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Re: Linux Event



Hi,

On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Eli Marmor wrote:

> ***********************************************************
> * THE EVENT IS SCHEDULED TO FEBRURAY 25, GANEI-HATAARUCHA *
> ***********************************************************

What time of the day?

> In addition, there will be a technical session, with lectures from
> Prof. Amnon Barak (Hebrew Univ.), head of the Mosix project, which
> its Linux port is going to be announced soon (it have been delayed
> till now because they waited for kernel 2.2.0), and from the main
> developers of PHP, the scripting language used by 250,000 (!)
> Internet sites (source: NetCraft), most of them Linux sites, to
> serve HTML pages dynamically ("The UNIX answer to Microsoft's ASP").
> If I am not wrong, main parts of PHP were developed under Shachar's
> Linux (vipe.technion.ac.il). Both of the projects are developed

Errr... First, it's not *MY* machine, it's a Technion's machine. About
PHP3, 99% percent of it were written by {andi,bourbon}@vipe.technion.ac.il
:) 

> mainly in Israel, and are very interesting and important even from
> an international point of view (PHP is already important, and Mosix
> has all the chances to replace Beowulf; Mosix is near-SMP, rather
> than MPP). Both of the projects are going to have significant
> developments (and announcements) in the near future, and the event 
> will be a good opportunity for a "premie`re", with international
> cover.

I believe we should demonstrate Linux, rather than install it. It's a
better view of Linux. I don't want the (stupid) press to think that Linux
is a "command line-driven operating system, similar to DOS".

> How Can You Help:
> ================
> 1. Although Linux-IL got the privilege to have its name together
>    with Oracle/PF1/Compaq, but for no charge (contrary to these
>    companies), and although I can't see any reason why not to join
>    such an event, I can't talk on behalf of Linux-IL, so I must ask
>    you to confirm it. The mailing list is too informal for
>    decisions, and I don't know if there is any procedure to vote, so
>    propose a procedure, and if you want to help the event, vote
>    "Yes" when you will be asked to vote.

I fully support joining the event.

> 3. If the installation party will not be cancelled, we will need
>    some volunteer "GURUs" to help with installations.

You got one.

Shachar Tal
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