[Fwd: Re: [Novalug] Tech Sessions @ Red Hat Tysons] (--None on
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Shawn Wells
swells at redhat.com
Sat Jan 19 10:56:46 EST 2008
Any SUN or Windows guys out there?
I used to work for SUN, so I can speak to Solaris as needed.
--
Shawn D. Wells
Solutions Architect, Federal Team
swells at redhat.com
Cell: 443-534-0130
Office: 703-748-2250
John B. Holmblad wrote:
> Shawn,
>
> thanks for the followup/heads up and for you efforts to make this
> happen. I for one hope you can pull it off with the Redhat management
> team's support.
>
> A topic that I would be interested in would be a FUDfree deep-dive
> comparison of the security architecture of linux, Windows server, and
> Unix.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
>
> John Holmblad
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> Shawn Wells wrote:
>> FYI, just want to make sure nobody shows up.
>>
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [Novalug] Tech Sessions @ Red Hat Tysons
>> Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:35:52 -0500
>> From: Shawn Wells <swells at redhat.com>
>> Reply-To: swells at redhat.com
>> Organization: Red Hat
>> To: dcapellman at comcast.net
>> References:
>> <011820081131.702.47908E22000B8B37000002BE2215578674020E0304040A9F0E0C0B at comcast.net>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Doug,
>>
>> Nobody volunteered to present, so I would have to say there won't
>> be a session today (Sat 19-JAN)
>>
>> The first commit I have is for 2-FEB, where Jared Smith will
>> present VoIP/Asterisk (He wrote the O'Reilly book on Asterisk!).
>>
>> Shawn
>>
>> --
>> Shawn D. Wells
>> Solutions Architect, Federal Team
>> swells at redhat.com
>> Cell: 443-534-0130
>> Office: 703-748-2250
>>
>>
>>
>> dcapellman at comcast.net wrote:
>>> Shawn,
>>>
>>> I tried to follow the discussion about the Tech Sessions but I must have missed a message or two. Did we all agree on what was going to be presented/discussed tomorrow? In the last note I received from NOVALUG, I thought our first meeting would start at 9:00 AM. When you get a chance, please send me a quick note. Thanks.
>>>
>>> Doug
>>>
>>> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>>> From: Shawn Wells <swells at redhat.com>
>>>
>>>> Hey guys,
>>>>
>>>> After a week of asking (s/asking/pestering) my management, I have
>>>> approval to invite y'all over for some tech sessions here at the Red Hat
>>>> office in Tysons Corner. Jay Hart called me and asked about a potential
>>>> "group buy" of Red Hat training -- I'm checking into that now. Initial
>>>> reactions seem promising for those that may be interested in getting a
>>>> RHCT or RHCE. I'll start a separate thread on this.
>>>>
>>>> Roughly 15-20 people have EMailed me, on and off list, about
>>>> attending a tech session. Requests ranged from entry-level meetings to
>>>> deep dives, with a good amount (at least 20-25%) of people offering to
>>>> teach. Specific topic requests ranged from having a linux install fest
>>>> to time spent on how to configure GFS in a trans-national disaster
>>>> recovery setup. As time moves on I'd like to see those topics, and
>>>> everything in between, covered.
>>>>
>>>> Red Hat has 2 training rooms and a large conference room. The
>>>> training rooms hold roughly 20, and the conference room holds about 30.
>>>> Depending on the nature of the meeting we can use either room, or
>>>> perhaps both. This would allow us to run two sessions at once.
>>>>
>>>> My initial goals:
>>>> 1) Keep the Red Hat sales guys away.
>>>> 2) Have members of NoVA LUG come out, have Red Hat get involved with
>>>> the Community.
>>>> 3) Tech sessions **do not** have to be RHEL/Fedora focused. But I
>>>> won't complain if they are ;)
>>>> 4) Red Hat pays for food.
>>>>
>>>> So, some action items:
>>>> 1) Send in topic ideas -- stuff you want to learn, stuff you're willing
>>>> to share, stuff you want to do. I'm personally interested in
>>>> "Installing MySQL Redhat's Way and Your Way" from Jeff Stoner. I also
>>>> want to play more with AppArmor and see how it compares against SELinux.
>>>> 2) Decide on a date. Saturdays work best for me, and we should start
>>>> before noon -- otherwise I have to play doorman and manually let
>>>> everyone in ;)
>>>>
>>>> A couple of the other Architects have expressed interest in talking
>>>> with the community. Technically this would be a "Red Hat sponsored
>>>> event," so getting some of Red Hat's top-shelf guys should be fairly
>>>> easy. Karl MacMillans' desk is next to mine, for example. I also sit
>>>> next to a former lead of the FBI Forensics Lab, and he'd love to come in
>>>> and talk.
>>>>
>>>> So -- send in ideas, lets settle on a date, and lets make this
>>>> happen. Remember that the original cause of this was an all-day install
>>>> fest/best practices setup, but I'd like to spend the day doing whatever
>>>> the LUG wants more.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -Shawn
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Shawn D. Wells
>>>> Solutions Architect, Federal Team
>>>> swells at redhat.com
>>>> Cell: 443-534-0130
>>>> Office: 703-748-2250
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Subject:
>>> [Novalug] Tech Sessions @ Red Hat Tysons
>>> From:
>>> Shawn Wells <swells at redhat.com>
>>> Date:
>>> Mon, 7 Jan 2008 23:41:54 +0000
>>> To:
>>> novalug at calypso.tux.org
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Shawn D. Wells
>> Solutions Architect, Federal Team
>> swells at redhat.com
>> Cell: 443-534-0130
>> Office: 703-748-2250
>>
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