---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Open Source News Ticker Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 17:31:55 -0700 (PDT) From: "Denise Olliffe" To: farli@qwest.net Open Source is Here to Stay...Tim O'Reilly writes that this year's O'Reilly Open Source Convention and Perl Conference 5 is broader and deeper than ever before, with 250 sessions in 14 tracks that cover Linux, Apache, Perl, Python, PHP, MySQL, and more. Get the lowdown on the highlights at http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/tim_letter.html Tim O'Reilly Responds to Andrew Leonard on the Demise of Eazel...Andrew Leonard's gloomy comments on Salon about the demise of Eazel reflect many misconceptions and false assumptions, which Tim challenges. To learn more about the real business successes of the open source movement and why it has become a major force in enterprise computing, go to: http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/342 Long Live Perl...The June 2001 issue of Fast Company calls Perl one of the "best-of-the-best innovations - technologies that set the business agenda". It is listed as one of the ubiquitous technologies of the information age along with the bar code, the .signature file, the lab mouse, the catalytic converter and the Hertz #1 Club Gold program. For the full story, see, http://www.fastcompany.com/online/47/agendaitems.html Bioinformatics and Open Source Software? Read an interview with Cynthia Gibas and Per Jambeck, the authors of O'Reilly's recently released "Developing Bioinformatics Computer Skills," at http://www.oreilly.com/news/bioint_0501.html Discuss the latest issues in bioinformatics, including privacy, peer-to-peer computing, and open source software at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2001/pub/w/os2001/sessions_open.htm l "Fuel the Open Source Alternative" and share with your group these news updates about the O'Reilly Open Source Convention. July 23-27, 2001, Sheraton San Diego Hotel in San Diego, California http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ Register by June 22, 2001, and take advantage of the User Group discount of 20 % off "Early Bird" pricing for conference sessions and tutorials. After June 22nd, discount will be applied to standard pricing. Register Online http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2001/pub/10/register.html Or by Phone: 800-998-9938 With Code DSUG. -- Denise ------------------------------------------------------- -- Jim Bliss comes from within, ignorance from without