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Subject: O'Reilly Conference Newsletter Update - 071902e

O'Reilly Open Source Convention
-From the Frontiers of Research to the Heart of the Enterprise

Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina
July 22-26, 2002 -- San Diego, CA
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2002/?CMP=EM4907

O'REILLY CONFERENCE NEWSLETTER UPDATE - 071902e

 -Conference News - One-Day Pass Offer
 -Conference Highlights - Bruce Sterling on Open Source
 -See & Do - Camping Out at Kid's World
 -OSCON Tracks - It's not just about Perl, you know.
 -Conference Details - Keynotes

"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

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CONFERENCE NEWS

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ONE DAY PASS ADDED TO CONFERENCE
If you can't swing the whole conference, but can't bear to miss
that one session or keynote presentation, pick up a day pass,
available for July 24, 25, or 26.

The cost of the one day pass is $400. Please visit:
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2002/?CMP=EM4907
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Check out this year's program for a look into the future of
open source software. Register Today!
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2002/?CMP=EM4907

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OSCON2002 HIGHLIGHTS

Bruce Sterling, author, journalist, editor, critic, presents
A Contrarian Position on Open Source, Friday, July 26,
11:30am - 12:15pm in Sea Breeze II.

Sterling is the author of several science fiction novels including
Involution Ocean, The Artificial Kid, Schismatrix, Islands in the
Net, and Heavy Weather. He edited the collection Mirrorshades, the
definitive document of the cyberpunk movement, and co-authored
the novel The Difference Engine with William Gibson. He writes a
critical column for Science Fiction Eye and a popular-science
column for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

His non-fiction book The Hacker Crackdown describes the law
enforcement and computer-crime activities that led to the start
of the Electronic Frontier Foundation in 1990.

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SEE & DO
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/15/see_do.html

- Camping out at "Kid's World"
Back again by popular demand, Kid's World is available Monday
through Thursday providing exceptional daycare for your young
ones. Register now to ensure that your children don't miss out
on the fun.
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/15/kids_world.html

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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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CONFERENCE DETAILS

-Keynote Speakers

Freeing Culture
Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law School
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/view/e_sess/3027

The Free Software Movement: Where All This Started
Richard M. Stallman (representing the Free Software Movement),
Free Software Foundation
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/view/e_sess/3047

Hacking the Genome: Open Source in Bioinformatics
Ewan Birney, European Bioinformatics Institute
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/view/e_sess/2389

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

The Changing Relationship Between Business and Developers
Paul Pangaro, Ph.D., Sun Microsystems, Inc., Elaine B.
Coleman, Ph.D., Sun
https://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/view/e_sess/3178

Challenges of Open Source in Visual Effects
Milton Ngan, Weta Digital Ltd
https://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/view/e_sess/3118

For more details on our keynote, tutorial, and session
speakers, please visit:
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2002/?CMP=EM4907

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PLATINUM SPONSORS
Apple Computer
Active State
Sun Microsystems

For information regarding exhibition or sponsorship
opportunities the convention, contact Andrew Calvo at
707-827-7176, or andrewc@oreilly.com.

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