[wilhelmtux-discussion] FW: Jon (maddog) Hall: gute Neuigkeit!

Myriam Schweingruber schweingruber at myriam.ch
Son Mai 26 18:56:49 CEST 2002


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ursula Burri [mailto:uburri at ch-open.ch]
> Sent: dimanche, 26. mai 2002 17:48
> To: member at ch-open.ch; auxiliary at ch-open.ch; prospect at ch-open.ch
> Subject: Jon (maddog) Hall
>
>
> Sehr geehrte Mitglieder und Interessenten
>
> Wer die Gelegenheit, Jon Hall zu hoeren, nicht am 1. Juni
> wahrnehmen kann,
> erhaelt zwei weitere Moeglichkeiten: Er wird an der Hochschule Rapperswil
> und an der ETH Zuerich weitere Vortraege halten, an denen Sie teilnehmen
> koennen:
>
> Vortrag von Jon Hall, Executive Director of Linux International
> "Open Source Business Around the World"
>
> Donnerstag, 30. Mai 2002, 16.00 bis 17.15 Uhr
> Hochschule Rapperswil, Raum 3.113
>
> Freitag, 31. Mai 2002, 15.00 bis 17.00 Uhr
> ETH Zuerich, ETF C1, Sternwartstrasse 7
>
> Abstract:
> Many countries around the world have been switching to use Open
> Source and
> Linux.  There are many reasons for this, some political, some financial,
> some cultural, and some technical.  In some countries Open Source
> and Linux
> is more embraced than in other countries. This talk will explore which
> countries are using Open Source, and for what types of projects, and why.
>
> Ueber den Referenten:
> Jon "maddog" Hall is the Executive Director of Linux International
> (www.li.org), a non-profit association of computer vendors who wish to
> support and promote the Linux Operating System.  During his career which
> spans over thirty years, Mr. Hall has been a programmer, systems
> designer,
> systems administrator, product manager, technical marketing manager and
> educator.  He has worked for such companies as Western Electric
> Corporation, Aetna Life and Casualty, Bell Laboratories, Digital
> Equipment
> Corporation and Compaq. He has taught at Hartford State Technical
> College,
> Merrimack College and Daniel Webster College.
>
> Mr. Hall is the author of numerous magazine and newspaper articles, many
> presentations and one book, "Linux for Dummies".
> Mr. Hall serves on the boards of several companies, and several
> non-profit
> organizations, including the USENIX Association.
> Mr. Hall has traveled the world speaking on the benefits of Open Source
> Software, and received his BS in Commerce and Engineering from Drexel
> University, and his MSCS from RPI in Troy, New York.
>
> Mit freundlichen Grüssen
> Ursula Burri
>
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