[ug-bosug] Clarification: Re: Next BOSUG Meet

[Moinak Ghosh]

I missed out posting the following info:

Venue: 
SUN Microsystems India,
Shanthinagar, Off Langford Rd. (next to Hockey Stadium)
Ground Floor Himalaya Conference Room

Date:  Saturday, 30th June 2007
Time:  6;00PM to 8:30PM

Regards,
Moinak.

Moinak Ghosh wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
>   I'd like to call for a BOSUG Meet this Saturday 30th June 2007. This 
> will
> be a interesting meet. Quite recently 5 Campus Ambassadors from 5 
> different
> countries were selected for a trip to SUN's Campus in California.
>
> They met SUN's Executive Leadership team and CEO Jonathan Schwartz
> and had a tour through the hallowed portals of SUN Labs R&D facilities.
> I'm proud to say that Anil Gulecha, a Bosug-ian, the USB boot guy, and 
> one
> of the first CAs from India was selected for this privilege. He came back
> carrying a cool gadget.
>
> So with that background here's the agenda:
>
> 1) Anil talks about his experiences and shows some videos:
>   http://blogs.sun.com/anilg/entry/visit_to_the_us_of
>
> 2) Anil demoes a SUN SPOT .  This is one of the coooolest gadgets to have
>   come out of SUN Labs. SPOT stand for Simple Programmable Object
>   Technology.
>
>   This is a small device that runs a miniature JVM called the Squawk VM.
>   The JVM runs directly on the hardware with very little native code 
> sitting
>   in between. It has sensors and wireless capabilities and SUN SPOTs can
>   talk to each other. It can be interfaced with any other electronic 
> device and
>   put to a multitude of uses. This is currently only available in the 
> US. See
>   here for more details:
>
>   http://research.sun.com/projects/dashboard.php?id=145
>   http://www.sunspotworld.com/
>
>   (P.S. The second link seems to be having problems at the momment but
>   should be up shortly).
>
> 3) Demo of GNU Parted and GParted GUI on OpenSolaris if time permits
> 4) I will distribute OpenSolaris Laptop Stickers and Car Stickers - 
> Apologies
>   for missing this out in the last meet. Forgot completely.
>
> More details about Campus Ambassador Univ. Program:
> http://in.sun.com/sunnews/events/2006/univ/
> http://in.sun.com/sunnews/events/2006/univ/campusambassadorprograms.html
>
> See you there. Do not forget to drop me an email if you are planning 
> to attend.
>
> Regards,
> Moinak.
>
>