-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, January 17 Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 12:42:52 -0800 (PST) From: Denise Olliffe To: farli@unitywave.com NEWSLETTER O'Reilly User Group Program January 17, 2002 HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK BOOKS: - Mastering Perl TK -- New! NEWS: - An Interview with Brian McConnell - O'Reilly Teams Up with FOSDEM - Does Publicly Funded Research Have to Result in Open Source Code? - Is Jabber's Chatbot the Command Line of the Future? - Web Services Acronyms, Demystified - Six Things a SysAdmin Should Know About XP CONFERENCES: - Help O'Reilly, Get Free Stuff ================================================ BOOK NEWS ================================================ REVIEW COPIES AVAILABLE, email me for a copy. Press Releases available at: http://press.oreilly.com/ NEW TO THE O'REILLY BOOKSHELF: - --------------------------------- MASTERING PERL TK Order Number: 7168 The first half of "Mastering Perl TK" contains the basics on how to use Perl/Tk, and then branches out into advanced applications, including extensive program examples. This book is for novices and experienced Perl/Tk programmers alike. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastperltk/ ATTENTION: Review copy requests ARE being sent, however they may take longer than usual. PLEASE BE PATIENT. Due to the past holiday, our warehouse is busier than usual, and I am more behind (than usual)! REMINDER: Reviews are important to us. If we send a free review copy, please be sure to have the book reviewed by a group member. Once written, send me a copy. Thanks. TOP FIVE SELLING O'REILLY TITLES FOR 2001: - Programming Perl, 3rd Edition - XML in a Nutshell - Learning XML - DNS & BIND, 4th Edition - Java in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition Let me know if you'd like to review one of these titles ================================================ NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND ================================================ Spread the word to your members.... GENERAL INTEREST - ------------------ AN INTERVIEW WITH BRIAN MCCONNELL Space.com talks with Brian about the SETI project and the future of space exploration. Brian's book, "Beyond Contact: A Guide to SETI for its ongoing series, "The Space Library." http://www.space.com//spacelibrary/books/library_mcconnell_020111.html OPEN SOURCE - ------------------ O'REILLY TEAMS UP WITH FOSDEM to organize the Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM), February 16-17, 2002 in Brussels. Speakers include DJ Adams, Ian Clarke, Philip Hazel, Miguel de Icaza, Richard M. Stallman, and many others. Also in February, O'Reilly will release a new book on Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation, "Free as in Freedom." http://www.fosdem.org/ DOES PUBLICLY FUNDED RESEARCH HAVE TO RESULT IN OPEN SOURCE CODE? Read two opposing viewpoints on whether all software created by publicly funded research should be licensed as open source. For further discussion on this issue, don't miss the upcoming O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/01/12/openinf.html PEER TO PEER - ------------------ IS JABBER'S CHATBOT THE COMMAND LINE OF THE FUTURE? Here's an introduction to bots--with particular attention paid to ChatBot, a favorite in the Jabber community--by DJ Adams, the author of O'Reilly's recently released "Programming Jabber." http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2002/01/11/jabber_bots.html WEB - ------------------ WEB SERVICES ACRONYMS, DEMYSTIFIED Here is a guide to the protocols and specifications behind more than 20 Web services acronyms, by Pavel Kulchenko, coauthor of "Programming Web Services with SOAP." http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/01/09/soap.html WINDOWS XP - ------------------ SIX THINGS A SYSADMIN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT XP Here's a list of the most important elements of Windows XP to keep in mind when making the migration from earlier versions of Windows: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2002/01/10/xp.html ================================================ O'REILLY CONFERENCES ================================================ O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference Westin Santa Clara & Santa Clara Convention Center May 13-16, 2002, Santa Clara, CA http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etcon2002/ The O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference is more than a showcase of vendors and technologies. You'll enter a mix of the most innovative technologists, programmers, business developers and policy-makers, becoming part of a conversation that explores and invents this growing realm. Through sessions, Birds of a Feather meetings, hallway conversations, and chance encounters, you'll become involved in the creation of this new network. You'll also test drive the latest products and services from over 50 sponsors and exhibitors, and meet the professionals behind these new technologies. Keynote Speakers - --Adam Bosworth, vice president of engineering, BEA Systems, Inc. - --Steven Johnson, co-founder, Feed; Author, "Emergence" and "Interface Culture" - --Dr. Robert Morris, director, IBM Almaden Research Center - --Tim O'Reilly, founder & president, O'Reilly & Associates - --Dr. Richard F. Rashid, senior vice president of research, Microsoft User group discount is 20% for conferences. Use the discount code: DSUG. Register before March 22nd, and receive a double discount! Your 20% will apply towards already reduced "Early Bird" pricing if you register early. ================================================ HELP O'REILLY CONFERENCES, GET FREE STUFF ================================================ Yes, there's nothing like a good, old-fashioned bribe, and I'd like to send one your way.... Post an O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference banner on your UG web site and I'll send you something in return (book, T-shirt or other swag, you pick.) Just let me know when it's been posted. Banners can be found at: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/18/banner_ads.html Have the banner link to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etcon2002/ ================================================ ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM YOUR PEERS ================================================ BELLEVUE, WA: NorthWest Oracle Users Group (NWOUG) Winter Conference and Seminars February 4-5, 2002 Meydenbauer Conventon Center Bellevue, Washington For complete conference agenda and registration information, see: http://www.nwoug.com/conferences/feb2002.htm Registration is now open Lunch is provided both days If your group has an event you'd like me to post, let me know. Until next week, - --Denise - ------------------------------------------------------- - -- Jim Freedom is worth preserving -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQA/AwUBPEdRcCsk3ywszI1FEQLvBACgk5FFGuBpgjbgJJxGQWRxnvn3+qgAn2s1 NW8IC8V28yNt7xHVjgC9TUVF =8oN6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----