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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=043200015-02082004>Augie:
Good to be introduced and in addition to suggesting a few Authors as speakers, I
hope NBLUG will choose to participate in the Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall PTR
User Group Program. (more to come).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=043200015-02082004>More
immediately, for any of your members who may be attending LinuxWorld at the
Moscone Center in downtown SF starting tomorrow, wanted you to know there will
be a pow-wow lineup of authors participating in a meet-the-author session
tomorrow, Tuesday the 3rd, starting at 1pm at the Addison-Wesley/prentice Hall
PTR Booth #1276. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=043200015-02082004>The
participating authors are listed below. Please circulate among your group
members!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>*************************</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2><FONT face=Arial>Heather Fox,<STRONG> </STRONG>Publicist & User Group
Liaison for </FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall PTR/ IBM
Press</STRONG></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>(phone) 201.236.7139;
heather.fox@pearsoned.com</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>www.awprofessional.com; www.phptr.com</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Geographic Location: </FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>c/o Pearson
Education, 1 Lake St., #3K17, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458</FONT> </P>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><EM><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 48pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">LINUXWORLD
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">MEET-THE-AUTHOR
EVENT!!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">WHAT</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">: COME MEET WORLD-CLASS
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">TECHNOLOGY BOOK
AUTHORS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">WHEN:
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN
class=043200015-02082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> </FONT></SPAN>T<FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=043200015-02082004> OMORROW, </SPAN><SPAN
class=043200015-02082004> <FONT face="Book Antiqua" color=#000000
size=5>t</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT>uesday, August 3<SUP>rd</SUP>, from
1pm-2pm<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">WHERE:
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<H3>Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall PTR Booth #1276<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></H3>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">WHO:
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Participating Authors
include:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 37.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -19.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 37.5pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">1)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Bernard
Golden</SPAN></U></B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">:</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> new book is
<B><I>"Succeeding with Open Source"</I></B>; he is CEO of Silicon Valley-based
software firm, Navica <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 37.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -19.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 37.5pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">2)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Andi
Gutmans</SPAN></U></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">: forthcoming book is
<B><I>"PHP 5 Power Programming"</I></B>; Gutmans is a member of the PHP core
team<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 37.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -19.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 37.5pt"><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">3)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></I></B><B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Tony
Howlett</SPAN></U></B><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> new book is <B><I>"Open
Source Security Tools: A Practical Guide to Security Applications"</I></B>;
Howlett is the president of Network Security Services<B><I><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></I></B></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 37.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -19.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 37.5pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">4)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Nigel
McFarlane:</SPAN></U></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> latest book is <B><I>"Rapid
Application Development with Mozilla"</I></B>; he is a science and technology
writer, analyst, and programmer</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 37.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -19.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 37.5pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">5)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Robin
Miller:</SPAN></U></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">his forthcoming book is
<B><I>"Point & Click Linux!"</I></B>; he is editor-in-chief of OSDN (which
includes Slashdot, Sourceforge, etc.)</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 37.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -19.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 37.5pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">6)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></B><B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">George Neville-Neil:
</SPAN></U></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">his new
book is <B><I>"The Design & Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating
System"</I>; </B>he is a professional programmer and sits on the editorial board
of ACM's Queue magazine </SPAN><B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 37.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -19.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 37.5pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">7)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></B><B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Bruce Perens:
</SPAN></U></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">He
edits the <B><I>Bruce Perens' Open Source Series</I></B>; he
is</SPAN><B><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">founder or co-founder of the
<A href="http://www.opensource.org/"><FONT color=#000000>Open Source
Initiative</FONT></A>, The <A href="http://www.linuxbase.org/"><FONT
color=#000000>Linux Standard Base</FONT></A>, <A
href="http://www.spi-inc.org/"><FONT color=#000000>Software in the Public
Interest</FONT></A>, and <A href="http://www.nocode.org/"><FONT
color=#000000>No-Code International</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 37.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -19.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 37.5pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">8)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></B><B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Larry
Rosen:</SPAN></U></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">His new book is<B><I> "Open
Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law"</I></B>; he is
general counsel for the Open Source Initiative</SPAN><B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 37.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -19.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 37.5pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">9)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></B><B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Mark Sobell:
</SPAN></U></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">His new
book is <B><I>"A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux: Fedora Core & Red Hat
Enterprise Linux"</I></B>; he is a long-time author of UNIX and, more recently,
Linux books</SPAN><B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 37.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -19.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 37.5pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">10)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></B><B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>John H. Terpstra: </SPAN></U></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">His new book is
<B><I>"Samba-3 By Example: Practical Exercises for Successful Deployment";
</I></B>he is a Samba consultant and long-time member of the worldwide
Samba-Team</SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" color=#000000 size=3><SPAN class=043200015-02082004><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> </FONT></SPAN></FONT> </FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>*************************</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Arial>Heather Fox,<STRONG> </STRONG>Publicist & User Group Liaison
for </FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall PTR/ IBM
Press</STRONG></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>(phone) 201.236.7139;
heather.fox@pearsoned.com</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>www.awprofessional.com; www.phptr.com</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Geographic Location: </FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>c/o Pearson
Education, 1 Lake St., #3K17, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458</FONT>
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