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Re: [Wlug] [SPF:Probably_Forged] RE: [SPF:Probably_Forged] RE: Next Meeting: June 9th 2016! Speaker: Jon "Maddog" Hall!
by Tim Keller June 1, 2016

June 1, 2016

I'm game! While I don't mind helping to keep Paul at Tech Pizza in business, the truth is, if we have a decent turn out, we'll end up swamping the place. Tim. On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Mike Peckar <fog(a)fognet.com> wrote: > Hmmm. Maybe not in WPI donated meeting space? Chuck? > > > > Perhaps the post-meeting pizza & beer could be switched to a BYOB venue? > West Side Steak & BBQ is BYOB, but a little far to walk from campus. > > > > Mike > > *From:* wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] *On > Behalf Of *Jon "maddog" Hall > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 31, 2016 7:44 PM > *To:* Worcester Linux Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [Wlug] [SPF:Probably_Forged] RE: Next Meeting: June 9th > 2016! Speaker: Jon "Maddog" Hall! > > > > Would the Tequilla be ok to bring to the meeting? > > md > > > > On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Mike Peckar <fog(a)fognet.com> wrote: > > >maddog's monastery and marina for math, music, micro-computing, > micro-brewery, micro-winery, micro-distilery, and bait shop. > > > > So Maddog, feel free to bring along some tequila from your micro > distillery, but if you do, please make sure to toss in a few worms from the > bait shop. :-) > > > > *From:* wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] *On > Behalf Of *Tim Keller > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 31, 2016 5:01 PM > *To:* Worcester Linux Users Group > *Subject:* [Wlug] Next Meeting: June 9th 2016! Speaker: Jon "Maddog" Hall! > > > > Hey Gang, > > > > Jon "Maddog" Hall is going to be speaking at the upcoming meeting! > > > > Here's the details: > > Date & Time: June 9th, 2016 @ 7pm > > Location: WPI Atwater-kent Rm 232 > > Topic: Back from the Dead: Projects that maddog is working on, and why > you should care > > Abstract: Only a month after a massive heart attack maddog will be talking > about some of the projects he is working on: > > (1) Rebooting the Linux Professional Institute (and why you should care) > > (2) Selling small computers in Brazil (and why you should care) > > (3) Creating jobs for the jobless and help for the clueless (and why you > should care) > > > > > > Who is Jon "Maddog" Hall? > > > > Jon "maddog" Hall is the Chairman of the Board of the Linux Professional > Institute, and the President of Linux International. Since 1969, Mr. Hall > has been a programmer, systems designer, systems administrator, product > manager, technical marketing manager, author and educator. > > He currently works as an independent consultant, and is involved with > bringing environmentally friendly computing to emerging marketplaces as > well as working on performance and educational issues with Free and Open > Source Software via the Linaro Association. He is also closely aligned > with LeMaker, a design center located in Shengen, China. > > While not a founding member of LPI, maddog helped formulate some of the > concepts and donated personal money to allow the first 200 tests be tested > for psychometrics. > > Mr. Hall has worked for such companies as Western Electric Corporation, > Aetna Life and Casualty, Bell Laboratories, Digital Equipment Corporation > (DEC), VA Linux Systems, SGI, Futura Networks (Campus Party) and Linaro. > Mr. Hall has taught at Hartford State Technical College (HSTC), Merrimack > College and Daniel Webster College. While at HSTC his students gave him > the nickname of "maddog", and he developed the skills necessary for talking > to university students over pizza and beer. > > Mr Hall has worked on many different operating systems (MFT, MVT, VS1, > VS2, MVS, CP-67, VM/CMS, RSTS/E, RSX-11M, CP/M) but concentrated on Unix > systems since 1980 and Linux systems since 1994, when he first met Linus > Torvalds and correctly recognized the commercial importance of Linux and > Free and Open Source Software. Mr. Hall obtained a DEC "Alpha" system for > Linus Torvalds and organized and engineering team which helped the Linux > community to port Linux to the world's fastest 64-bit microcomputer. > > Since 2006 Mr. Hall has been working on Project Cauā, which will large > numbers of high-tech jobs allowing students who could not afford to attend > university to both attend university and get real-life job experience. > > Mr. Hall is the author of numerous magazine and newspaper articles, many > presentations and one book, "Linux for Dummies". He currently writes a > blog for Linux Pro Magazine. > > Mr. Hall has consulted with the governments of China, Malaysia, Saudi > Arabia and Brasil as well as the United Nations and many local and state > governments on the use of Free and Open Source Software. > > Mr. Hall serves on the boards of several companies, and several non-profit > organizations. He is currently very active with the University of Sao > Paulo's Centro Interdisciplinar Em Tecnologias Interativas (CITI), acting > as a member of their advisory board. > > Mr. Hall has traveled to over 100 countries, many more than one time, > speaking on the benefits of Open Source Software having received his BS in > Commerce and Engineering from Drexel University (1973), and his MSCS from > RPI in Troy, New York (1977). > > In his spare time maddog is working on his retirement project: > > maddog's monastery and marina for math, music, micro-computing, > micro-brewery, micro-winery, micro-distilery, and bait shop. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] [SPF:Probably_Forged] RE: [SPF:Probably_Forged] RE: Next Meeting: June 9th 2016! Speaker: Jon "Maddog" Hall!
by Jon "maddog" Hall June 1, 2016

June 1, 2016

It would have to be BYOB. I have already been thrown out of one bar by letting someone have "a wee taste" of good scotch from a pocket flask I was carrying. The owner had no sense of humor. Of course he lost a customer for life. md On Wed, Jun 1, 2016, 13:00 Mike Peckar <fog(a)fognet.com> wrote: > Hmmm. Maybe not in WPI donated meeting space? Chuck? > > > > Perhaps the post-meeting pizza & beer could be switched to a BYOB venue? > West Side Steak & BBQ is BYOB, but a little far to walk from campus. > > > > Mike > > *From:* wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] *On > Behalf Of *Jon "maddog" Hall > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 31, 2016 7:44 PM > > > *To:* Worcester Linux Users Group > > *Subject:* Re: [Wlug] [SPF:Probably_Forged] RE: Next Meeting: June 9th > 2016! Speaker: Jon "Maddog" Hall! > > > > Would the Tequilla be ok to bring to the meeting? > > md > > > > On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Mike Peckar <fog(a)fognet.com> wrote: > > >maddog's monastery and marina for math, music, micro-computing, > micro-brewery, micro-winery, micro-distilery, and bait shop. > > > > So Maddog, feel free to bring along some tequila from your micro > distillery, but if you do, please make sure to toss in a few worms from the > bait shop. :-) > > > > *From:* wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] *On > Behalf Of *Tim Keller > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 31, 2016 5:01 PM > *To:* Worcester Linux Users Group > *Subject:* [Wlug] Next Meeting: June 9th 2016! Speaker: Jon "Maddog" Hall! > > > > Hey Gang, > > > > Jon "Maddog" Hall is going to be speaking at the upcoming meeting! > > > > Here's the details: > > Date & Time: June 9th, 2016 @ 7pm > > Location: WPI Atwater-kent Rm 232 > > Topic: Back from the Dead: Projects that maddog is working on, and why > you should care > > Abstract: Only a month after a massive heart attack maddog will be talking > about some of the projects he is working on: > > (1) Rebooting the Linux Professional Institute (and why you should care) > > (2) Selling small computers in Brazil (and why you should care) > > (3) Creating jobs for the jobless and help for the clueless (and why you > should care) > > > > > > Who is Jon "Maddog" Hall? > > > > Jon "maddog" Hall is the Chairman of the Board of the Linux Professional > Institute, and the President of Linux International. Since 1969, Mr. Hall > has been a programmer, systems designer, systems administrator, product > manager, technical marketing manager, author and educator. > > He currently works as an independent consultant, and is involved with > bringing environmentally friendly computing to emerging marketplaces as > well as working on performance and educational issues with Free and Open > Source Software via the Linaro Association. He is also closely aligned > with LeMaker, a design center located in Shengen, China. > > While not a founding member of LPI, maddog helped formulate some of the > concepts and donated personal money to allow the first 200 tests be tested > for psychometrics. > > Mr. Hall has worked for such companies as Western Electric Corporation, > Aetna Life and Casualty, Bell Laboratories, Digital Equipment Corporation > (DEC), VA Linux Systems, SGI, Futura Networks (Campus Party) and Linaro. > Mr. Hall has taught at Hartford State Technical College (HSTC), Merrimack > College and Daniel Webster College. While at HSTC his students gave him > the nickname of "maddog", and he developed the skills necessary for talking > to university students over pizza and beer. > > Mr Hall has worked on many different operating systems (MFT, MVT, VS1, > VS2, MVS, CP-67, VM/CMS, RSTS/E, RSX-11M, CP/M) but concentrated on Unix > systems since 1980 and Linux systems since 1994, when he first met Linus > Torvalds and correctly recognized the commercial importance of Linux and > Free and Open Source Software. Mr. Hall obtained a DEC "Alpha" system for > Linus Torvalds and organized and engineering team which helped the Linux > community to port Linux to the world's fastest 64-bit microcomputer. > > Since 2006 Mr. Hall has been working on Project Cauā, which will large > numbers of high-tech jobs allowing students who could not afford to attend > university to both attend university and get real-life job experience. > > Mr. Hall is the author of numerous magazine and newspaper articles, many > presentations and one book, "Linux for Dummies". He currently writes a > blog for Linux Pro Magazine. > > Mr. Hall has consulted with the governments of China, Malaysia, Saudi > Arabia and Brasil as well as the United Nations and many local and state > governments on the use of Free and Open Source Software. > > Mr. Hall serves on the boards of several companies, and several non-profit > organizations. He is currently very active with the University of Sao > Paulo's Centro Interdisciplinar Em Tecnologias Interativas (CITI), acting > as a member of their advisory board. > > Mr. Hall has traveled to over 100 countries, many more than one time, > speaking on the benefits of Open Source Software having received his BS in > Commerce and Engineering from Drexel University (1973), and his MSCS from > RPI in Troy, New York (1977). > > In his spare time maddog is working on his retirement project: > > maddog's monastery and marina for math, music, micro-computing, > micro-brewery, micro-winery, micro-distilery, and bait shop. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

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[SPF:Probably_Forged] RE: [SPF:Probably_Forged] RE: Next Meeting: June 9th 2016! Speaker: Jon "Maddog" Hall!
by Mike Peckar June 1, 2016

June 1, 2016

Hmmm. Maybe not in WPI donated meeting space? Chuck? Perhaps the post-meeting pizza & beer could be switched to a BYOB venue? West Side Steak & BBQ is BYOB, but a little far to walk from campus. Mike From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Jon "maddog" Hall Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 7:44 PM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] [SPF:Probably_Forged] RE: Next Meeting: June 9th 2016! Speaker: Jon "Maddog" Hall! Would the Tequilla be ok to bring to the meeting? md On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Mike Peckar <fog(a)fognet.com> wrote: >maddog's monastery and marina for math, music, micro-computing, micro-brewery, micro-winery, micro-distilery, and bait shop. So Maddog, feel free to bring along some tequila from your micro distillery, but if you do, please make sure to toss in a few worms from the bait shop. :-) From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Tim Keller Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 5:01 PM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: [Wlug] Next Meeting: June 9th 2016! Speaker: Jon "Maddog" Hall! Hey Gang, Jon "Maddog" Hall is going to be speaking at the upcoming meeting! Here's the details: Date & Time: June 9th, 2016 @ 7pm Location: WPI Atwater-kent Rm 232 Topic: Back from the Dead: Projects that maddog is working on, and why you should care Abstract: Only a month after a massive heart attack maddog will be talking about some of the projects he is working on: (1) Rebooting the Linux Professional Institute (and why you should care) (2) Selling small computers in Brazil (and why you should care) (3) Creating jobs for the jobless and help for the clueless (and why you should care) Who is Jon "Maddog" Hall? Jon "maddog" Hall is the Chairman of the Board of the Linux Professional Institute, and the President of Linux International. Since 1969, Mr. Hall has been a programmer, systems designer, systems administrator, product manager, technical marketing manager, author and educator. He currently works as an independent consultant, and is involved with bringing environmentally friendly computing to emerging marketplaces as well as working on performance and educational issues with Free and Open Source Software via the Linaro Association. He is also closely aligned with LeMaker, a design center located in Shengen, China. While not a founding member of LPI, maddog helped formulate some of the concepts and donated personal money to allow the first 200 tests be tested for psychometrics. Mr. Hall has worked for such companies as Western Electric Corporation, Aetna Life and Casualty, Bell Laboratories, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), VA Linux Systems, SGI, Futura Networks (Campus Party) and Linaro. Mr. Hall has taught at Hartford State Technical College (HSTC), Merrimack College and Daniel Webster College. While at HSTC his students gave him the nickname of "maddog", and he developed the skills necessary for talking to university students over pizza and beer. Mr Hall has worked on many different operating systems (MFT, MVT, VS1, VS2, MVS, CP-67, VM/CMS, RSTS/E, RSX-11M, CP/M) but concentrated on Unix systems since 1980 and Linux systems since 1994, when he first met Linus Torvalds and correctly recognized the commercial importance of Linux and Free and Open Source Software. Mr. Hall obtained a DEC "Alpha" system for Linus Torvalds and organized and engineering team which helped the Linux community to port Linux to the world's fastest 64-bit microcomputer. Since 2006 Mr. Hall has been working on Project Cauā, which will large numbers of high-tech jobs allowing students who could not afford to attend university to both attend university and get real-life job experience. Mr. Hall is the author of numerous magazine and newspaper articles, many presentations and one book, "Linux for Dummies". He currently writes a blog for Linux Pro Magazine. Mr. Hall has consulted with the governments of China, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Brasil as well as the United Nations and many local and state governments on the use of Free and Open Source Software. Mr. Hall serves on the boards of several companies, and several non-profit organizations. He is currently very active with the University of Sao Paulo's Centro Interdisciplinar Em Tecnologias Interativas (CITI), acting as a member of their advisory board. Mr. Hall has traveled to over 100 countries, many more than one time, speaking on the benefits of Open Source Software having received his BS in Commerce and Engineering from Drexel University (1973), and his MSCS from RPI in Troy, New York (1977). In his spare time maddog is working on his retirement project: maddog's monastery and marina for math, music, micro-computing, micro-brewery, micro-winery, micro-distilery, and bait shop. _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Re: [Wlug] [SPF:Probably_Forged] RE: Next Meeting: June 9th 2016! Speaker: Jon "Maddog" Hall!
by Jon "maddog" Hall May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

Would the Tequilla be ok to bring to the meeting? md On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Mike Peckar <fog(a)fognet.com> wrote: > >maddog's monastery and marina for math, music, micro-computing, > micro-brewery, micro-winery, micro-distilery, and bait shop. > > > > So Maddog, feel free to bring along some tequila from your micro > distillery, but if you do, please make sure to toss in a few worms from the > bait shop. :-) > > > > *From:* wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] *On > Behalf Of *Tim Keller > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 31, 2016 5:01 PM > *To:* Worcester Linux Users Group > *Subject:* [Wlug] Next Meeting: June 9th 2016! Speaker: Jon "Maddog" Hall! > > > > Hey Gang, > > > > Jon "Maddog" Hall is going to be speaking at the upcoming meeting! > > > > Here's the details: > > Date & Time: June 9th, 2016 @ 7pm > > Location: WPI Atwater-kent Rm 232 > > Topic: Back from the Dead: Projects that maddog is working on, and why > you should care > > Abstract: Only a month after a massive heart attack maddog will be talking > about some of the projects he is working on: > > (1) Rebooting the Linux Professional Institute (and why you should care) > > (2) Selling small computers in Brazil (and why you should care) > > (3) Creating jobs for the jobless and help for the clueless (and why you > should care) > > > > > > Who is Jon "Maddog" Hall? > > > > Jon "maddog" Hall is the Chairman of the Board of the Linux Professional > Institute, and the President of Linux International. Since 1969, Mr. Hall > has been a programmer, systems designer, systems administrator, product > manager, technical marketing manager, author and educator. > > He currently works as an independent consultant, and is involved with > bringing environmentally friendly computing to emerging marketplaces as > well as working on performance and educational issues with Free and Open > Source Software via the Linaro Association. He is also closely aligned > with LeMaker, a design center located in Shengen, China. > > While not a founding member of LPI, maddog helped formulate some of the > concepts and donated personal money to allow the first 200 tests be tested > for psychometrics. > > Mr. Hall has worked for such companies as Western Electric Corporation, > Aetna Life and Casualty, Bell Laboratories, Digital Equipment Corporation > (DEC), VA Linux Systems, SGI, Futura Networks (Campus Party) and Linaro. > Mr. Hall has taught at Hartford State Technical College (HSTC), Merrimack > College and Daniel Webster College. While at HSTC his students gave him > the nickname of "maddog", and he developed the skills necessary for talking > to university students over pizza and beer. > > Mr Hall has worked on many different operating systems (MFT, MVT, VS1, > VS2, MVS, CP-67, VM/CMS, RSTS/E, RSX-11M, CP/M) but concentrated on Unix > systems since 1980 and Linux systems since 1994, when he first met Linus > Torvalds and correctly recognized the commercial importance of Linux and > Free and Open Source Software. Mr. Hall obtained a DEC "Alpha" system for > Linus Torvalds and organized and engineering team which helped the Linux > community to port Linux to the world's fastest 64-bit microcomputer. > > Since 2006 Mr. Hall has been working on Project Cauā, which will large > numbers of high-tech jobs allowing students who could not afford to attend > university to both attend university and get real-life job experience. > > Mr. Hall is the author of numerous magazine and newspaper articles, many > presentations and one book, "Linux for Dummies". He currently writes a > blog for Linux Pro Magazine. > > Mr. Hall has consulted with the governments of China, Malaysia, Saudi > Arabia and Brasil as well as the United Nations and many local and state > governments on the use of Free and Open Source Software. > > Mr. Hall serves on the boards of several companies, and several non-profit > organizations. He is currently very active with the University of Sao > Paulo's Centro Interdisciplinar Em Tecnologias Interativas (CITI), acting > as a member of their advisory board. > > Mr. Hall has traveled to over 100 countries, many more than one time, > speaking on the benefits of Open Source Software having received his BS in > Commerce and Engineering from Drexel University (1973), and his MSCS from > RPI in Troy, New York (1977). > > In his spare time maddog is working on his retirement project: > > maddog's monastery and marina for math, music, micro-computing, > micro-brewery, micro-winery, micro-distilery, and bait shop. > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

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[SPF:Probably_Forged] RE: Next Meeting: June 9th 2016! Speaker: Jon "Maddog" Hall!
by Mike Peckar May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

>maddog's monastery and marina for math, music, micro-computing, micro-brewery, micro-winery, micro-distilery, and bait shop. So Maddog, feel free to bring along some tequila from your micro distillery, but if you do, please make sure to toss in a few worms from the bait shop. :-) From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Tim Keller Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 5:01 PM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: [Wlug] Next Meeting: June 9th 2016! Speaker: Jon "Maddog" Hall! Hey Gang, Jon "Maddog" Hall is going to be speaking at the upcoming meeting! Here's the details: Date & Time: June 9th, 2016 @ 7pm Location: WPI Atwater-kent Rm 232 Topic: Back from the Dead: Projects that maddog is working on, and why you should care Abstract: Only a month after a massive heart attack maddog will be talking about some of the projects he is working on: (1) Rebooting the Linux Professional Institute (and why you should care) (2) Selling small computers in Brazil (and why you should care) (3) Creating jobs for the jobless and help for the clueless (and why you should care) Who is Jon "Maddog" Hall? Jon "maddog" Hall is the Chairman of the Board of the Linux Professional Institute, and the President of Linux International. Since 1969, Mr. Hall has been a programmer, systems designer, systems administrator, product manager, technical marketing manager, author and educator. He currently works as an independent consultant, and is involved with bringing environmentally friendly computing to emerging marketplaces as well as working on performance and educational issues with Free and Open Source Software via the Linaro Association. He is also closely aligned with LeMaker, a design center located in Shengen, China. While not a founding member of LPI, maddog helped formulate some of the concepts and donated personal money to allow the first 200 tests be tested for psychometrics. Mr. Hall has worked for such companies as Western Electric Corporation, Aetna Life and Casualty, Bell Laboratories, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), VA Linux Systems, SGI, Futura Networks (Campus Party) and Linaro. Mr. Hall has taught at Hartford State Technical College (HSTC), Merrimack College and Daniel Webster College. While at HSTC his students gave him the nickname of "maddog", and he developed the skills necessary for talking to university students over pizza and beer. Mr Hall has worked on many different operating systems (MFT, MVT, VS1, VS2, MVS, CP-67, VM/CMS, RSTS/E, RSX-11M, CP/M) but concentrated on Unix systems since 1980 and Linux systems since 1994, when he first met Linus Torvalds and correctly recognized the commercial importance of Linux and Free and Open Source Software. Mr. Hall obtained a DEC "Alpha" system for Linus Torvalds and organized and engineering team which helped the Linux community to port Linux to the world's fastest 64-bit microcomputer. Since 2006 Mr. Hall has been working on Project Cauā, which will large numbers of high-tech jobs allowing students who could not afford to attend university to both attend university and get real-life job experience. Mr. Hall is the author of numerous magazine and newspaper articles, many presentations and one book, "Linux for Dummies". He currently writes a blog for Linux Pro Magazine. Mr. Hall has consulted with the governments of China, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Brasil as well as the United Nations and many local and state governments on the use of Free and Open Source Software. Mr. Hall serves on the boards of several companies, and several non-profit organizations. He is currently very active with the University of Sao Paulo's Centro Interdisciplinar Em Tecnologias Interativas (CITI), acting as a member of their advisory board. Mr. Hall has traveled to over 100 countries, many more than one time, speaking on the benefits of Open Source Software having received his BS in Commerce and Engineering from Drexel University (1973), and his MSCS from RPI in Troy, New York (1977). In his spare time maddog is working on his retirement project: maddog's monastery and marina for math, music, micro-computing, micro-brewery, micro-winery, micro-distilery, and bait shop.

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Next Meeting: June 9th 2016! Speaker: Jon "Maddog" Hall!
by Tim Keller May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

Hey Gang, Jon "Maddog" Hall is going to be speaking at the upcoming meeting! Here's the details: Date & Time: June 9th, 2016 @ 7pm Location: WPI Atwater-kent Rm 232 Topic: Back from the Dead: Projects that maddog is working on, and why you should care Abstract: Only a month after a massive heart attack maddog will be talking about some of the projects he is working on: (1) Rebooting the Linux Professional Institute (and why you should care) (2) Selling small computers in Brazil (and why you should care) (3) Creating jobs for the jobless and help for the clueless (and why you should care) Who is Jon "Maddog" Hall? Jon "maddog" Hall is the Chairman of the Board of the Linux Professional Institute, and the President of Linux International. Since 1969, Mr. Hall has been a programmer, systems designer, systems administrator, product manager, technical marketing manager, author and educator. He currently works as an independent consultant, and is involved with bringing environmentally friendly computing to emerging marketplaces as well as working on performance and educational issues with Free and Open Source Software via the Linaro Association. He is also closely aligned with LeMaker, a design center located in Shengen, China. While not a founding member of LPI, maddog helped formulate some of the concepts and donated personal money to allow the first 200 tests be tested for psychometrics. Mr. Hall has worked for such companies as Western Electric Corporation, Aetna Life and Casualty, Bell Laboratories, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), VA Linux Systems, SGI, Futura Networks (Campus Party) and Linaro. Mr. Hall has taught at Hartford State Technical College (HSTC), Merrimack College and Daniel Webster College. While at HSTC his students gave him the nickname of "maddog", and he developed the skills necessary for talking to university students over pizza and beer. Mr Hall has worked on many different operating systems (MFT, MVT, VS1, VS2, MVS, CP-67, VM/CMS, RSTS/E, RSX-11M, CP/M) but concentrated on Unix systems since 1980 and Linux systems since 1994, when he first met Linus Torvalds and correctly recognized the commercial importance of Linux and Free and Open Source Software. Mr. Hall obtained a DEC "Alpha" system for Linus Torvalds and organized and engineering team which helped the Linux community to port Linux to the world's fastest 64-bit microcomputer. Since 2006 Mr. Hall has been working on Project Cauā, which will large numbers of high-tech jobs allowing students who could not afford to attend university to both attend university and get real-life job experience. Mr. Hall is the author of numerous magazine and newspaper articles, many presentations and one book, "Linux for Dummies". He currently writes a blog for Linux Pro Magazine. Mr. Hall has consulted with the governments of China, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Brasil as well as the United Nations and many local and state governments on the use of Free and Open Source Software. Mr. Hall serves on the boards of several companies, and several non-profit organizations. He is currently very active with the University of Sao Paulo's Centro Interdisciplinar Em Tecnologias Interativas (CITI), acting as a member of their advisory board. Mr. Hall has traveled to over 100 countries, many more than one time, speaking on the benefits of Open Source Software having received his BS in Commerce and Engineering from Drexel University (1973), and his MSCS from RPI in Troy, New York (1977). In his spare time maddog is working on his retirement project: maddog's monastery and marina for math, music, micro-computing, micro-brewery, micro-winery, micro-distilery, and bait shop.

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Next Meeting June 9th! 2016
by Tim Keller May 25, 2016

May 25, 2016

Hey Gang, Our next meeting is in three weeks! I hope everybody had a great time at Technocopia! If anybody has any burning interests, please let me know. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Reminder: May WLUG Meeting TODAY! Field Trip to Technocopia on May 12th!
by Tim Keller May 12, 2016

May 12, 2016

Hey Everybody, This is a reminder that we've got a field trip planned for this WLUG meeting! We're going to Technocopia May 12th! @ 7pm! It's located at 44 Portland St. We've been told by 7pm the lot next to the building is available for parking. Kevin Harrington is going to be giving a tour of the new digs and then showing off his Bowler Robotics Studio stuff. Afterwards we'll figure out a pizza situation. Thanks Ron for organizing this! Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Reminder: May WLUG Meeting: Field Trip to Technocopia on May 12th!
by Tim Keller May 9, 2016

May 9, 2016

Hey Everybody, This is a reminder that we've got a field trip planned for this WLUG meeting! We're going to Technocopia May 12th! @ 7pm! It's located at 44 Portland St. We've been told by 7pm the lot next to the building is available for parking. Kevin Harrington is going to be giving a tour of the new digs and then showing off his Bowler Robotics Studio stuff. Afterwards we'll figure out a pizza situation. Thanks Ron for organizing this! Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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May WLUG Meeting: Field Trip to Technocopia on May 12th!
by Tim Keller April 30, 2016

April 30, 2016

Hey Everybody! We are going on a field trip! When: May 12th Where: Technocopia @ 44 Portland St. Worcester MA. Parking: By 7pm the lot next to the building is empty so parking is easy. Who: Kevin Harrington What: Kevin will be giving a tour of the place and then a demo of Bowler Robotics Studio I would thank long time member Ron for organizing this! Afterwards we'll figure something out for pizza! Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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