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Message from the
President: Welcome Mat
Speaker Program Highlights
PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON
Is Microsoft Doomed?
The Linux Revolution: A New Business Model for the Computer Industry
Cliff Miller
President & CEO, Pacific HiTech, Inc.
12:00-14:00 Wednesday, April 14, 1999
Linux, a very powerful
operating system for computers, began quietly enough in the mind of a Finnish graduate
student about eight years ago. It quickly spread throughout the computer world by way of
the Internet. Today, the number of Linux users worldwide currently exceeds ten million and
is growing exponentially. Computer industry powerhouses like IBM, Oracle, NEC, Compaq,
Fujitsu, Dell and others have recently declared their support for Linux, with many now
offering it as an installed option.
Yet, the amazing thing about Linux is that the software technically costs NOTHING. Anyone
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Linux and software developed along its lines the future? Is
this the beginning of the end of Microsoft and the Windows operating system?
Cliff Miller, President and CEO of Pacific HiTech, will talk about how Linux has captured
the imagination of hackers and computer entrepreneurs, how software licensing is evolving,
and how all this affects software companies like Microsoft, as well as the corporation and
private user. Mr. Miller is a computer scientist and linguist with fluency in Japanese,
Chinese and Macedonian. His company, Pacific HiTech, produces TurboLinux, the leading
Linux brand in Asia, with over 50% market share and 1,000,000 copies distributed in Japan
during 1998.
RESERVATIONS |
PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON
Yukio Aoshima
Governor of Tokyo
12:00-13:45 Friday, April 16, 1999
Incumbent Tokyo
Governor Yukio Aoshima will give his analysis of the outcome of the April 11 election to
choose his successor when he visits the Club for a luncheon speech on April 16.
Aoshima, who startled political circles by declining to seek reelection for the top job in
Tokyo, will also give a candid assessment of his own term--pluses and minuses--during his
speech at the Club.
Elected Tokyo Governor in April 1995 on a platform that included cancellation of the World
City Expo Tokyo 1996, Aoshima followed through by officially cancelling the expo at the
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After spending most of his career as a comedian, Aoshima
found running the Tokyo bureaucratic machinery was no laughing matter.
Charges of fiscal irresponsibility mounted and Aoshima found his administration awash in
red ink.
At his first press conference as governor-elect, lifelong maverick Aoshima tempered
self-assurance with humility: "For 24 years as an upper house member I've always been
in a position to criticize. But now I won't be able to do everything all by myself."
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The FCCJ is a private club for members and their guests only.
TO ALL MEMBERS:
"Welcome Mat"
Reception for All New Members
18:00-19:30, Tuesday, April 13, 1999
Calling all members, new and old. Come and help us give a proper welcome to all
members who have joined the Club over the past six months.
This is an excellent opportunity for newcomers of the club to meet some of our old hands.
It is a great chance, too, for established members to help us give a rousing welcome to
all our new friends. Drink at reduced price and party food will be served from 6:00 p.m.
All those planning to attend should inform the reception desk beforehand.
Bob Neff
President |
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EVENTS CALENDAR |
Mr. Atsuyuki Sassa
Crisis Management Expert and Former Director, Cabinet Security Affairs Office
12:00-14:00 Monday April 12, 1999 |
Motohiro Yamaguchi
1998 World Cup Japan Team member and Captain of Yokohama Flugels
Now player for Nagoya Grampus Eight
18:30-20:30 Monday, April 12, 1999 |
Mr Yasuo Shingu
Chairman, Kansai Economic Federation (KANKEIREN), and Honorary Chairman, Sumitomo Metal
Industries, Ltd.
"KANSAI: STRATEGY FOR REGIONAL COMPETITION--AND BEYOND"
12:00-14:00 Tuesday, April 13, 1999 |
Is Microsoft Doomed?
The Linux Revolution: A New Business Model for the Computer Industry
Cliff Miller
President & CEO, Pacific HiTech, Inc.
12:00-14:00 Wednesday, April 14, 1999 |
Seth Sulkin (Torius Mega
Mall) - Mark Yamamoto (Virgin Cinemas) - Mike Sinegal (Costco)
"The Mega-Mall Comes to Japan"
12:00-14:00 Thursday April 15, 1999 |
Yukio Aoshima
Governor of Tokyo
12:00-13:45 Friday, April 16, 1999 |
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