Jim Walker: Sun Software Engineer

Here's some pictures from last nights FROSUG meeting. We celebrated the 2-year Anniversary of OpenSolaris by having some cake before the meeting presentation. It was gooood cake...


After the festivities, Bonnie Corwin, the OpenSolaris Engineering Manager, presented "OpenSolaris: Still in a Storm". Who's title is borrowed from Jim Grisanzio's "OpenSolaris: in a Storm" presentation, which discussed how fast Sun and the OpenSolaris Engineering team moved to make OpenSolaris a reality. Bonnie indicated that her team is still moving fast. The presentation covered what the OpenSolaris Engineering Team does, gave an OpenSolaris Anniversary update (OpenSolaris at Two) and talked about where OpenSolaris is going in the future. The presentation slides along with a recording is posted at frosug.org. This was another great FROSUG presenation.

This month's Front Range OpenSolaris User Group meeting is on Thursday, June 28, 2007. Bonnie Corwin will give an OpenSolaris Engineering Update. In addition, we will be celebrating the 2-year OpenSolaris anniversary!

!! FREE OpenSolaris Starter Kits and Solaris Express Developer Edition DVDs. !!

About the presentation:
The OpenSolaris Engineering Team Update will include information on the following areas:
- New Open Code/Communities/Projects/Contributions
- New Country Portals
- New OGB Processes
- Source Code Management: moving to Mercurial
- Website: operational infrastructure and open sourcing application code
The presentation will be posted on http://frosug.org prior to the meeting.

About our presenter:
Bonnie Corwin is a Senior Engineering Manager at Sun Microsystems and the OpenSolaris Engineering Team manager. She has worked at Sun for 15 years in various software engineering and management roles. The OpenSolaris Engineering Team investigated the feasibility of opening the Solaris source code, ran the pre-launch OpenSolaris Pilot program and executed the launch of OpenSolaris. It currently manages the OpenSolaris site infrastructure including site hosting operations and website applications and supports key community activities including the OpenSolaris governance process and elections, OpenSolaris code contributions, bug tracking, source code management, country portals, the OpenSolaris Starter Kit and conferences.

Meeting Details:

When: Thursday, June 28, 2007
Times:
6:00pm - 6:30pm Doors open and Pizza
6:30pm - 6:45pm OpenSolaris 2-year Anniversary Celebration
6:45pm - 8:30pm OpenSolaris Engineering Update
Where:
Sun Broomfield Campus
Building 1 - Conference Center
500 Eldorado Blvd.
Broomfield, CO 80021

Dialin: 866-545-5220
Access Code: 9303067

The meeting is free and open to the public.

Pizza and soft drinks will be served at the beginning of the meeting. Please RSVP to rsvp(AT)frosug.org in order to help us plan for food and setup access to the Sun campus.

We hope to see you there!
Thanks,
FROSUG

Future Meeting Plans:

If you have ideas for topics or have a topic you would like to present, send them to: ug-frosug(AT)opensolaris(DOT)org.

This month's FROSUG (Front Range OpenSolaris User Group) meeting is on Thursday, May 31, 2007. Brad Lewis and Tim Jacobson will give a presentation on Sun Studio 12 Compilers and Tools. In addition, we will be giving an OpenSolaris Update, and will be having an InstallFest. So, if you want help installing an OpenSolaris distribution, backup your laptop and bring it to the meeting!

!! FREE OpenSolaris Starter Kits and Solaris Express Developer Edition DVDs. !!
About the presentation:
OpenSolaris includes the best package of compilers and tools for developers. This free package is called Sun Studio and version 12 will be released in June. This presentation will give an overview of the components of Sun Studio and new improvements for version 12. In addition, there will be several short demonstrations using performance and diagnostic tools.

The presentation will be posted on http://frosug.org prior to the meeting.

About our presenters:
Brad Lewis and Tim Jacobson work in the Performance Library Group (Perflib). Perflib is a collection of Mathematical Routines for Scientific Computing. These routines are custom written to obtain the highest performance on Sun hardware for both stand-alone and parallel systems.

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Meeting Details:

When: Thursday, May 31, 2007

Times:
6:00pm - 6:30pm Doors open and Pizza
6:30pm - 6:45pm OpenSolaris Update
6:45pm - 8:30pm Sun Studio 12 Compiler

Where:
Sun Broomfield Campus
Building 1 - Conference Center
500 Eldorado Blvd.
Broomfield, CO 80021

Dialin: 866-545-5220
Access Code: 9303067

The meeting is free and open to the public.

Pizza and soft drinks will be served at the beginning of the meeting. Please RSVP to frosug-rsvp(AT)opensolaris(DOT)org in order to help us plan for food and setup access to the Sun campus.

We hope to see you there!
Thanks,
FROSUG

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Future Meeting Plans:

June 28, 2007:
Bonnie Corwin presents "OpenSolaris: Where We Are and Where We're Going". In addition, we will celebrate OpenSolaris's two year Anniversary!!

If you have ideas for topics or have a topic you would like to present, send them to: ug-frosug(AT)opensolaris(DOT)org

This month's FROSUG (Front Range OpenSolaris User Group) meeting is on Tuesday, April 24, 2007. Our presentation is on "Open Source Management" by Dave McLoughlin. In addition, we will be giving an OpenSolaris Update, and will be having an InstallFest. So, if you want help installing an OpenSolaris distribution, backup your laptop and bring it to the meeting!

!! We will be providing FREE Solaris Express Developer Edition DVDs. !!

About the presentation:
In this presentation we will learn about how OpenLogic is tackling the tough issues associated with selecting, supporting, managing and using open source software in enterprises today. The presentation will include a product demonstration of OpenLogic Enterprise, a tool designed to help developers deal the various issues associated with installing, configuring and integrating the many components of an open source development environment. More information is at: http://www.openlogic.com.

The presentation will be posted on http://frosug.org prior to the meeting.

About our presenter:
Dave McLoughlin has over 20 years in the software industry working in technical sales, support and product management positions. He has worked for many market leading companies including Ashton-Tate, Frame Technology, Netscape and iPlanet, the Sun Netscape Alliance. He recently joined OpenLogic in the position of Solutions Engineer, where he is responsible for all technical sales efforts worldwide.

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Meeting Details:

When: Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Times:
6:00pm - 6:30pm Doors open and Pizza
6:30pm - 6:45pm OpenSolaris Update
6:45pm - 8:30pm Open Source Management

Where:
Sun Broomfield Campus
Building 1 - Conference Center
500 Eldorado Blvd.
Broomfield, CO 80021

Dialin: 866-545-5220
Access Code: 9303067

The meeting is free and open to the public.

Pizza and soft drinks will be served at the beginning of the meeting. Please RSVP to frosug-rsvp(AT)opensolaris(DOT)org in order to help us plan for food and setup access to the Sun campus.

We hope to see you there!
Thanks,
FROSUG

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Future Meeting Plans:

May 31, 2007: Tim Jacobson and Brad Lewis present "The Sun Studio Compiler"

If you have ideas for meeting topics, send them to: ug-frosug(AT)opensolaris(DOT)org

Here's a picture of the FROSUG booth (thanks Bonnie) we staffed at the Project Blackbox tours in Broomfield on April 13th. We handed out SXDE DVDs and OpenSolaris Starter Kits and informed people about OpenSolaris and the FROSUG meetings. Members of the Front Range Open Solaris User Group were at the booth throughout the day. There was a lot of interest in the Blackbox and getting Solaris on laptops and desktops. It was cool having a laptop (thanks Lisa) with SXDE installed that people could play with.


Here's a picture of the Blackbox.