[dundee] Re: Open Source day in Glenrothes

Colin Brough Colin.Brough at blueyonder.co.uk
Thu Feb 22 14:54:17 GMT 2007


> jpilot..is that something to do with microsoft flight s(t)imulator? ;-)

Nah - Linux desktop for Palm PDA's. The 'j' came from the first name
of the lead developer, Judd!

> as for 'old folks' we definty wanted the group to be inclusive , so we 
> arrange that non uni members can partispate, we just did'nt want another
> students only kinda affair, I much prefer to let the 'real world' in , and see
> what linux and open source is doing 'out there'.

Nice to know I'm not past it! ;-)

Talking of past it, I was impressed with my old employer, getting the
latest UK supercomputer - even runs Linux (SUSE under UNICOS/lc):

	http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6384481.stm

35,000 GB RAM! (Yes, that figure is right...)

Cheers

Colin

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Colin Brough                             Colin.Brough at blueyonder.co.uk




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