Unigroup's July 2007 Meeting Announcement

** RSVP IS MANDATORY!
** RSVP DEADLINE: 16-JUL-2007
** PHOTO ID MAY BE REQUIRED!

Topic:: Field Trip to Sun Microsystems: OpenSolaris and Project Indiana.
Joint Meeting with the new NYC OpenSolaris User Group.
Speaker:: Ian Murdock,
Sun Microsystems.
Date:: Tuesday, 17-JUL-2007 (** SPECIAL 2nd TUESDAY **)
Location:: Sun Microsystems NYC Office; 101 Park Avenue, 4th Floor (at 40th Street); Midtown, New York, NY 10178; ** RSVP MANDATORY, DEADLINE: 16-JUL-2007 **
Time:: 6:00 - 8:00 PM Joint Meeting with OpenSolaris Group; 8:00 - 9:00 PM Unigroup may continue with additional topics

MEETING INTRODUCTION

   SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
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   RSVPs ARE REQUIRED for this location.
   Please RSVP early, this will help us determine the correct
   amount of food and refreshments.  Please RSVP by two days prior
   to the meeting day (the food must be ordered in advance).

   To REGISTER for this event, please RSVP by using the
       Unigroup Registration Page.
   This will allow us to have some automation in the registration process.

   Please continue to check the Unigroup web site and THIS page,
   for any last minute updates concerning this meeting.  If you
   registered for this meeting, please check your email for any
   last minute announcements as the meeting approaches.

DIRECTIONS

     ** FIELD TRIP LOCATION **
        Sun Microsystems
        101 Park Avenue, 4th Floor   (at 40th Street)
        Midtown, New York City

The office of Sun Microsystems is 1-2 blocks South of Grand Central Station. Enter the building at the corner of Park Avenue and 40th Street.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Topics to be discussed:

Open Solaris Update
Project Indiana - Improving OpenSolaris Usability and Installation
(It looks like Project Indiana will be a binary OpenSolaris distribution that combines the best of the Solaris and Linux worlds).

Web Resources

     Sun OpenSolaris
         http://www.opensolaris.org

     Ian Murdock - About
         http://ianmurdock.com/about

     Ian Murdock - OpenSolaris
         Where do I download OpenSolaris?

     Project Indiana
         http://www.phoronix.com/?page=project&q=Indiana

     NYCOSUG - NY Open Solaris User Group
         http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/os_user_groups/nycosug

     Sun Solaris 10
         http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/10

     Sun BigAdmin Portal
         http://www.bigadmin.com

     Sun Microsystems
         http://www.sun.com

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

See Ian Murdock's Home Page.

Highlights: Founder of Debian Linux, CTO of the Linux Foundation, Chair of the Linux Standard Base, Chief OS Platform Strategist at Sun Microsystems.

COMPANY BIOGRAPHY

See http://www.sun.com.

GIVEAWAYS

(to be determined)

FEE SCHEDULE

** Since this is a Joint Meeting with the OpenSolaris Group, there will be NO CHARGE to attend. **

However, we will still be accepting Unigroup memberships for those who wish to join. Our normal fee schedule is:

         Yearly Membership (includes all meetings):      $ 50.00
       * Non-Member Single Meeting:                      $ 20.00
         Student Yearly Membership:                      $ 20.00
         Non-Member Student Single Meeting (with ID):    $  5.00
         Cash, Check, American Express.

FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS

Complimentary Food and Refreshments will be provided by Sun.

Please join us for this meeting, you won't want to miss it!

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