Hi all, There are two events this week: Tackling the Next Generation of Consoles Andrew Oliver (Blitz Games) Wednesday 9 Nov 20:30, Denis Sciama Lecture Theatre, Denys Wilkinson Building (on Banbury Rd & Keble Rd) ------------------------------------------------ Soon we are about to hit the new wave of next generation consoles; the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Nintendo Revolution. What's in these super powerful new consoles? What will this mean to the video games buying market and what will it mean to the industry and developers? [Andrew Oliver, the co-founder and co-owner of Blitz Games(Fuzion Frenzy, The Mummy Returns, WarGames, etc)] The other event is from the British Computer Society: Open Source: turn on the LAMP Alan Lenton (ibgames) Thursday 10 Nov 19:30, Computing Lab ------------------------------------------------ In the last ten years Open Source software has come from being an 'interesting' plaything for hobbyists and geeks into the mainstream of business computing. The success of Open Source has been built on the rock solid components of the Linux operating system, the Apache web server, the MySQL database, and a scripting language whose name starts with 'P' - Perl, PHP or Python, depending on your religion. These components are commonly known by the acronym LAMP. This talk will look at the LAMP components, as well as Linux distributions and some of the strengths and weaknesses of Open Source software, and strategies for deploying it in business. The talk will also attempt to strip away some of the myths surrounding Open Source software - myths pushed both by fanatical supporters, and by equally fanatical opponents. Have a good week! Ken. +---------------+ Ken Kawamoto St Edmund Hall, Oxford President, Oxford University Computer Society http://www.compsoc.net/ president(a)ox.compsoc.net