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Mark Cross wrote: > Hi - I know the title will fury a few people here - but it got you reading! > Please forward appropriate releases as your think fit. > > Fork 1(techie release) > > ### STARTS ### > > Open Source? > Free Software? > Want to know more? > > Mark Cross, the South West Area Open Source Consortium Representative > has organised "Computing for Profit", which is being held in Totnes on > Thursday 26th of July. > > "Computing for Profit" is hoping to highlight the dependence of > computers on electricity, and to look at ways of improving energy usage > from not only the Open Source side of the fence, but also from the > Microsoft Windows platform perspective (closed source). > > Therefore, it is very much open to all. So if you are interested in Open > Source eg the Linux platform, please do attend. If you feel your > business cannot evaluate Open Source, you are still very welcome, as we > will also discuss Windows virtualisation products, which are going to > help reduce power consumption greatly. So the event is to provide an > educational evening - irrespective of whether you use Microsoft Windows > or Open Source. Macintosh advocates are extremely welcome, the meeting > will not be about theological computer matters! > > The main confirmed guest speaker for the evening is Rick Timmis CEO of > the Open Source Consortium. > > This event will be held at the Seven Stars Hotel, Totnes. Starting off > at 5pm on Thursday 26th of July. The main feature will begin at 7.30pm, > those attending at 5pm will be able to discuss individual ICT issues > with a panel of experts who are freely giving their time. > All are welcome, whether as an individuals interested in the carbon > footprint issues facing everyone one of us, or the small to medium > enterprise looking to reducing costs as well as being more > environmentally friendly without any additional IT expenditure! > > If you are interested in attending or receiving the presentations notes > from the event because you cannot come please phone Mark Cross on 078 > 551 291 42 > > ### ENDS ### > > Fork 2 (media release) > > ############################## > > Computing for Profit > > How to utilize computing in your business to reduce cost and increase > profit. > > A group of significant industry leaders will deliver analysis lectures > and open forum sessions to discuss how rationalisation and intelligent > implementation of IT systems and services can be leveraged to increase > business profitability and create direct positive effects that benefit > our ecology and environment. > > Current concerns on the climate impact of computing technology is a hot > topic, and the latest round of software and systems are likely to > increase power requirements and thus carbon foot print. Taking a broad > stance this event will be exploring the potential for reducing monetary > and environmental costs of IT provision, as well as considering > technologies that drive efficiency and flexibility. > > The bottom line impact to South West business will be the focus of the > debate, and business leaders should expect to discover key insights, > from leading strategists in the industry. > > The main confirmed guest speaker for the evening is Rick Timmis CEO of > the Open Source Consortium. > > This event will be held at the Seven Stars Hotel, Totnes. Starting off > at 5pm on Thursday 26th of July. The main feature will begin at 7.30pm, > those attending at 5pm will be able to discuss individual ICT issues > with a panel of experts who are freely giving their time. > All are welcome, whether as an individuals interested in the carbon > footprint issues facing everyone one of us, or the small to medium > enterprise looking to reducing costs as well as being more > environmentally friendly without any additional IT expenditure! > > If you are interested in attending or receiving the presentations notes > from the event because you cannot come please phone Mark Cross on 078 > 551 291 42. > > Agenda: > > - The Carbon Foot Print of Computing > - You as the individual, the small, medium or large company > > ### ENDS ### > > I'll forward this on to my friends in the media (South Hams Radio, Plymouth Sound, Gemini FM. They may be able to mention it on air). Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html