[ale] [ANNC] ALE CENTRAL MTG. for Thurs., July 16, 2009, 7:30pm

[aaron]

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FIRST, A REMINDER THAT:
-- The July 16, 2009 ALE Central meeting will be
immediately preceded by a _Tailgate_Swap_Meet_
from 6:00pm to 7:15pm in the Law School parking
lot.  Please see full details on this and the Saturday,
July 18th, _Build_Party_Road_Trip_ to FreeIT
Athens posted on the <http://ale.org>  web site.
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AND THEN:
The feature presentation for the ALE Central Meeting
at 7:30pm on Thursday, July 16th, will be:

"GroupWise: Commercial Enterprise Email
and Collaboration on Linux"

presented by James (not the singer) Taylor

Synopsis:
-- GroupWise is one of the best kept secrets in the Linux email
and collaboration space.  It is the third most widely used
commercial collaboration software in the world, and has
been scaled to support is organizations numbering from two,
to hundreds of thousands of users.  Though GroupWise is not
a Free Software offering, it does run best when run on Linux.
This presentation will provide an overview of the GroupWise
system and capabilities with an emphasis on demonstration
with Q&A.

Bio:
-- James Taylor has been absorbed by technology for over
thirty years, including stints with Xerox, Wang Laboratories
and Inacom Information Systems.  He is currently President
and Principal Consultant with the East Cobb Group, an
IT Consulting and solutions provider.  James has imposed
an openSUSE Linux reign of terror over his family for the
last ten years, and they love it....or else.

Related Links:
<http://www.novell.com/products/groupwise/>

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We will be meeting at Emory Law School in our
usual Gambrel Hall, room 1C venue.
Meeting time frame is 7:30pm to ~9:30pm
Directions to Emory Law School can be found
via the side bar link.