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Hi, all.

Our next VanLUG meeting will be held on 

  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 (7:30 - 9:00 pm) 

at BCIT, Bldg SE6, Telus Theatre.  For directions, please see

   http://www.comsoc.org/vancouver/bcit.html.

Our theme will be "Linux at IBM".  We'll have two speakers:

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         IBM's Linux Technology Center

                Rick Lindsley
             IBM (Portland, OR)

          http://www.ibm.com/linux

Rick Lindsley had been employed for nine years by Sequent Computers,
working on disk management systems, when IBM purchased them in September
1999. With Sequent now fully integrated (assimilated?) into IBM, he also
found himself with a new position.  He's now a full member in the IBM
Linux Technology Center, a "center" which spans the nation and the globe
(not unlike Linux.) Why is IBM getting involved in Linux? What *is* the
IBM Linux Technology Center?  What do they plan to do to, or for,
Linux?  Rick will address some of these questions in his talk.

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       Linux on the System 390 Mainframe

                Mike Rogers
          Metahost.net (Vancouver, BC)

          http://www.metahost.net/

It's true: IBM mainframes *are* dinosaurs.  But, not the lumbering,
walnut-brained lummoxes like Apatosaurus.  A better analogy might be a
herd of forty thousand Velociraptors.  That's the promise, and reality,
of operating a data centre (like Metahost.net) in which multiple
instances of Linux are run on a System 390 mainframe under VM (Virtual
Machine).  Each instance is completely separate, and can be reconfigured
in minutes. The user has full privileges, can "get root" in their
virtual Linux, just as if it was the native OS in a beige box.  Except
that it's combined with the rock-solid reliability and security of Big
Iron from Big Blue.  So how does it all work?  How well does it all
work?  Mike will address some of these questions in his talk.

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This should be a great meeting.  All are welcome, so please join us! 

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Dave Michelson             
dmichelson@ieee.org