[advocacy-discuss] Delaware OpenSolaris user group

[Teresa.Giacomini at Sun.COM]

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On 01/15/09 10:29 AM, Ben Miller wrote:
> Hello,
>
>   A few of us at the University of Delaware would like to start an
>   OpenSolaris user group for Delaware to discuss, advocate and increase
>   awareness of OpenSolaris at UDel (to students, staff and faculty) and
>   nearby corporations.  The group would be open to anyone in Delaware
>   and surrounding states interested in (Open)Solaris or open source
>   software in general.
>
> Name
>   Delaware OpenSolaris User Group (DE-OSUG)
>
> Initial participants
>   Ben Miller - bmiller
>   Mike Davis - davismik
>   Andrew Chester - achester
>   Rodney McGee - tymcgee
>
> Description
>   Our initial goals would be (Open)Solaris advocacy and awareness to
>   students, staff and possibly faculty at UDel and to spread to nearby
>   corporations.  We would also have a working relationship with the
>   campus Linux User Group.  In the recent past we have hosted some Sun
>   sponsored events (Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008) that have
>   covered topics such as ZFS, virtualization, dtrace and (Open)Solaris
>   in general.  We would like to pick up in continuing to host such
>   events, as well as, have our own (monthly) meetings and other
>   events.  We would like to try to get Jeff Bonwick to an event at his
>   alma mater.
>
> Ben
>