[Speakers] Re: Progress Open Source initiative

[Joyce Cao Traugott]

Hi Raymond,

Would you be able to make it on Feb 5th?  Here is an example of the talk
description and speaker bio that we need to get as soon as possible, so
we can put the info on the website.  You can also go to the svlug
meeting page to see the previous talks
(http://www.svlug.org/meetings.shtml).

Joyce

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Title:  Rapid Development of Linux Desktop Applications
by Charles Samuels and Roland Krause

What:  In this presentation we will explore the development
infrastructure
that the K Desktop Environment (http://www.kde.org/) offers to novice
programmers and expert software engineers. 

Special emphasis is placed on the use of advanced software management
tools, such as the KDevelop IDE. 

The use of modern user interface development libraries such as Qt is 
demonstrated.

The presentation aims to give an overview of the fascinating
possibilities
the K Desktop Environment provides for programming desktop applications
under 
Unix.

About the speakers: 

Charles Samuels is a KDE core developer, he is the author and maintainer
of 
the KDE multimedia player Noatun. Charles works as a Software Engineer
in 
Cupertino. 

Roland Krause is a KDE power user and has contributed some code to the 
KDevelop IDE. Roland is a Senior Research Engineer in Los Altos.

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Raymond Lockley wrote:
> 
> Joyce--
> 
> Outstanding!  Yes, I can confirm that Progress will get a national-level
> geek/presenter for either the March or April meeting.  Give us a couple
> of days to pick which one--I think it would be better to get the best
> possible person, and not lose them if they're unavailable on the date we
> pick.
> 
> The timing here is excellent, too:  PSC just hired someone to manage the
> Western US and re-opened their office here.  The mgr's name is John
> O'Leary, and I'm cc'ing him on this, so now you have his address.
> 
> Let us know what info you'd like in advance, and I will have that back
> to you a.s.a.p.  I will also be publishing this to my other user group,
> and encourage them to attend this meeting.
> 
> Thanks a bunch,
> 
> --
> Raymond Lockley
> :: raymond at ruptime.com
> 
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