DBI Tutorial at... (Fwd) O'Reilly Conference Newsletter Update - 050802e

Receiving this Conference Newsletter from O'Reilly has reminded me
to plug the conference to you all. O'Reilly conferences are very good
and the breadth and depth of useful technical information is superb:

    http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/

I'll be doing my popular Advanced DBI tutorial again this year.
Updated to reflect recent and forthcoming changes to the DBI:

    http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/view/e_sess/3048

Tim.


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Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 04:58:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Conferences News <[email protected]>
Subject: O'Reilly Conference Newsletter Update - 050802e

"In the tradition of O'Reilly books, their conferences 
get past the fluff and hype of other conferences and 
home in directly on the meat of the technology." 
-- Jason Hall from Plug, the Provo area Linux Users Group


From the Frontiers of Research to the Heart of the Enterprise
O'Reilly Open Source Convention
Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina
July 22-26, 2002 -- San Diego, CA 
http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ 


O'REILLY CONFERENCE NEWSLETTER UPDATE - 050802e

 >Conference News - Blogging With Dave, Mark-Jason Mastery
 >Special Tutorial Offer - Our Prices are SO 1999!
 >Conference Highlights - RMS, Kip Hampton, Carl Malamud
 >OSCON Tracks - It's not just about Perl, you know
 >Event Highlights - Long Live The Quiz!, Larry peels the Onion
 >Related News - Deconstructing Jim Kent, Paul Weinstein on SSL
 >This Week's Speaker bio - Aaron Skonnard = XML guy
 >Conference Details - Keynotes
 >See & Do - Location, Location, and most importantly, Location


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CONFERENCE NEWS

-Interactive Session
Scripting News web log king Dave Winer takes up the mic in 
this interactive OSCON workshop titled Blogging Without 
the Screen on Friday, July 26. Winer will discuss everything 
XML-RPC, from SOAP to threats from the Borg. 
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/view/e_sess/3061


/==========================================================\
SPECIAL TUTORIAL OFFER - OUR PRICES ARE SO 1999!

With this tutorial discount, our prices are $100 LESS than 
our 1999 Open Source Convention! Register before June 10 for 
the full conference pass and 2 tutorials and we'll throw in 
2 tutorials for free, all for only $1490!
(OSCON1999 - 4 tutorials + sessions = $1590  Early Bird) 

This Time-Trip Savings is the only thing backwards about 
OSCON2002. Check out this year's program for a look into 
the future of open source software.
Register Now! http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/
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-Mastery with Mark-Jason
Almost everyone has written a regex that didn't behave as 
expected. This class will fix that. Mark-Jason Dominus takes 
a detailed look at Perl's regex matching algorithm and teaches 
how to predict what it will do and how long it will take. 
Regular Expression Mastery will demystify regular expressions.
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/view/e_sess/2722


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OSCON2002 HIGHLIGHTS

-Featured Keynote
The Free Software Movement: Where All This Started From
Richard M. Stallman, President, Free Software Foundation

Free Software Foundation President Stallman discusses the purpose, 
goals, philosophy, methods, status, and future prospects of 
the GNU operating system, which in combination with the kernel 
Linux is now used by an estimated 17 to 20 million users world 
wide.
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/view/e_sess/3047 


/==========================================================\
Convention Newsletter Sponsored by OSDN

The Open Source Development Network Inc., for news, 
commentary & discussion for the IT & Open Source community. 
http://www.osdn.com/
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-XTech2002 Conference on XML
Perl and XML
Kip Hampton 

Ease your XML application pains! Kip Hampton's all-day 
tutorial offers a complete summary of Perl's XML processing: 
--Gain an overview of popular XML modules!
--See Real World, detailed examples!
--Feel Better!
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/view/e_sess/2533

-Emerging Topics Track
NetTopBox
Carl Malamud

Carefully managed middle boxes called Electronic Program 
Guides are part of a heavily patented, multi-billion dollar 
industry that aims to control your media.

The NetTopBox project will use a combination of policy and 
technology to route around these choke points and build a 
distributed, open media guide and start a little disintermediation 
in this all-too-closed world. Come find out how.
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/view/e_sess/2528


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OSCON FEATURED TRACKS
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/15/tutorials.html
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/15/sessions.html
  -Python, with an emphasis on Zope
  -Apache Web Server, specifically 2.0, modules, configuration, 
   and performance tuning
  -Java, featuring Jakarta, Jserv, Ant, and Jboss
  -Operating Systems: Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, OS X
  -Databases, focusing on MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redhat B, SAPDB, 
   Berkeley DB
  -Emerging topics, gaming, shared source, government projects


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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/15/events.html

-Jon Orwant's Internet Quiz Show, Sponsored by Active State
Back by popular demand! The Internet Quiz Show pits teams 
of four against each other in a battle of wits, ingenuity, 
and speed. 

We're looking for a few good hackers to participate this 
year. Please submit your team name and contact information. 
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/create/qpt

-Larry Wall's State of the Onion, Sponsored by Active State
Larry will give his annual entertaining talk on the state 
of the Perl world, including what's up with Perl 6. Don't 
miss this opportunity to hear insights from the creator 
of Perl, patch, and rn.


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RELATED CONFERENCE NEWS

-Keeping Genome Data Open
Open-data hero and OSCON Keynote Jim Kent tells why and 
how he kept the human genome data in the public domain 
in this O'Reilly Network interview.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/04/05/kent.html

-OSCON speaker Paul Weinstein explains how to integrate SSL 
into Apache, and he reviews how SSL establishes a secure 
HTTP connection and authenticates parties in this article 
on the O'Reilly Network. 
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2002/04/18/ssl.html

Weinstein presents the session Apache and SSL on Wednesday, 
July 24.
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/view/e_sess/2654 


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FEATURED CONFERENCE SPEAKER BIO

-Aaron Skonnard
Skonnard is an instructor/researcher at DevelopMentor, where he 
develops the XML and Web service-related curriculum. Skonnard 
coauthored Essential XML Quick Reference, and Essential XML, 
both published by Addison Wesley. Skonnard also writes 
"The XML Files" column for MSDN Magazine and speaks at 
various XML-related conferences. 

Skonnard presents Essential XML and Web Service Discovery 
Techniques at OSCON
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/view/e_sess/2504
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/view/e_sess/2507


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Convention Sponsored by Apache Week

APACHE 2.0 is now released.  Find out all about this new 
release, the history, and how to deploy it from Red Hat 
Apache Week, the leading resource for Apache users.
http://www.apacheweek.com/
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CONFERENCE DETAILS 

-Keynote Speakers
Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law School
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/view/e_sess/3027

Ewan Birney, European Bioinformatics Institute
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/view/e_sess/2389

Jim Kent, UC Santa Cruz Genome Bioinformatics Group
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/view/e_sess/2586

And representing the Free Software Movement

Richard M. Stallman, Free Software Foundation
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/view/e_sess/3047

For more details on our keynote, tutorial, and session speakers, 
please visit http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon


***

SEE & DO

-Hit The Books, Then Hit The Beach
Get ready to roll up your trousers and wiggle your toes in the 
sand: the convention hotel is steps away from the warm Pacific. 
Don't worry about leaving the family behind during summer 
vacation--even if your 10-year-old daughter isn't a hacker (yet), 
bring 'em along and take advantage of all our convention services
like Kids World.
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/15/see_do.html


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PLATINUM SPONSORS 
Apple Computer
Active State

For information regarding exhibition or sponsorship 
opportunities the convention, contact Andrew Calvo at 
707-827-7176, or [email protected].



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