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

No project reports were given during the meeting, since this meeting was a party!

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.

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Attendance

Approximately 85 people attended this meeting!

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