[tlug] "World Domination Now!"? not quite yet

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Here's heartwarmer for all you BSD fugitives out there (yes, there are
a few I know).  Search for "TRILLION". ;-)

Steve

Michael Paoli writes:
 > BALUG TOMORROW! Tu 2012-11-20 Devin Teske on FreeBSD [updated announcement]
 > 
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 > 
 > items, details further below:
 > 2012-11-20 Devin Teske on FreeBSD [updated]
 > Book(s), CDs, and other "door prizes", etc.
 > new group/meeting: Ubuntu Hour Berkeley
 > Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
 > volunteering to help BALUG
 > 
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 > 
 > Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG) meeting
 > TOMORROW Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2012-11-20 Devin Teske on FreeBSD [updated]
 > 
 > Please RSVP if you're planning to come (see further below).
 > 
 > For our 2012-11-20 BALUG meeting, we are pleased to present:
 > Devin Teske, FreeBSD[1] "src" developer - join us for an informal
 > FreeBSD Q&A session, which may include demonstration(s).
 > 
 > Devin Teske is a FreeBSD "src" developer (opposed to "doc", "ports",
 > etc. the "src" folk maintain the base operating system including the
 > boot loader, kernel, and all base user land).
 > 
 > What does he do for the FreeBSD project?
 > 
 > o Maintains the boot loader menu
 > o Maintain sysinstall, bsdinstall, bsdconfig, sysrc, and the
 >    install/configuration aspects in general
 > 
 > What does he use FreeBSD for? At his work, they use FreeBSD as the
 > platform for a leading check processing system.  Customers across the
 > United States have used FreeBSD since 1995 to process paper payments in
 > the United States.  As early as 2008, our customers had a new choice of
 > running our software on top of RedHat Enterprise Linux instead of
 > FreeBSD.  In the last year of 2011, Linux helped process $50 BILLION in
 > payments for 2011, but FreeBSD in the same year processed $1.7 TRILLION
 > in payments.  FreeBSD is still a very large part of the U.S. economy in
 > this way.
 > 
 > 1. http://www.freebsd.org/
 > 
 > So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
 > 
 >                         rsvp@example.com
 > 
 > **Why RSVP??**
 > 
 > Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
 > BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
 > sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
 > upstairs in the private banquet room.
 > 
 > Meeting Details...
 > 
 >                         6:30pm
 >                         Tuesday, November 20th, 2012 2012-11-20
 > 
 >                         Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
 >                         731 Grant Ave.
 >                         San Francisco, CA 94108
 >                         Easy PARKING:
 >                           Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
 >                           http://www.sfpsg.com/
 > 
 > Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
 >               cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
 >               family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
 >               also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue and helping
 >               to defray BALUG costs such treating our speakers to dinner).
 > 
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 > 
 > Book(s), CDs, and other "door prizes", etc.
 > 
 > Goodies we'll have at the meeting (at least the following):
 > 
 > Book(s):
 > Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, A,
 > 3rd Edition
 > see:
 > http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2012-November/004885.html
 > 
 > CDs, etc. - have a peek here:
 > http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
 > We do also have some additional give-away items, and may have
 > "door prizes".
 > 
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 > 
 > new group/meeting: Ubuntu Hour Berkeley
 > 
 > New to Berkeley - Ubuntu Hour Berkeley:
 > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups=#!topic/berkeleylug/ickm8TfpO34
 > 
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 > 
 > Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
 > https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
 > 
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 > 
 > volunteering to help BALUG
 > 
 > Want to volunteer to help out BALUG?  (quite a variety of opportunities)
 > Drop us a note at:
 > balug-contact@example.com
 > Or come talk to us at a BALUG meeting.
 > 
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