Fwd: Newsletter #9 from O'Reilly UG Program

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Subject: Newsletter #9 from O'Reilly UG Program
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 13:57:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Denise Olliffe <deniseo@oreilly.com>
To: farli@unitywave.com


O'Reilly User Group Program
NEWSLETTER
Volume 1, #9

I would like to say to that I hope you and your loved ones are safe at
this devastating time in our country. If you get the chance, please
drop me a line and let me know how you are.

At times like these, it is sometimes best to keep some semblance of
normalcy, and I hope you agree. In that spirit, here's our news:


HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK...
Books:
- Java and XSLT
- T1: A Survival Guide
- VB .NET Language in a Nutshell
- Fall Promotion
News:
- O'Reilly's Conference in D.C. POSTPONED
- Learning the C# Error Handling Mechanism
- Teaching Kids to Program with REALbasic
- O'Reilly Releases "DocBook: The Definitive Guide" Under the GNU License
- CrossOver Brings QuickTime Movies to Linux: Part 1


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NEWS from O'Reilly & Beyond
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I would be grateful if you would alert your group to the news they'd
find valuable.

POSTPONED:
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Due to the attack on NY and our nation's capital this week, the
O'Reilly Peer-to-Peer and Web Services Conference, scheduled to begin
next week in D.C., has been postponed. To keep updated on new dates, go
to: http://conferences.oreilly.com/p2p/ Please inform your members if
you believe they intended on going. We have already contacted those
who have registered.

APPLE/MAC:
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Teaching Kids to Program with REALbasic
Teaching a few programming basics to kids will show them what's really
going on behind the monitor, and REALbasic is a great tool for the
task. Here are some fun programming projects that children can grasp,
by Matt Neuburg, the author of O'Reilly's upcoming "REALbasic: The
Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition".
http://mac.oreilly.com/news/realbasic_0901.html

Open Source:
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O'Reilly Releases "DocBook: The Definitive Guide" Under the GNU License:
Recognizing the natural fit between an open documentation standard and
open source development, O'Reilly & Associates has released "DocBook:
The Definitive Guide" under the Free Software Foundation's GNU Free
Documentation License version 1.1.
http://web.oreilly.com/news/docbooklic_0901.html

CrossOver Brings QuickTime Movies to Linux: Part 1
Writing for O'Reilly's Linux DevCenter, Derrick Story rejoices that
QuickTime multimedia capabilities are finally available for Linux
users, and he examines the new CrossOver plug-in that makes this
possible.
http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/09/06/crossover_partone.html

.NET
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Learning the C# Error Handling Mechanism
Writing for O'Reilly's .NET DevCenter, Budi Kurniawan introduces error
handling in C# and offers examples on how to use it. To learn more
about Microsoft's latest programming language, don't miss O'Reilly's
recently released "Programming C#."
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2001/09/04/error_handling.html

To help make the move from COM to .NET as smooth as possible, here are
some migration tips and strategies by Juval Lowy, the author of
O'Reilly's upcoming "COM and .NET Component Services."
>From COM to .NET
http://dotnet.oreilly.com/news/comdotnet_0901.html



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BOOK NEWS
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REVIEW COPIES AVAILABLE
Please email me to request review copies.
Press announcements are available for your use, please ask for a copy.

Fall Promotion
Buy two O'Reilly books from participating booksellers and choose a
third book of equal or lesser value for free. All O'Reilly titles in
print qualify. This limited-time offer is valid only in the U.S. and
Canada. For a list of booksellers, go to:
http://www.oreilly.com/news/retailpromo_0901.html

Books Just Released:
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Java and XSLT
http://oreilly.com/catalog/javaxslt/
Sample Chapter 5: XSLT Processing with Java
http://oreilly.com/catalog/javaxslt/chapter/ch05.html

T1: A Survival Guide
http://oreilly.com/catalog/t1survival/
Sample Chapter 5: Timing, Clocking, and Synchronization in the
T-carrier System
http://oreilly.com/catalog/t1survival/chapter/ch05.html

VB .NET Language in a Nutshell
http://oreilly.com/catalog/vbdotnetnut/
Appendix A: What's New and Different in VB .NET
http://oreilly.com/catalog/vbdotnetnut/chapter/appa.html




Be well. Until next week,
Denise

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