<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>The last power systems I used ran AIX. I think I had a Motorolla PowerStack too. I may have to drive down to ATL for this event and see what is new.</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #1010FF;margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="border-left: 2px solid #1010FF; margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px; color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney@gmail.com><br><b>To: </b>"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale@ale.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, June 25, 2015 2:21:46 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>[ale] IBM sponsored Linux event at the Ga Aquarium - ALE invited<br><div><br></div><div><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-mce-style="color: #000000;">Penguin Encounter</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-mce-style="color: #000000;">IBM Power Systems run industry-standard Linux from Red Hat,</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-mce-style="color: #000000;">SUSE or Canonical. Linux exploits the advanced hardware and</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-mce-style="color: #000000;">software capabilities of POWER8 technology, which provides</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-mce-style="color: #000000;">economic advantages that scale as your business grows.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-mce-style="color: #000000;">Why Linux on Power?</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-mce-style="color: #000000;">• Consolidate to fewer servers</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-mce-style="color: #000000;">• Double the performance for Java-based solutions</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-mce-style="color: #000000;">• RAS and the Power to choose – Big Endian & Little Endian</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-mce-style="color: #000000;">• Range of computational Power that’s industry proven</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-mce-style="color: #000000;">• End-to-end support</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-mce-style="color: #000000;"><br></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-mce-style="color: #000000;"><br></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-mce-style="color: #000000;">JULY 23 at 10am - 12:30pm at the ATLANTA AQUARIUM.<br></p><div><br></div><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-mce-style="color: #000000;">The Open Power Foundation will be described and why IBM believes this open strategy will deliver more and faster innovation and benefits for customers. <br></p><div><br></div><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-mce-style="color: #000000;">The performance advantages and benefits of IBM's Power8 Linux servers will be discussed.<br></p><div><br></div><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-mce-style="color: #000000;">Cool off with lunch and spend time with the penguins!<br></p><div><br></div><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-mce-style="color: #000000;"><br></p><div><br></div><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-mce-style="color: #000000;"><br>The agenda will include:<span size="4" data-mce-style="font-size: large;" style="font-size: large;"></span></p><ul style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-mce-style="color: #000000;"><ul type="disc"><li>Calista Redmond - Director, OpenPOWER Global Alliances - <b>OpenPower Foundation</b><span size="4" data-mce-style="font-size: large;" style="font-size: large;"></span></li><li>Jim Pinto - Business Unit Executive, Power Scale Out - <b>Why Linux on Power?</b><span size="4" data-mce-style="font-size: large;" style="font-size: large;"></span></li><li>Key ISV Solutions and Demos (working to finalize participating ISV's)<span size="4" data-mce-style="font-size: large;" style="font-size: large;"></span></li><li>Lunch and Penguin Exhibit</li></ul></ul><div><span color="#000000" data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: #000000;"><br></span></div><div><span color="#000000" data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: #000000;">RSVP and register here: </span><a href="https://www.ibm.com/events/wwe/grp/grp017.nsf/agenda?openform&seminar=7ZBEJFES&locale=en_US" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.ibm.com/events/wwe/grp/grp017.nsf/agenda?openform&seminar=7ZBEJFES&locale=en_US">https://www.ibm.com/events/wwe/grp/grp017.nsf/agenda?openform&seminar=7ZBEJFES&locale=en_US</a><a href="https://www.ibm.com/events/wwe/grp/grp017.nsf/agenda?openform&seminar=7ZBEJFES&locale=en_US" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.ibm.com/events/wwe/grp/grp017.nsf/agenda?openform&seminar=7ZBEJFES&locale=en_US"></a></div><div><br></div><div>NOTE: IBM is interested is speaking for ALE about the use of Linux in all of their business and how they leverage their Linux expertise to support their customer base. Not as tech-heavy but a good use-case talk with maybe some networking.</div><div><span color="#000000" data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: #000000;"><br></span></div></div><div class="-x-evo-signature-wrapper"><pre>--
James P. Kinney III
Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain
http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/
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