Good eye - May 25th or course. I cut and pasted it from a note that was obviously in error, and I didn't catch it. Thanks. wgk
----- Original Message ----- From: Shawn Grover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 2:08 pm Subject: RE: [clug-talk] Linux ant the City of Calgary > March 25th? or May 25? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Greg King > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 12:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [clug-talk] Linux ant the City of Calgary > > > Hi folks, > > This was mentioned at the last meeting, but in case > you missed it: > ------------------ > The Calgary Unix Users Group will be presenting a > lecture from > Ian Lofthouse of the City of Calgary, who headed the > team that > brought in the much-publicized switch to Linux that > will save > the City millions of dollars over the next few years. > > Mr. Lofthouse will describe the web, file-serving > and Oracle > database tests and pilot programs that showed Linux > servers > running on Intel hardware not only slashed the > lifecycle cost > of a server by more than half, but provided dramatic > increases > in performance compared to the existing proprietary > Unix solutions. > > The lecture will be at the Central Calgary Public > Library, meeting > room #1 (basement) at 5:30 PM, Tuesday, March 25th. > Please > reserve a seat in advance by E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------- > Session is free for CUUG members & guest, $10 for > others and includes pizza and pop. CUUG memberships > are now $50. > > The city has been very positive about Linux recently: > > http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040408.gttwticoll08/BNStory > > Also, as a preview for the June CUUG meeting, > Microsoft is slated to talk about Windows UNIX > services (now free). Should be interesting too. > > Regards, > Greg King > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
