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Started by Leon Brooks
Thu, 14 May 1998 00:00
[Fwd: FW: IEEE Computer Society Seminar at Curtin] (Can Linux save Unix?)
Author: Leon Brooks
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 00:00
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------0FBB32C53410927C549BDEED Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Indeed, more than the PLUG mailing-list crew might find it interesting! (-: --------------0FBB32C53410927C549BDEED Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <owner-plug@linux.org.au> Received: from hearts.q-net.net.au (majordom@hearts.q-net.net.au [203.24.100.12]) by netsrvr.ami.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA16950 for <leonb@ami.com.au>; Thu, 14 May 1998 13:23:15 +0800 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hearts.q-net.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.8.DIE.SPAMMER.DIE) id NAA25426 for plug-list; Thu, 14 May 1998 13:23:34 +0800 Received: from mail.optum.com.au (mail.optum.com.au [203.26.237.90]) by hearts.q-net.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.8.DIE.SPAMMER.DIE) with ESMTP id NAA25415 for <plug@linux.org.au>; Thu, 14 May 1998 13:23:25 +0800 Received: by OPTUM with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) id <K6P8HQ0B>; Thu, 14 May 1998 13:22:23 +0800 Message-ID: <A147EAABA1C6D011AFC900805FCC893E26F394@OPTUM> From: David Buddrige <David.Buddrige@optum.com.au> To: "'plug@linux.org.au'" <plug@linux.org.au> Cc: "'myk@golden.wattle.id.au'" <myk@golden.wattle.id.au> Subject: FW: IEEE Computer Society Seminar at Curtin Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 13:22:21 +0800 X-Priority: 3 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-plug@linux.org.au Precedence: bulk You all might find this one interesting... 8-) regards David Buddrige Network Administrator Optum Group Pty. Ltd. 255 St. George's Tce PERTH WA 6000 Phone: +61 (8) 9321-5100 Fax: +61 (8) 9321-5166 Mobile: +61 (41)9-982-785 E-mail: david.buddrige@optum.com.au > -----Original Message----- > From: Raj Gopalan [SMTP:raj@cs.curtin.edu.au] > Sent: Thursday, May 14, 1998 1:25 PM > To: seminar@bike.cs.curtin.edu.au > Subject: IEEE Computer Society Seminar at Curtin > > IEEE Computer Society Seminar > > > CAN LINUX SAVE UNIX? > > Dr Chris McDonald > Department of Computer Science > The University of Western Australia > > Date: 27 May 1998, 6 PM (Refreshments: 5.30PM) > Venue: 314-240, School of Computing, Curtin University, Bentley > > ABSTRACT: > > The now near 30 year old Unix operating system has provided many > advances > in operating system technology - some new, some simply repackaged. > There are few areas of the computing industry where 30 year old > technology > is still accepted, and Unix has earned our respect during its > lifetime. > > However, it appears that the Unix standardization efforts of the early > 1990s, and the emergence of Windows-NT, have signalled the death knell > for > Unix - computer vendors are shying away from delivering and supporting > Unix environments, and fewer software companies are developing for the > Unix platform. > > In 1997, the then 4 year old Linux operating system was the only > non-Microsoft operating system to increase its market share. In both > the > workstation and server markets, Linux continues to grow in popularity, > and is increasingly supported by commercial software vendors. > > So what is this Linux operating system, and how is it growing in a > Microsoft dominated world? What does Linux bring to the table, and > how > is it able to do so given the decline of Unix? This talk will present > answers to these questions by positioning the Linux operating system > in > today's computing environment, outlining its developments and > successes > to date, and suggesting its likely role in the near future. > > If there is sufficient interest, it is planned to follow up this talk > with > a Linux workshop in July 1998 on how to easily set up and manage a > Linux > system environment (on its own or co-existing with Windows). > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > ABOUT THE SPEAKER: > Chris McDonald completed his BSc in Computer Science and Applied > Mathematics at UWA in 1984 and immediately proceeded to > postgraduate > studies. His PhD, awarded in 1989, addressed the formal > specification > of command language interpreters, and in particular the > application > of functional programming techniques to command interpreter design > and > use. Chris was appointed as a Lecturer in 1988 and promoted to > Senior > Lecturer in 1994. Chris teaches in the areas of operating systems, > computer networking and, distributed systems programming, and > together > with these areas, his research interests include the Linda > parallel > programming model, programming language implementation, the Linux > operating system, and golf. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > _____ > For further information, please contact: > Dr. Raj Gopalan > School of Computing > Curtin University of Technology > Bentley, Western Australia 6102 > Phone: +61 8 9266 7938 > Fax: +61 8 9266 2819 > Email:raj@cs.curtin.edu.au > ______________________________________________________________________ > _____ --------------0FBB32C53410927C549BDEED--
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