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                     NLUUG Autumn Conference 1993



       "NON COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE IN PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTS"



                     Tuesday November 2, 1993
               'De Reehorst' Ede, The Netherlands



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                           INTRODUCTION
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Non Commercial Software, such as Public Domain software, ShareWare,
Free Sources CopyLeft, etc. usually has a negative connotion in the
professional automation environment. Arguments like: "Not supported",
"No future", "Bad quality", "Causes trouble by local changing of
sources", "Costs are to high for maintenance", etc. are often heard.

Probably Non Commercial is used in most computer environments today,
either by individuals for their own benefits (or risks), or sometimes
by organizational use of a software package. It may not be widely
known in the organization, because of several reasons: the software
was part of the commercial (software)systems they bought, because the
software was individually installed and is now used by others,...

Some of the lectures and tutorials will be on the issue of using
Public Domain Software used in Professional Environments.

On the other hand, there are a lot of enthusiastic users. Their
arguments are: "You get to know how it really works", "Maintenance is
very easy because you can look into the source", "It's for free", "It
is of much higher quality than commercial equivalents", "Lacks
commercial availability", etc.

Non Commercial Software has come a long way. Kermit was one of the
first widely used pieces of free software more than 10 years ago, now
there are several fullblown Unix systems available, with X11 window
systems, GNU compilers and TeX text processing. Big applications
pakcages like the GNU project, Khoros, GRASS and a huge number of
smaller packages ranging from complex tools (MH messages, Gopher info
services, etc.) to more single enduser applications (xv, tcpdump, etc.)

Use of Non Commercial Software raises many questions about the
bennefits and drawbacks:

 * what Non Commercial Software is available and how do you get it?

 * where does the currently available free software come from? Who is
   funding programming, distributing, maintaining, etc. What is the
   (near) future of free software?

 * what is the 'quality' of the software, it's documentation,
   distribution and support?

 * what are the real costs, 'it comes for free with source' versus
   'maintenance costs'.

 * what is the impact of free available software in the computer
   industry? Does it sell extra hardware? Are there any drawbacks on
   professional software development?

To address all these questions with this conference, there is a track
with talks about 'strategic' questions, both as seen from the
standpoint of the user or as of those who build or distribute Non
Commercial Software. There are tutorials about filesystems, TeX, News
and Email. Technical talks, covering a broad range of free software
packages, make up the other tracks of the conference. 



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             Overview of the NLUUG AUTUMN CONFERENCE 1993
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                    STUDIO II                       STUDIO III

08:30+-----------------------------------------------------------------
     |                      Subscription and Coffee
09:00|-----------------------------------------------------------------
     |                                  |           Opening
     |                                  |     Marten van Gelderen 
     |                                  |(chair NLUUG)         
09:15|-----------------------------------------------------------------
     |                                  |The 'Free' Software Phenomenon
     |                                  |    Marshall Kirk McKusick 
     |                                  |(UCB)                       k1
10:00|-----------------------------------------------------------------
     |Khoros binnen de aardwetenschappen|     Linux - a Case Study
     |    J. Hartmann, P. van Leusen    |        Linus Torvalds
     |(UvA)                           L1|(Univ. of Helsinki)         L8
10:45|-----------------------------------------------------------------
     |       PD Ontwikkelomgeving       |      Internet Resources
     |      Aernoud van der Wielen      |        Jeroen Vanheste
     |(USN)                          L10|(Tunix)                     L9
11:30|-----------------------------------------------------------------
     |                             Coffee break
12:00|-----------------------------------------------------------------
     |  What is TeX etc. all about?     | Netwerk-services mbv Gopher
     |         Kees van der Laan        |      Peter Valkenburg
     |(RU Groningen)                  L3|(VU Amsterdam)             L11
12:45|-----------------------------------------------------------------
     |                                Lunch
14:15|-----------------------------------------------------------------
     |            Khoros 2.0            |      X11, een overzicht
     |            Neil Bowers           |        Ronald Pikkert
     |(University of New Mexico)      L4|(AT Computing)             L12
15:00|-----------------------------------------------------------------
     |  A Technical Overview of GRASS   |           XFree86
     |            Kenn Gardels          |         Dirk Hohndel
     |(Univ. of California)           L5|(Univ. Wuerzburg)           L6
15:45|-----------------------------------------------------------------
     |                              Tea break
16:15|-----------------------------------------------------------------
     |              386BSD              |           Python
     |          William Jolitz          |      Guido van Rossum
     |                                L7|(CWI)                       L2
17:00|-----------------------------------------------------------------
     |              BSD/386             |   GNU software dev. tools
     |          Peter Collinson         |      Joseph Arceneaux
     |(BSDI)                         L14|(Arceneaux)                L13
17:45|-----------------------------------------------------------------
     |                               Borrel
18:30+-----------------------------------------------------------------


                    ERICA                           CALLUNA

08:30-----------------------------------------------------------------+
                            Subscription and Coffee                   |
09:00-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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10:00-----------------------------------------------------------------|
        PD Software - conflict modellen |     Installatie/onderhoud   |
                  Joop Lanting          |          USENET news        |
      (UNISYS)                        s1|                             |
10:45-----------------------------------|                             |
            GRASS an Open System        |                             |
                Kenn Gardels            |         Ted Lindgreen       |
      (Univ. of California)           s2|(NLnet)                    t1|
11:30-----------------------------------------------------------------|
                                   Coffee break                       |
12:00-----------------------------------------------------------------|
           Niet-commerciele software    |  NLnet voor niet-Unix gebr. |
                 Johan Vromans          |    Martijn Roos Lindgreen   |
      (NLnet)                         s3|(NLnet)                    t2|
12:45-----------------------------------------------------------------|
                                      Lunch                           |
14:15-----------------------------------------------------------------|
      Linux in een commerciele omgeving |    An Introduction to the   |
                Hans de Hartog          |       4.4BSD Filesystems    | 
      (Comm.Cons.)                    s4|                             |
15:00------------------------------------                             |
        How Eudora Became Commercial    |                             |
                Steve Dorner            |    Marshall Kirk McKusick   |
      (QualComm)                      s5|(UCB)                      t3|
15:45-----------------------------------------------------------------|
                                    Tea break                         |
16:15-----------------------------------------------------------------|
       Planning for maintaining Khoros  |       (La)TeX en Tools      |
               Neil Bowers              |   binnen de UNIX omgeving   |
      (Univ. of New Mexico)           s6|                             |
17:00------------------------------------                             |
      Strategieen voor informatiesyst.  |                             |
              Chel van Gennip           |         Piet van Oostrum    |
      (BAZIS)                         s7|(RU Utrecht)               t4|
17:45-----------------------------------------------------------------|
                                     Borrel                           |
18:30-----------------------------------------------------------------+


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                 ORGANIZATION OF THE CONFERENCE
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The NLUUG autumn conference registration starts at 8.30 a.m. The
lectures are scheduled from 9.30 a.m. until approximately 18.00 p.m.

`De Reehorst' is situated at a walking distance (ca. 10 minutes) from
the Dutch Railway-station 'Ede-Wageningen', address: Bennekomseweg 24.
In Ede De Reehorst is signposted. Parking facilities are available for
DFl 3,--/day.

The proceedings of this conference will be handed out on site. These
proceedings will include contributions by both speakers and tutors.

During the conference the NLUUG will hold a desk with information
regarding NLUUG and EurOpen. Between the lectures members of the NLUUG
board will be present to answer any questions you may have.

`Stichting NLnet' will be present with its own desk, at which the
latest information will be available regarding email, news, etc.
Between the lectures the system administrator of the NLnet 
will be present at this desk.

During the conference there will be a book stall with a wide collection
relevant books.

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                      REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT
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Please register for this conference by completing the appended
registration form and by sending it to (by email):

  Buro NLUUG --- Marielle Klatten
  <nluug-buro@nluug.nl>
  p/a Transmediair, Postbus 297, 3720 AG Bilthoven, The Netherlands
  Tel: (+31)(0)30-291718, fax: (+31)(0)30-292294. 
  Postbank: 23.53.318, t.n.v. NLUUG, Bilthoven.

Your registration for this autumn conference will be finalised if,
before October 25 1993:

  1. we have received your registration form; AND
  2. payment of the amount due has been received.

To ensure a didactical quality of the tutorials a maximum number of
attendees per tutorial will hold. Please indicate on the registration
form which tutorial(s) you wish to attend. NOTE: This will not
guarantee the right to attend a tutorial. 

Costs for the conference (including lunch) are:

  DFl  125,-  for members of the NLUUG. 
  DFl  350,-  for non-members. 
  DFl   30,-  for students --- on presentation of student card. 

On November 2, 1993 you will find the NLUUG registration desk in the
'Wintertuin' of De Reehorst.  Registration of attendees of whom the
registration form has been received before October 25, 1993, will be
given preferential treatment. Upon receipt of your registration form
the NLUUG Buro will invoice the account specified. This invoice is also
the confirmation of your registration. Payment must be received before
November 2, 1993.

If on November 2, 1993 payment has not been received by the NLUUG, but
payment has been made, you will be required to personally guarantee
payment within a month. If one month after the conference, payment has
not been received an additional 50% of the amount outstanding will be
invoiced.


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                          REGISTRATION FORM  
                      NLUUG AUTUMN CONFERENCE 
                          NOVEMBER 2, 1993
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           Organisation :
                Contact :
                Address :
                   City :
                  Phone :
NLUUG membership number :
                   Name :
            Tutorial(s) :



Please add an 't[1-4]' to the name(s) for the tutorials you intend to
join. The number of attendees per tutorial is limited. Your information
is ONLY used to optimise organisational planning and does NOT garantee
a place at the tutorial!

Tutorial(s):

t1 Installatie en onderhoud    t3 An Introduction to the 4.4BSD
      van USENET news                   Filesystems
t2 NLnet voor niet-Unix        t4 Overzicht voor systeemmanagers
      gebruikers                        over La(Tex)

Send this form to:  <nluug-buro@nluug.nl> 
BEFORE October 22, 1993

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