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-Paul Kangro from
Novell will speak.
+WLUG Meeting - [
Novell] and Linux
-All are welcome to attend.
+Guest speaker: __Paul Kangro__,%%%
+Asia-Pacific Solutions Manager%%%
+Novell
-7pm
, 23rd Sept
-University
of Waikato
+Quick Overview of topics Paul covered:
+* government requirements for non-proprietary file formats (India
, Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia, ...)
+* "[TCO]" arguments (Robert Francis Group study - Linux 55.9% cheaper TCO than Windows, 87.3% cheaper than [Solaris])
+* lots
of demand for Linux OperatingSystem support and maintenance
+* hardware vendors wanting commercial support
-Park
in Gate 1, Knighton Rd
+Desktop stuff:
+* Novell Linux Desktop (based on [Suse] 9 - see SuseReview)
+** no vendor lock-
in
+** reduced licensing costs
+* YAST (configuration tool) open sourced
+* Ximian bought by Novell
+** Mono - (Spanish for "monkey")
+* [Evolution]2 - MS Exchange Connector open sourced
+* NetWare-style filesystem permissions - policies/views
+* CrossoverOffice
+* Novell's eDirectory on linux
-Room: LitB.G.02
+iFolder
+* transparently do incremental backups of directories
+* client-server model - ease of syncing/restoring
+* version 3 written in Mono using Eclipse
-http://www.waikato.ac.nz/perl-bin/map/tt-map.pl?term=litb
+Thanks to Paul for an interesting presentation!
-http
://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map.pdf
+
+
+
+7pm, 23rd Sept
+University of Waikato
+Room
: [LitB]
