[NBLUG/talk] Fw: [Ggcs-consultants] Linux Talk at GGCS Meeting, February 27th

[Andrew]

The Golden Gate Computer Socitey ( http://www.ggcs.org/ ) in
Marin will have a talk on Linux tomorrow night in Sam Rafael.
Author Peter van der Linden will be the speaker. It looks like it
will be a beginner level thing. Details can be had here:
http://www.ggcs.org/thismonth.html

A.


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Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 06:52:44 -0800
From: "Joe Lavigne" <jblavigne at msn.com>
Subject: [Ggcs-consultants] Linux Talk at GGCS Meeting, February 27th


The Linux Desktop - unicorn or mule?

Bill Gates denounced it as "communism".   Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer 
called it "a cancer".  What is it about Linux that terrifies Microsoft 
executives, and renders them hysterical over threats to the Windows 
monopoly?

The Linux operating system started as a student's hobby project.  Today 
it is deployed on about 50% of new servers.  IBM has invested more than 
$1 billion in Linux and says Linux is "a major force in IT and the next 
generation of the Internet business."   You probably use Linux every 
day, you just don't know it.  If you have ever Googled for something, 
or bid on EBay, or bought a book at amazon.com, you have been served by 
Linux software.

Peter van der Linden presents an easy and popular "introduction to 
Linux" talk, focusing on desktop use.  Peter has lived and worked in 
Silicon Valley for twenty years, and written 3 best selling books on 
software, including his latest "Peter van der Linden's Guide to Linux".

For people who want to resolve the chronic insecurities of Windows, and 
get away from the "Microsoft virus of the week" club, Peter will 
distribute and demonstrate Linux CDs.  You can boot many kinds of PC 
from this CD, and try Linux with zero installation effort.

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Gates communism quote - http://tinyurl.com/6k2zb
Ballmer cancer quote - http://www.linux.org/news/2001/06/01/0003.html
Guide to Linux - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131872842


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