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-A WLUG
meeting is booked
for this date
.
+Presenting at this
meeting is [Robert O'Callahan|http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roc/], a member of the [Ximian] desktop [Linux] group at [Novell], responsible
for [Mozilla]/[Firefox|MozillaFirefox] browser development and the integration of Firefox into Novell's Linux desktop product
.
-If you're seeing this message
, feel free
to suggest or offer to present a meeting topic
- the MeetingTopics page might be a good place to start
.
+Robert did his undergraduate study at the University of Auckland and has a [PhD] from [Carnegie Mellon|CMU] university. He has also previously worked at IBM Research. He made it known that he wanted a full time job working on Mozilla that he could do from New Zealand
, and Novell hired him for their desktop team
to work fulltime in Auckland on Mozilla improvements, including multi
-column layout for web pages and improved SVG (scalable vector graphics) support
.
-GreigMcGill suggested that PerryLorier gives a talk on
[IPv6
], why its needed, what it solves, how it differs
from [IPv4
],
and why the lug should
be supporting its use
.
+*
[Robert's blog|http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roc/
]
+* [An article on Ben Goodger and Robert O'Callahan
from the NZ Herald|http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=11&ObjectID=10010075]
+
+Thanks to Douglas Harvey of the Systems & Technology Group at
[IBM
] New Zealand
and Chris Penney of [Novell] for arranging this meeting. Beer and pizza will
be provided compliments of [Value Added Distributors|http://www.vad.co.nz/], the principal distributor for IBM iSeries and pSeries equipment in New Zealand
.
