2003.01.20 Meeting Notes

News

• Kevin Mitnick can use the Internet again!

• First internet-based vote! A small town outside of Geneva, Switzerland, held it. There were just over 1000 eligible voters. 44% cast ballots. 50% of them did it via mail.

• Mandrake files bankruptcy!

• Jon Johansen (author of DeCSS) was acquited by a Norwegian judge.

• A study has shown that Microsoft Office runs faster on Linux (using CodeWeavers' CrossOver) than on Windows.

Project Reports

• Library - The following books were donated to the library:
  • LibraNet 2.7 beta CD set
  • Red Hat 7.2 CD set
  • Debian 3.0r0 (Woody) CD set
  • O'Reilly Proceedings of the Perl Conference 4.0
  • O'Reilly Perl Conference 5 Proceedings
  • O'Reilly Apache: The Definitive Guide
  • O'Reilly Web Navigation: Designing the User Experience
  • O'Reilly Java Examples in a Nutshell
  • New Riders The Zope Book

Other Business

• Financial Report - $114.25 in voluntary dues were collected. $25.00 was spent on the room at the library.

Special Event

• LUGOD screened the independent film "REVOLUTION OS" to a crowd of nearly 100! LUGOD purchased pizzas, chips, veggies, drinks and a cake. Others brought food and snacks, including Steve Nguyen of TekSystems, and Lee Welter.

Photos

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Attendance

• Approximately 85 people attended this meeting!