Sean, Do you think a video of John Walicki's talk can be recorded? It really sounds like an interesting topic.
--Fred On Tuesday 23 November 2010 16:58:29 sdague - [email protected] wrote: > MHVLUG is proud to announce our December 2010 meeting: > .... IBM's Open Client Deployment > > Join John Walicki, IBM Open Client Architect, for an update on how IBM > I/T is embracing Open Standards and Open Source to reduce the inhibitors > to broader Linux adoption. John will share IBM's move to Firefox and > modern browsers to accelerate the adoption of cloud computing and > HTML5. He will also share IBM's strategy to switch IBM to the Open > Document Format based IBM Lotus Symphony. > > John Walicki is part of the IBM Senior Technical Staff and architect for > the Open Client Initiative where he leads the internal IBM Open > Computing strategy. He also leads the open standards based Browser > Independence deployment of Firefox within IBM and the Document > Interchange strategy to switch IBM to the Open Document Format based IBM > Lotus Symphony. John is a manager in the IBM CIO Office Global Workforce > & Web Process Enablement organization. He leads the Messaging and > Collaboration strategy for IBM I/T and is responsible for the global > strategy and deployment of Lotus Notes and Lotus Sametime . His global > development and integration team is working to lower the costs of > deployment of an enterprise enabled Linux Client. John previously was a > manager in the Watson Information Services Department at the IBM T.J. > Watson Research Center. In addition to 20 years of IBM experience, John > holds a BS Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University. > > .... Lightning Talks > > * MHVLUG Officer Elections - Sean Dague > * xwax: open-source vinyl emulation software - Matthias Johnson > > MHVLUG Office Election will take place at 6:15 sharp. All present will > be able to vote. > > Before the main talk we will do a series of lightning talks (up to 3), > each 10 minutes or less, on something Open Source related. It could be a > fun new program, a book, a blog post, or really anything you think the > wider MHVLUG community would find some interest in. People that have > posted their talk subject to the website in advance have priority. Time > permitting, we'll also take impromptu lightning talks from the floor. > > If you are planning on using the projector for your lightning talk, > please arrive at 5:30 to ensure we can work out any kinks with the > projector prior to the meeting. > > The meeting will take place at > Mid Hudson Library System Auditorium > on Wednesday, December 1st at 6 pm. > > All meetings are *free* and open to the public, and everyone from all > levels of expertise and interest in Linux and Open Source Software are > encouraged to attend (and bring a friend or two)! After each meeting > ends everyone is welcome to join in on an informal dinner gathering at > the Palace Diner [1] on Washington St. This is a great opportunity to > interact with members of the local Linux community, and a forum where > questions and comments are strongly welcomed. > > For more details, including maps and directions, please see > http://mhvlug.org [2]. > > > [1] http://mhvlug.org/content/palace-diner > [2] http://mhvlug.org _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Dec 1 - IBM's Open Client Deployment Jan 5 - Building a Comunity Site with Drupal Feb 2 - Zimbra
