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Linux users of Victoria
This is the working wiki for Members of LUV and the committee.
To visit the website go to http://www.luv.asn.au
Upcoming Meetings
Upcoming Talks
Talk Suggestions - Talk Offers
September 2010
Beginners - SFD - Sat 18 - State Library of Victoria
Ctte - Handover - Mon 13 - The Leveson?
October 2010
Main - Tue 5 - Trinity
- Note that this is the first mtg after SFD, so perhaps make it a bit beginners-oriented?
- Jacinta Richardson - TBC - fallen through
- Michael King has confirmed that he can speak on Free and Open-Source Business Models.
- Open Source Business Models
- How can free software make money when you can't sell it ? This is the challenge for businesses with open source. Mike King looks at a few different business models built around it.
- About Mike King
- Mike King is CIO of Horizon Consumer Science, an International market research companies with offices in Melbourne, Los Angeles and London. Mike has B.Sc. in Engineering Science from Warwick University in the UK, and has 30 years of experience in software development, including real time monitoring systems, communications protocols and web and database technologies.
- Brian May has confirmed that he can speak on "A Linux Photo Database Application".
- Brian's abstract is as follows:
- "Digital cameras allow the ability to take hundreds, if not thousands of photos, quickly and easily. However, what do you do with the photos afterwards? If most of your photos are duds, then the solution is easy - just delete them. What if many of them are good quality? How do you store them in such a way you will be able to relocate that photo if you need it? How do you do it without wasting hours tagging hundreds of photos? The talk discusses open source software I have written to try and address these issues, and some of the challenges I have encountered on the way."
- Brian May, Microcom Australia.
Beginners - Sat 16 - The Hub
Ctte (as decided by new ctte)
November 2010
Main - (date TBC) - Trinity
Beginners - Sat 20 - The Hub
- WordPress Introduction - Kathy Reid