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 -- Will Thompson, Oxford University Computer Society President Jabber: resiak@feayn.org; Mobile: +44 (0)7771 77 40 70 http://www.ox.compsoc.net