tlug: Open Source road show hits the far east, maybe?

[YAMAGATA Hiroo <hiyori13@example.com>]

Hey, look what just came in. Next March is a long time from now, but it
might be fun to have him speak at a TLUG meeting... 


> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 03:32:23 -0400
> X-POBOX-To: hiyori13
> From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@example.com>
> To: hiyori13@example.com, vincent@example.com
> Subject: Open Source road show hits the far east, maybe?
> 
> This note is going to listed contacts for Hawaiian and Pacific Rim
> Linux users's groups.
> 
> I've been asked to speak at a conference in Singapore on March 6
> 1999.  I'm already committed to run a panel at the Linux World
> conference in San Francisco March 1-4, which is 3000 miles closer to
> Singapore than my home near Philadelphia.  Accordingly flying to
> Singapore doesn't sound undoable (though I might have to miss the last
> day of Linux World, depending on flight times).
> 
> However, the thought of returning Singapore to Philadelphia without a
> break fills me with dread.  That's a lot of air time and time-zone
> changes to do all at once.  So I'm trying to find useful ways to break
> my journey into less punishing segments.
> 
> Would any of your groups like to have me as a guest speaker the
> following week (March 7-13)?  If so, let's see what we can coordinate.
> -- 
> 		<a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr">Eric S. Raymond</a>
> 
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