[Gloucs] Fwd: 2nd OSS Watch Conference - Support Models for Open Source Deployment

[John McKeown]

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> From: Randy Metcalfe 
> <randolph.metcalfe at computing-services.oxford.ac.uk>
> Date: 5 May 2004 11:58:24 BST
> To: OSSWATCH-ANNOUNCE at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>    ***********Support Models for Open Source Deployment***********
>    ********************Thursday, 3 June, 2004*********************
>    ***The Diskus Conference Centre, Transport House, London WC1***
>
> OSS Watch, http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/, announces its 2nd conference:
> Support Models for Open Source Deployment.
> http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/events/2004-06-03/
>
> This **FREE** conference is for UK higher or further education 
> institutions.
> It is aimed at:
>
> * Decision-makers concerned with cost implications of deployment 
> decisions
> * Managers dealing with practical support issues
> * Technical staff seeking new models of self-support
>
> Are you considering deploying an open source solution, but concerned 
> about
> support implications? Are you interested in learning how similar 
> colleges
> and universities manage their support issues? Do you manage an 
> in-house team
> providing support for your institution? Are you wondering how your team
> would cope with a decision to deploy an open source solution? This
> conference is for you.
>
> Please register to attend today
> http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/events/2004-06-03/
>
> Confirmed speakers include:
>
> * Mark McManus and Simon Lidgett, Novell
> * Ian Dolphin, University of Hull and JA-SIG UK
> * Paul Cooper, OpenAdvantage
> * Michael Sekler, OS Consult
> * John Merrells, Parthenon Computing
>
> Further speakers to be confirmed imminently.
>
> As capacity for this event is limited, OSS Watch reserves the right to 
> limit
> the number of delegates attending from a single institution.
>
> If you are not from a UK institution of further or higher education but
> would like to attend this event, please contact OSS Watch prior to
> registering, info at oss-watch.ac.uk
>
> I look forward to seeing you at Support Models for Open Source 
> Deployment.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Randy Metcalfe
> Communications Manager
> OSS Watch
>
>
> ********************************
> OSS Watch is based within the Research Technologies Service at the
> University of Oxford. OSS Watch provides the UK higher and further 
> education
> community with neutral and authoritative guidance about free and open 
> source
> software, and about related standards. OSS Watch is funded by the Joint
> Information Systems Committee (JISC).
>