, a panel of Sun engineers that will field questions, and this will take place after the main presentation. Here's a chance to meet some of the Sun engineers that work on Solaris, many of whom have been pushing for OpenSolaris to surface for some time. We will have engineers from many of the various areas of Solaris and hope to have all bases covered, so please bring your toughest questions for them to answer for you.
Where: Sun Santa Clara Auditorium (upstairs, SCA03)
When: Tuesday, June 28th, 2005
Topic: Open Solaris
Time: 7:30pm-10:00pm
Hope to see you there!
( Jun 22 2005, 06:16:38 PM PDT ) Permalink Comments [3]
Monday June 13, 2005 OpenSolaris is here, and will be around for a long, long time...
For those who never thought this day would happen, we'll it did. Sun has finally open source one of the finest UNIX systems that still exists today, and it will only get better with time.
There have been many skeptics on if this would happen, how Sun could do this, and what actually will be open sourced under the CDDL license. Now everyone can see for themself at OpenSolaris.org.
Please sign up for the site and have a look around, Sun has put a lot of work into this site and there is going to be a a thriving community based on OpenSolaris in short order.
Hope to see many of you within the OpenSolaris community! ( Jun 13 2005, 10:50:48 PM PDT ) Permalink Comments [0]
Wednesday June 01, 2005 2nd OpenSolaris User Group, another success!
The 2nd OpenSolaris User Group was pulled off without a hitch, thanks to all the folks that contributed and helped make the effort a success! We had refreshments and snacks for folks as well as t-shirts, CD/DVD cases, and some books to handout to those that did attend.
Darren Moffat promised to get the slides up on his blog, so check for them there. Ben Rockwood also was taking video and that should be available soon.
Here are some pictures:
Hope to see you next month!
( Jun 01 2005, 01:16:13 PM PDT )
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Bob Palowoda, long time Solaris supporter and Solaris on x86/x64 die hard. Bob was one of the very helpful folks to me in getting me started with Solaris on x86 quite a few years ago now...
Folks are starting to show up, we got a decent crowd of about 50 folks, mixed with Sun Engineers and Community folks.
Hideya Kawahara on the left, creator of Project Looking Glass showed up to demonstrate his software. He's talking to Jim Grisanzio's camera (just kidding, Jim is behind it!;-)
Stuart Kreitman and Alan Coopersmith getting the laptop setup which was running Project Looking Glass, freshly ported to Solaris on x86/x64.
Just to prove that there really is a Jim Grisanzio behind that camera!
Ben Rockwood and Darren Moffat in the back.
Darren Moffat, the main presenter who was talking about Security on Solaris 10, talking with one of the attendees of the user group.
Several of the Sun masterminds behind much of the great work that's been put into Solaris 10. These folks have gone the extra distance and have really pushed the envelope to make Solaris 10 what it is today!