[volunteers] June SVLUG speaker?

Rick Moen rick at linuxmafia.com
Mon Jun 2 02:49:53 PDT 2014


Quoting Don Marti (dmarti at zgp.org):

> I know, I know, it's already May, and I'm asking
> about June, but...got a speaker for June 4th?  If not,
> I'd like to pitch a talk.
> 
> "Ponies or monkeys? How to choose between containers
> and VMs for deploying applications."
> 
> This talk would cover "containerizing" an existing
> application, as well as making VM images for public
> or private clouds, and what kind of questions to ask
> to decide where each technology is useful.
> 
> Actually it's more just me showing you a bunch of
> pony and monkey pictures while complaining about how
> computer stuff is hard. Who wouldn't like that?
> 
> (Yes, I work with OSv now -- http://osv.io/ --
> so I do plan to cover the "lightweight guest OS on
> a hypervisor" option. But it is not a half-pony,
> half-monkey monster. That's something else.)

Don, I'm really sorry to have dropped the ball in not responding, but is
your offer still open for this Wednesday's meeting date?  Love to take
you up on that.  Also, if you wish, you're welcome to use the spare room
at my house in Menlo Park after your talk.

Best, Rick M.
650-283-7902 cellular




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