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| 4 | JohnMcPherson | 1 | WLUG Meeting - [Novell] and Linux |
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| 3 | Guest speaker: __Paul Kangro__,%%% | ||
| 4 | Asia-Pacific Solutions Manager%%% | ||
| 5 | Novell | ||
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| 7 | Quick Overview of topics Paul covered: | ||
| 8 | * government requirements for non-proprietary file formats (India, Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia, ...) | ||
| 9 | * "[TCO]" arguments (Robert Francis Group study - Linux 55.9% cheaper TCO than Windows, 87.3% cheaper than [Solaris]) | ||
| 10 | * lots of demand for Linux OperatingSystem support and maintenance | ||
| 11 | * hardware vendors wanting commercial support | ||
| 12 | |||
| 13 | Desktop stuff: | ||
| 6 | CraigBox | 14 | * Novell Linux Desktop (based on [SUSE] 9) |
| 4 | JohnMcPherson | 15 | ** no vendor lock-in |
| 16 | ** reduced licensing costs | ||
| 17 | * YAST (configuration tool) open sourced | ||
| 18 | * Ximian bought by Novell | ||
| 19 | ** Mono - (Spanish for "monkey") | ||
| 20 | * [Evolution]2 - MS Exchange Connector open sourced | ||
| 21 | * NetWare-style filesystem permissions - policies/views | ||
| 22 | * CrossoverOffice | ||
| 23 | * Novell's eDirectory on linux | ||
| 24 | |||
| 25 | iFolder | ||
| 26 | * transparently do incremental backups of directories | ||
| 27 | * client-server model - ease of syncing/restoring | ||
| 28 | * version 3 written in Mono using Eclipse | ||
| 29 | |||
| 30 | Thanks to Paul for an interesting presentation! | ||
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| 3 | JohnMcPherson | 32 | |
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| 2 | GreigMcGill | 34 | |
| 35 | 7pm, 23rd Sept | ||
| 36 | University of Waikato | ||
| 3 | JohnMcPherson | 37 | Room: [LitB] |
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