Re: Canterbury Linux Users' Group monthly meeting reminder: Tuesday 10th March @ 7:30pm

2009-03-05 Thread Adrian Mageanu
Hi, I received no confirmation of the booking so far, so I will take the hint and fade quietly in the background on this subject, leaving room for other topics. To those who showed interest, both on and (mostly) off list, I'm happy to continue to talk about this. Cheers, Adrian On Tue,

Re: Canterbury Linux Users' Group monthly meeting reminder: Tuesday 10th March @ 7:30pm

2009-03-05 Thread Roger Searle
Apologies for replying this late to this thread - however I personally intended attending next Tuesday to hear about this topic. Cheers, Roger Adrian Mageanu wrote: Hi, I received no confirmation of the booking so far, so I will take the hint and fade quietly in the background on this

Re: Canterbury Linux Users' Group monthly meeting reminder: Tuesday 10th March @ 7:30pm

2009-03-04 Thread Adrian Mageanu
A word of caution to those thinking of using Pentaho suite: it is not suitable for a small businesses in the model promoted by the company. That model is the classic configuration for a BI component in an Enterprise Architecture - classic because during the history of DSS and BI projects this

Re: Canterbury Linux Users' Group monthly meeting reminder: Tuesday 10th March @ 7:30pm

2009-03-04 Thread Adrian Mageanu
Hi, I can see that the enthusiasm is not too overwhelming for this subject, being only loosely related to Linux (David not included, we can talk about it off list) Nevertheless, in the absence of other topics, I can go ahead and do the talk, in which case I will need a confirmation for the

Re: Canterbury Linux Users' Group monthly meeting reminder: Tuesday 10th March @ 7:30pm

2009-03-04 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Adrian Mageanu adrian.mage...@totalimex.com wrote: Hi, I can see that the enthusiasm is not too overwhelming for this subject, being only loosely related to Linux (David not included, we can talk about it off list) Nevertheless, in the absence of other

Re: Canterbury Linux Users' Group monthly meeting reminder: Tuesday 10th March @ 7:30pm

2009-03-04 Thread Adrian Mageanu
Point taken :) To use a metaphor, the concept of BI is similar to a database in the sky in which you plug a crystal globe that should give a glimpse into the future and answer all the questions you did or never asked. The description is less far-fetched than one might think. I'll explain shortly

Re: Canterbury Linux Users' Group monthly meeting reminder: Tuesday 10th March @ 7:30pm

2009-03-04 Thread Robert Fisher
On Thursday 05 March 2009 13:08:59 Nick Rout wrote: Perhaps if someone explained in plain language what this business intelligence software is supposed to acheive, it might appear more interesting. (Or not LOL) I wanted to ask that too but did not want to seem too ignorant. Rob

Re: Canterbury Linux Users' Group monthly meeting reminder: Tuesday 10th March @ 7:30pm

2009-03-03 Thread Wesley Parish
FWIW, there's a copy of the complete (and FOSS) Pentaho Business Intelligence suite on Caledonian at St Albans. It's about a cdrom's worth of files, and it's free, so if anyone wants a copy, feel free to bring along a cdr for next meeting and burn yourself a copy. Wesley Parish On Tuesday 03

Re: Canterbury Linux Users' Group monthly meeting reminder: Tuesday 10th March @ 7:30pm

2009-03-03 Thread David Kirk
Adrian, I have received significant interest off list about the proposal I made for a BI solution implementation using FOSS - both technical and non-technical questions - so I could do a short talk, 30 to 45 minutes top, about elements of BI and the role of Linux and FOSS in this space. I'm

Canterbury Linux Users' Group monthly meeting reminder: Tuesday 10th March @ 7:30pm

2009-03-02 Thread Andrew Sands
What:   the Canterbury Linux Users' Group's monthly meeting (for March) When:   7:30 pm Tuesday March 10th 2009 Where:  St Albans Community Resource Centre, 1047 Colombo Street. ~~ Canterbury Linux Users' Group monthly meeting Questions, comments and comparisons are

Re: Canterbury Linux Users' Group monthly meeting reminder: Tuesday 10th March @ 7:30pm

2009-03-02 Thread Adrian Mageanu
Hi, I have received significant interest off list about the proposal I made for a BI solution implementation using FOSS - both technical and non-technical questions - so I could do a short talk, 30 to 45 minutes top, about elements of BI and the role of Linux and FOSS in this space. Cheers,

Re: Canterbury Linux Users' Group monthly meeting reminder: Tuesday 10th March @ 7:30pm

2009-03-02 Thread Robert Fisher
On Monday 02 March 2009 23:15:46 Adrian Mageanu wrote: Hi, I have received significant interest off list about the proposal I made for a BI solution implementation using FOSS - both technical and non-technical questions - so I could do a short talk, 30 to 45 minutes top, about elements of BI

Re: Canterbury Linux Users' Group monthly meeting reminder: Tuesday 10th March @ 7:30pm

2009-03-02 Thread Adrian Mageanu
Yes, business intelligence. On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 06:07 +1300, Robert Fisher wrote: On Monday 02 March 2009 23:15:46 Adrian Mageanu wrote: Hi, I have received significant interest off list about the proposal I made for a BI solution implementation using FOSS - both technical and