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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
.
-Currently pencilled in:
IBM/
Novell
+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.
-If you have any other ideas, feel free
to suggest or offer to present a meeting topic -
the MeetingTopics page might
be a good place to start
.
+* [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
.
