Reminder: You MUST RSVP by WEDNESDAY 28-APR-2004 to attend UNIGROUP!
(Please RSVP early so we know how much food to order)
Updated Announcements...
(Note the new "Linux on Wall Street Show" in the Trade Show section!)
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UNIGROUP OF NEW YORK - UNIX USERS GROUP - APRIL 2004 MEETING
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1. UNIGROUP'S APRIL 2004 FIELD TRIP MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
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When: THURSDAY, April 29th, 2004
Where: IBM Building,
12th Floor, Room 1218 <<<< FIELD TRIP LOCATION >>>>
590 Madison Avenue (at 57th Street)
Midtown, NYC
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YOU MUST RSVP TO GET PAST SECURITY, SEE BELOW!
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Time: 6:15 PM - 6:25 PM Registration
6:25 PM - 6:45 PM Ask the Wizard,
Questions, Answers and Current Events
6:45 PM - 7:00 PM Unigroup Business and Announcements
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Main Presentation
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Topic: AIX / AIX 5L Overview and Futures
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Speaker: Bill Sandve,
Program Director, UNIX Product Management
IBM eServer pSeries
Austin, Texas
INTRODUCTIONS:
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Unigroup is finally getting back onto a regular meeting schedule!
Our April 2004 meeting will be a Field Trip Meeting to IBM (see below).
We also have two really great offers for new meeting facilities. One
is at the offices of the Downtown Alliance (and the person in-charge
is a long time Unigroup member, which greatly simplifies meeting
planning), and the other is at a local downtown city college (large
facilities, student participation). Unigroup would like to say THANKS
to everyone who helped us with our search for new facilities.
(More on this later.)
We have 3 meetings lined up, in addition to our Field Trip to IBM...
Next month's meeting, on Thursday, May 20, 2004, will be a meeting
on Kerberos, with a followup meeting (perhaps June or July) on OpenAFS.
Our speaker for both of these meetings will be Jeff Altman. Unigroup
members will remember that Jeff is a past Unigroup speaker (of Kermit95
and Telnet Security Working Group fame). Jeff is currently working on
a series of projects: Project JXTA (Peer to Peer Semantic Overlay
Networks), MIT Kerberos (Core Developer), OpenAFS.ORG (Gatekeeper),
OpenSSL (contributor).
Our planned meeting on Zope (Web Development) is being rescheduled,
and our speakers from Zope Corporation are standing by.
Also, our long time friends and sponsors at HP/Compaq have re-iterated
their ongoing offer for hosting a series of Unigroup Field Trip meetings
throughout the year. As many of you know, our last meeting at HP
was a great hit, for both HP and Unigroup! Many Unigroup members have
been looking forward to our next meeting at HP (and we have already
been talking to potential HP speakers).
Unigroup is also setting up some sort of "Solaris 10 Launch Event" with
Sun, perhaps a Field Trip meeting, but we don't know yet. We have
already made contact with Sun technical staff in NYC!
Main Presentation Introduction:
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Background for IBM's AIX:
AIX is IBM's commercial UNIX operating system, based originally on UNIX
SVR3.2 source code, that was introduced in the mid-1980s with IBM's
initial RISC-based systems known as the RT-PC. AIX Version 3, with
substantial IBM enhancements, was launched in 1990 to support a full
line of new systems known as the RISC System/6000. In a collaboration
with Intel, SCO, Sequent and others known as Project Monterey, IBM
introduced a new version of AIX in the 2000 timeframe that was developed
to support both IBM's RISC systems and systems based on Intel's 64-bit
Itanium processor family. The AIX release for Itanium-based systems did
not progress beyond initial beta deliveries, however, since continued
delays in production availability of Itanium systems eroded the
enthusiasm and critical solution support of partners and ISVs, while
industry focus shifted toward the substantial growth and momentum of
Linux on 32-bit Intel systems. AIXL, with an 'L' added to the formal
product name to denote a priority for interoperability with Linux-based
environments, was then refocused solely on systems based on IBM's 64-bit
POWER processors, supporting what is known today as the IBM eServer
pSeries product line. Currently, AIX is the fastest growing UNIX
operating system environment in the UNIX server market, supporting
seven consecutive quarters of revenue and market share growth by
IBM's pSeries systems worldwide.
** Unigroup would like to thank the following individuals, in
addition to our speaker, for helping us set up this meeting:
- Jim Gleason of the IBM Linux Cluster Group, and NYLUG.
- Dan Dantzic of the IBM Linux Center of Competence.
Jim put us in touch with Dan, and Dan is our host at IBM for this
meeting. Dan is the Program Manager for the IBM Linux Center of
Competence (our meeting location).
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SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
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* IN ORDER TO PASS THROUGH SECURITY, WE NEED YOU TO RSVP
* PRIOR TO THE MEETING DAY, SO WE CAN GET YOUR NAME ON THE ATTENDEE
* LIST. ADVANCE REGISTRATION AND PHOTO ID IS REQUIRED!
* RSVP DEADLINE 28-APR-2004 16:00. <<<< PAY ATTENTION, DEADLINE!
* Keep an eye out on the deadline date and time, as it may change.
Please RSVP if you know you are attending or if you think you may
be attending. This will help us arrange for a letter to security
for all of Unigroup. It will also help us to determine the correct
amount of food and refreshments.
To REGISTER for this event, please RSVP by:
a) If at all possible, please use the Unigroup Registration Page:
http://www.unigroup.org/unigroup-rsvp.html
This will allow us to have some automation in the RSVP process.
b) If you must Email us, send an EMail containing the FIRST and
LAST NAMEs of the persons attending to the Unigroup RSVP
address:
unigroup-rsvp@unigroup.org
The Email subject should start with "RSVP".
You may optionally include your contact phone number (that
day) or other current information.
DO NOT simply reply to this Email, sending us back the entire
announcement (we already have it); leaving the subject as it
was, and NOT containing the phrase "RSVP" as requested. In
that case, your message just looks like failed mail and it
makes it impossible to automate the RSVP process and get
you registered for our event.
ALSO: Do NOT give us an Email address which is over quota
and cannot receive any new Email. This causes us to receive
bounces from your address when we send out the RSVP-ACKs.
You must have a working and valid Email address in order
to get on the Unigroup Meeting Attendee List which will
grant you access to our meetings. Be sure to proof-read
your Email address before submitting the RSVP request.
>>> AND: Do NOT give us an Email address which has anti-spam
processing requiring our automated shell scripts to reply
to your mail servers or visit a web page... THAT WILL _NOT_
HAPPEN! Be sure to add Unigroup to your "allow" lists!
Please continue to check the Unigroup web site:
http://www.unigroup.org
for any last minute updates concerning this meeting. Please
check your Email for any last minute announcements prior to the
meeting. Note that only the Attendee First and Last Names will
be provided to Security.
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Outline of the Main Presentation:
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AIX Session Abstract:
This session will review the history and evolution of IBM's AIX
operating system, discuss key AIX technologies and design features,
provide a glimpse of what's coming in the future roadmap, and
address IBM's strategic positioning of AIX and Linux together
in the UNIX market.
Web Resources:
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IBM AIX website:
http://www.ibm.com/servers/aix
IBM pSeries Infocenter:
http://publib16.boulder.ibm.com/pseries/en_US/infocenter/base/
IBM AIX 5L 5.2 Overview (White Paper):
http://www.ibm.com/servers/aix/whitepapers/aix_ondemand.html
IBM AIX 5L Benefits for System Administrators:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/whitepapers/aix_benefits.html
IBM Cross-reference of AIX 5L, Solaris, and Linux commands:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/whitepapers/solaris_linux_aix_mapping.html
IBM AIX Toolbox for Linux Applications Information:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/download.html
IBM AIX RedBooks: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com
- AIX 5L Differences Guide Version 5.2 Edition, SG24-5765-02
- AIX 5L Performance Tools Handbook, SG24-6039-01
- AIX Reference for Sun Solaris Administrators, SG24-6584-00
- AIX Version 5.2 Security Supplement
(to AIX 5L Version 5.2 Security Guide, SC23-4860)
- AIX 4.3 to 5L Migration Guide, SG24-6924-00
- Developing and Porting C and C++ Applications on AIX, SG24-5764-01
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Speaker Biography:
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Bill Sandve is responsible for product management of UNIX software
products for IBM's pSeries systems, including product strategy,
requirements, and roadmap plans. He holds an M.S. degree in
Computer Science from Iowa State University, and joined IBM in
1977. Bill has managed hardware, software, strategy, and business
development groups associated with AIX and IBM RISC-based systems
since 1983, including recent roles such as Director of AIX Product
Management from 1999-2002. He has also been active in the UNIX
industry as a presenter and panel participant worldwide, and is
IBM's representative on The Open Group's Board of Directors.
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Company Biography:
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IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with
80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on
resources from across IBM and Business Partners, IBM offers a wide
range of services, solutions and technologies that enable
customers, large and small, to take full advantage of the new era
of e-business. For more information about IBM, visit www.ibm.com.
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Giveaways:
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O'Reilly has been kind enough to provide us with some of their
books, which we will continue to raffle off as giveaways at our
meetings.
Addison-Wesley Professional/Prentice Hall PTR has been kind
enough to provide us with some of their books, which we will
continue to raffle off as giveaways at our meetings.
Addison-Wesley also has a new end-user discount, available
through their User Group program. We will be announcing the
details at our next meeting!
Unigroup would like to thank both companies for the support
provided by their User Group programs.
Note: The chances tend to be about 1 in 5, that any attendee of
our meeting will walk away with a fairly valuable giveaway
(ie. many of these books are valued between $30 and $60)!
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Fee Schedule:
Yearly Membership (includes all meetings): $ 50.00
* Non-Member Single Meeting: $ 20.00
Student Yearly Membership: $ 20.00
Non-Member Student Single Meeting (with ID): $ 5.00
Payment Methods: Cash, Check, American Express.
==> Unigroup is the Greater NYC Regional Area Affiliate
of UniForum - an International Unix Users Group.
Our Joint Membership Program with UniForum is currently
on hold due to circumstances at UniForum. For information
about UniForum visit http://www.uniforum.org.
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Complimentary Food and Refreshments will be served. This includes
sandwiches such as turkey, roast beef, chicken, tuna and grilled
vegetables as well as cookies, bottled water and assorted beverages.
There should also be pasta and mixed greens salads available.
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Directions:
The IBM Building is at 590 Madison Avenue in Midtown NYC,
which is the corner building at East 57th Street.
Please visit the MTA site for mass transit directions:
http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/maps/index.html
Enter the building using the main doors (behind the statue).
Check in with the security guards.
Take the elevators to the IBM Linux Center of Competence on
the 12th floor. Look for the Unigroup meeting in Room 1218.
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Please mark this meeting on your calendar and join us!
Please tell your friends about Unigroup!
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2. UPCOMING MEETINGS
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We have a series of meetings in the works:
- Kerberos - Jeff Altman - May 2004
- OpenAFS - Jeff Altman - Planned
- Zope / Web Page Development - Zope Corporation - Planned
- Solaris 10 - Launch Event - Field Trip to Sun (tentative)
- Unix/Linux/BSD and Wireless Communications/Security
- IPsec
- DNS
- Unix 30th Birthday Celebration
- iSCSI, Serial ATA, and other new peripheral technologies
- Unix Clusters and Clustered Databases
- Linux Clustering Part 3: Beowulf version 2
- Building a Firewall using FreeBSD and Linux
- High Performance Internet Servers / Web Acceleration
- Unix Office Tools: Word Processors, Spreadsheets, Accounting Packages.
- PKI
- GNU Development Environments
- Meetings on a variety of Sun/Solaris/Java topics
Please let us know about any other meeting topics that you may be
interested in. Potential speakers on Unix related technology topics
should contact the Unigroup board at uniboard@unigroup.org.
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3. PRIOR MEETINGS
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Unigroup would like to thank our speakers from our November 2003 meeting:
Main Presentation:
Topic: IPv6 - IP Version 6
Speakers: Greg Rabil and Tim Rooney from Lucent Technologies
Mini-Presentation:
Topic: Promiscuous Monitoring with "ifchk"
Speaker: Josh Birnbaum from Noorg, Inc.
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4. UNIGROUP INFORMATION
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Unigroup is one of the oldest and largest Unix User's Groups serving
the Greater New York City Regional Area since the early 1980s. Unigroup
is a not-for-profit, vendor-neutral and member funded volunteer
organization. Unigroup holds regular and special event meetings
throughout the year on technical topics relating to Unix and the Unix
User Community. Unigroup is also the Greater NYC Regional Area Affiliate
of UniForum - an International Unix Users Group.
Unigroup holds regular meetings planned for (at a minimum) the Third
THURSDAY of Odd Months. We generally try to hold Field Trip Meetings on
the Even Months, although we will have the ability to hold monthly
meetings at our new downtown meeting location.
Planned meeting dates are: 4/29/2004, 5/20/2004, 6/17/2004, ...
Watch for our Special Event meetings at the various trade shows in NYC
as well as "field trips" to the facilities of local hardware and
software vendors.
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For further information or to get on the Unigroup Electronic Mail Mailing
List send an EMail message to:
unilist@unigroup.org
To contact the Board of Directors of Unigroup, send an EMail message to:
uniboard@unigroup.org
To contact the Newsletter Editor, send an EMail message to:
editor@unigroup.org
If you have recently attended a meeting and you are not receiving
Email announcements, please send us an Email and we will make
corrections to our lists.
Please Email the Board with any suggestions, especially potential
meeting topics and speakers. Unigroup welcomes contributions and
content suggestions for our newsletter. Unigroup is a volunteer
organization and we need your assistance! Please let us know if you
can help!
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5. TRADE SHOWS
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Linux on Wall Street Show & Conference
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The Linux on Wall Street Show will be at the Roosevelt Hotel in NYC,
(located at Madison Ave and 45th Street, next to Grand Central Station),
for ONE DAY ONLY, THIS WEEK, on:
Wed Apr 28 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
For more information, or for complimentary online registration, visit:
http://www.linuxonwallstreet.com
Unigroup members have been invited to the show, and the post-show event
by the show management. The evening cocktail reception will be at
the IBM Linux Center of Competence. (by now, you should all know
where that is... you can scout out the Unigroup meeting room for
Thursday evening while you are there :-)).
You must register for each event individually (follow the links)!
If you attend, please let people know that you heard about the event
through Unigroup!
CeBit 2004
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The CeBit Show is coming to the Javits Center in NYC on these dates:
Tue May 25 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wed May 26 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thu May 27 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
For more information, or for complimentary online registration, visit:
http://www.cebit-america.com
SIA Show - TMC2004 - Securities Industry Technology Management Conference
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The SIA Show is coming to the Hilton New York in NYC on these dates:
Tue Jun 8 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Wed Jun 9 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thu Jun 10 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
For more information, or for complimentary online registration, visit:
http://www.sia.com/tmc2004
*Please let us know about any local trade shows which may be of interest
to our membership, and are not listed above.
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I hope to see you all at our next meeting!
-Rob Weiner
Unigroup Executive Director
unilist@unigroup.org
http://www.unigroup.org
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