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Announcement: The Linux Event



Well, probably some of you already saw it in People & Computers
(InformationWeek), or in LinuxToday (
http://linuxtoday.com/story.pl?sn=3001 ).

Anyway, the official home page of the announcement of the Linux
happening is at:	http://elmar.co.il/LinuxEvent/
or in English:		http://elmar.co.il/LinuxEvent/index.en.html

And for the rest of us, its ASCII English version is following:

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               THE LINUX HAPPENING - TEL-AVIV '99
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                          Background:
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Linux, the free operating system, is known for its stability and
reliability, which allows it to run critical applications continuously
for months, and outperform commercial operating systems. 

The free source code made it possible to port Linux to various platforms,
from palm-computers up to supercomputers and clusters of hundreds of
distributed computers.

With those qualities, it is no surprise that Linux usage grew by 212%
during 1998 (source: IDC), and that it became a threat to mighty
Microsoft. 

Linux is opening 1999 in a big way - three revolutions are taking place
those days:

* The biggest software vendors announce Linux support and Linux ports
  for their products.
* The biggest hardware vendors announce Linux support for their
  hardware and delivery of Linux based systems.
* Some long-term projects have come into fruition - Linux has gained a
  new kernel, friendly desktop environments, a new file and printer
  server, libraries, etc. A real breakthrough indeed.

Linux has enjoyed impressive growth even before those revolutions took
place. So one is led to wonder where Linux will go this year. There is
no doubt that Linux is the hottest thing today.

Now everybody is smart and knows this. However the most serious ones were
the first who have gone for Linux and announced commitment to this
operating system:  Oracle and Compaq worldwide, and PF1 Systems in
Israel.

Those three, together with Israeli Linux Users' Group, are proud to invite
you to participate in the first big Linux event in Israel. The event will
take place, as part of the Internet World exhibition, at Feb 25, 1999,
between the hours 09:00-14:00, hall 1, Ganey-HaTaarucha, Tel-Aviv.

                              Agenda:
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* Getting together

* Keynote: Dr. Yossi Vardi, ICQ
  Users are the Killer App

TECHNICAL SESSION:
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* Dr. Joel Isaacson
  Open Source Computing: The Next Wave

* Prof. Amnon Barak, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
  MOSIX for Scalable Cluster Computing in Linux

* Eli Marmor
  Linux 1999: Statistics and Directions

* Live Demonstrations

VENDOR'S SESSION:
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* Marek Roll, Compaq
  Compaq Enters into the Linux Era

* Haim Roothnberg, Oracle
  Oracle and Linux

* Nahum Greenberg, PF1 Systems
  Linux Applications for Business


All lectures will be delivered in Hebrew.
The event requires pre-registration by means of the attached form.
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Regards,
-- 
Eli Marmor
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