[compsoc-announce] Tonight: Pub food, and Java in the Real World

[Will Thompson]

G'day all,

Just thought I'd let you all know that tonight's speakers from
Decisionsoft plus 2/3 of the committee are meeting in the Goose[0] on
Gloucester Green at 6.30 for food, and you should all feel free to come
join us.  We should be easy enough to find, but if you're stuck my phone
number's at the bottom of the email.

[0] http://oxford.openguides.org/wiki/?Goose

If you're not meeting us at the pub but are coming to the talk, be aware
that there's a small wrench in the works.  Apparently the door we
normally use to enter the Denys Wilkinson Building is in some way
broken.  We'll still meet at that side of the building, but will enter
through a different door that people who are coming but are not me know
the location of.  If you're going to be late, phone or SMS me in
advance.

In case you need a reminder of the talk itself:

Java in the Real World (DecisionSoft)
=====================================
When: Thursday 8th February, 20.00
Where: Denis Sciama Lecture Theatre, Denys Wilkinson Building[1]
                                                                
    DecisionSoft[2], a local software development company, will talk
    about why Java is their development platform of choice. This will
    include the advantages and disadvantages of developing in Java, as
    well as a look at the new features offered by the latest version of
    Java. They will not tell you whether to call this version of Java  
    "6" or "1.6".                                                    

[1] http://tinyurl.com/yeqtzg
[2] http://www.decisionsoft.com/

I think I'm going to call it "Java 6.11 for Workgroups".  I'll leave you
with a haiku about Eclipse that I found the other day:

    startApplication()
    thenWaitFriggingForever()
    thenItGoesRealSlow()

Will
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