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2nd Conference on Free Software
Author: peter
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 00:00
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 00:00
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[ Russell Nelson's tutorial on qmail should be of
particular interest to readers of these groups.
Please repost this wherever you think is appropriate!
And/or suggest mailing lists and newsgroups to:
gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu ]
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2nd Annual Conference on Freely Redistributable Software
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San Francisco, CA, USA * February 19-21, 1997
Sponsored by Cygnus Solutions and the Free Software Foundation
Join us in San Francisco on February 19-21, for the second conference that
uniquely brings together implementors, publishers, support organizations,
and users of freely redistributable software.
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Tutorials
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Tutorials will be held from 8:30am to noon on both Thursday
and Friday; tutorial students will get free lunch on each day
(12-1:30pm).
The Thursday tutorials are
gawk (Arnold Robbins)
Guile (Jim Blandy)
Introduction to Java (Jeffrey Hsu)
Introduction to Linux (Phil Hughes)
The Friday tutorials are
Advanced Emacs (Richard Stallman)
Commercial Channels (Don Rosenberg)
DejaGNU (Ron Savoye)
qmail (Russell Nelson)
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Conference Schedule
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Wednesday, February 1997
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Cygnus Users Group Meeting (for information, see:
http://www.cygnus.com/conference/cug-1997.html)
Thursday, February 20, 1997
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7:30-8:00 Registration
Tutorials TT1 TT2 TT3 TT4
8:00-10:00am Guile gawk Intro. to Java Intro. to Linux
10:00-10:15am Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break
10:15-12:00am Guile gawk Intro. to Java Intro. to Linux
12:00-1:30pm Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
1:30-5:00 Multiple presentation tracks
6:00 Dinner---featuring a keynote speech by noted futurist,
SF (Science Fiction) author, and Hugo Award winner
Vernor Vinge
Friday, February 21, 1997
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7:30-8:00 Registration
Tutorials FT1 FT2 FT3 FT4
8:00-10:00am qmail Commercial Advanced Emacs DejaGNU
Channels
10:00-10:15am Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break
10:15-12:00am qmail Commercial Advanced Emacs DejaGNU
Channels
12:00-1:30pm Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
1:30-5:00 Multiple presentation tracks
Presentations
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In addition to the multiple presentation tracks running from 1:30pm to
5:00pm on Thursday and Friday, we also have invited a group of experts
to discuss the latest issues and developments concerning free software
in a panel discussion.
For the latest information, see
http://www.cygnus.com/conference/fsc-1997.html/
or http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/conferences/97san-fran/announcement.html
or contact
jeacline@cygnus.com
or call
+1 415 903 1442
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Hotel Information
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The conference will be held at the San Francisco Hilton and Towers Hotel in
downtown San Francisco.
Rooms are being held at special conference rates until January 19, 1997.
All reservations must be made directly with the hotel by calling
1-800-445-8667 or +1-415-771-1400. To qualify for the conference rate,
please identify yourself as a Free Software Conference attendee. If you
need special facilities or services, please notify the hotel at the time of
reservation. A guarantee by check or credit card is required for any
arrival after 6pm. Cancellations on a guaranteed reservation must occur
more than 48 hours prior to specified arrival time to ensure a refund.
The special conference room rates are:
Single $160
Double $180
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Conference Registration Information and Form
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Photocopy, complete, and return this form to address below, or by fax to
+1.415.903.1461 (along with proper payment), and you'll be pre-registered!
Cygnus Solutions
FSC Registrations
1937 Landings Drive
Mountain View, CA 94043
PACKAGE By Jan. 20 After Jan. 20
(please circle your choice and add total on bottom)
Full Conference $650 $800
(Includes tutorials, lunches,
presentations, dinner)
Students (with student ID) $150 $200
Tutorials Only
-- One day $300 $450
-- Two days $345 $600
Presentations Only $300 $450
Optional donation to FSF $100 $____
Total: $___ $____
Name: -------------------------------------------------------
Title: ______________________________________________________
Company: ____________________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________
Country: ____________________________________________________
Telephone: __________________________________________________
Fax: ________________________________________________________
E-mail: _____________________________________________________
I wish to register for:
(Thursday Tutorials) (Friday Tutorials) (Presentations).
If you registered for the tutorials, please select a lunch menu below:
Thursday Chicken Beef Vegetarian Turkey Ham&Cheese
Friday Chicken Beef Vegetarian Turkey Ham&Cheese
This form must be postmarked by February 10, 1997 for pre-registration
pricing.
PAYMENTS
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Payments accepted in US Dollars only. Make all checks payable to Cygnus
Solutions.
Enclosed: (Check) (Money Order) (Credit Card (MasterCard) (Visa))
Credit Card Number: ---------------------------------------------
Expiration Date: ________________________________________________
Signature: ______________________________________________________
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Cancellations
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Registrations canceled after January 20, 1997 are subject to a 50%
cancellation fee. No refunds will be made for registrations canceled after
February 9, 1997. Substitutions may be made at any time before the first day
of the program.
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Peter H. Salus #3303 4 Longfellow Place Boston, MA 02114
peter@pedant.com +1 617 723 3092
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