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SAGE-AU Queensland Chapter Meeting - May 1998
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*   Date:         14/05/98 (Second Thursday of the month)

*   Time:         7:00 - 9:00 pm

TITLE: The Complete Circle, or is it?
        
        Stuart Remphrey
        Sun Microsystems
        stuart.remphrey@aus.sun.com

ABSTRACT

As many people can remember, serious computer usage really began with a
large, powerful mainframe computer driving many dumb, or slightly
graphical, terminals.  Technology then moved the computing power to the
desktop with powerful PC's and unix machines running applications
locally.  With the advent of the Network Computer and Sun's Java
workstations, it appears that a combination of both technologies is the
future.  This talk will give a brief history of computer usage, but
will be mainly concerned with where the future of computing appears to
be going.

An example of how this technology can be used will be shown using
JavaStations, including Web browsing; using Java-based X, ICA and ASCII
emulators for access to other systems; and native Java applications.
Note that this will not be a sales pitch, but more a technical
discussion of where the industry is heading and the problems that must
be overcome if this is to be achieved.

Stuart Remphrey currently works as a Systems Engineer with Sun
Microsystems, dealing mainly with Solaris on Sun servers.  He has 15
years in the industry and has also worked as a Systems Engineer with
Pyramid, Wang and Lionel Singer Corporation, specialising in Unix based
systems.

##  Venue:        Conference Room, Entry 4(See map)
##                One Park Road
##                1 Park Road
##                Milton, Brisbane
##                (Bus     - No. 10, approx 5:40pm & 6:20pm       )
##                (          top of Adelaide St. stops Park Rd    )
##                (Parking - on street: free                      )
##                (        - in establishment: $2 after 5pm       )
##                (see http://www.sage-au.org.au/rg/qld/Milton-map.jpg)

    Who:          SAGE-AU Members, System Administrators
                  (Visitors are welcome. After attending two
                  meetings, visitors should become members)


    Agenda:       7:00  Welcome & Business at hand
                  7:15  Talk    
                  9:00  Meeting Close

    Purpose:      To get QLD SysAdmins/System Managers/
                  PC administrators/System Programmers
                  together. To lend a sympathetic ear
                  to the plight of System Support.

    Drink:        O/J, softdrink & beer 
    Food:         Pizza and light refreshments

    RSVP:         Tony Shepherd
                  tony.shepherd@aus.sun.com