Open Solaris talk on TecUthSav '08
TecUthsav '08 turned out to be a great success!!Sun sponsored the event Lord of the Rings. It is a five stage programming event ,
1) Maze -A virtual maze created using graphics has to be passed through by answering questions on Java Programming
2)Obfuscated Code - A piece of code will be given , the output of the code will be simple (say a division of two numbers) but the code wil be so complicated to understand and finding the flow of code will be really difficult.The participant has to face this challenge.
3)Google Wars - The result of a particular search from google will be given the participant has to figure what exactly is the search string used to obtain that result.
4)Coding in a new language - We will provide the manuals for the language and the contest will be conducted on that language.It basically tests the programmers ability to code in a new language using his logistics .
5)code completion - An incomplete Java code will be given and parts of it have to be completed for a desired output.
I gave a talk on the following topics,
* Introduction to Open Solaris
* Project Indiana
* Solaris for everyone
As many participants were not much introduced to solaris , I restrained myself from talking advance features of Solaris, and just gave an introduction. They also asked questions comparing features of Solaris with other OSes.It was really a different experience to talk to the delegates about opensource and Solaris as they are from different colleges most of which are not aware of Open Solaris.
Here are the pictures that i managed to take,
