[Fwd: Re: [Novalug] Tech Sessions @ Red Hat Tysons] (--None on
19-JAN--)
Rich Goodwin
rich.goodwin at cox.net
Sat Jan 19 16:14:54 EST 2008
Many of the NOVALUGers are "multi-lingual" .... it is merely a question
of what "language" we wish to acknowledge. Solaris is a good thing to
talk about - especially openSolaris (and extensions).
Rich
On Sat, 2008-01-19 at 10:56 -0500, Shawn Wells wrote:
> 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
> > > > 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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