[NTLUG:Announce] Richard Stallman to speak in Dallas

[Stuart Yarus]

December 8, 2000

DFWUUG ANNOUNCES LOCAL DALLAS APPEARANCE of RICHARD M.
STALLMAN (FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION ORGANIZER and GNU
COMPUTER SOFTWARE ADVOCATE) on JANUARY 16, 2001:

The DALLAS-FORT WORTH UNIX USERS' GROUP (DFWUUG) and our
special sponsors, Applied Solutions, Inc. and Vectrix, are
pleased to announce the local appearance by RICHARD M.
STALLMAN, President of the Free Software Foundation.

Dr. Stallman will speak at 7:00 PM, Tuesday, January 16,
2001, on the topic "The Free Software Movement and the
GNU/Linux Operating System". His speech is FREE AND OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC.

Free Software Foundation merchandise will be available
for purchase before and after the speech.

Stallman's speech will take place in the Sheraton Park
Central Hotel in North Dallas at the LBJ Freeway and Coit
Road.  The hotel's address is:

The Sheraton Park Central Hotel
7750 LBJ Freeway, Dallas, TX 75251
(located on the east-bound service drive of I-635, between
Park Central Drive and Coit Road)

Richard Stallman is the founder of the GNU Project.
The project was launched in 1984 to develop the free
operating system GNU (a recursive acronym for ``GNU's
Not Unix''). By virtue of being free, GNU can be copied,
changed, and redistributed with the results remaining
in the public domain. Today, Linux-based variants of the
GNU system, based on the operating system kernel developed
by Linus Torvalds, are in widespread use. There are
estimated to be some 20 million users of GNU/Linux systems
today.

Richard Stallman is the principal author of the GNU C
Compiler, a portable optimizing compiler that was designed
to support diverse architectures and multiple languages.
The compiler now supports over 30 different architectures
and 7 programming languages. Stallman also wrote the GNU
symbolic debugger (GDB), GNU Emacs, and other GNU programs.

Stallman graduated from Harvard in 1974 with a BA in
physics. During his college years, he also worked as a
staff hacker at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab,
where he learned operating system development by doing it.

Stallman received the Grace Hopper Award for 1991 from the
Association for Computing Machinery, for his development of
the Emacs editor. In 1990, he was awarded a MacArthur
Foundation fellowship; and in 1996 an honorary doctorate
from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. In 1998,
he received the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer
award along with Linus Torvalds. In 1999, he received the
Yuri Rubinski Award. In January 1984, he resigned from MIT
to start the GNU Project.

You can find Stallman's, or as he likes to be known as,
rms' web page at www.stallman.org/rms.html

The Free Software Foundation web page is at www.fsf.org

The DALLAS FORT WORTH UNIX USERS' GROUP is a local group of
approximately 250 members who are actively involved as
system administrators, consultants and programmers with the
many flavors of Unix, including GNU/Linux.

The DFWUUG was organized in 1981 and has grown steadily
since its inception. It has monthly meetings at which
visitors are welcomed and encouraged to become members for
only $12.00 per year. For meeting and membership
information, visit the DFWUUG web site at:
http://www.dfwuug.org

This event is sponsored by Applied Solutions Incorporated
and Vectrix.

Applied Solutions Incorporated (ASI) is an Oracle and Unix
consulting company which specializes in high-performance,
high-availability computing solutions.  ASI also sells Sun
Microsystems, Oracle, Veritas, and other products. For more
information, see the web site at http://www.appliedsol.com

Vectrix develops technology that drives more efficient
business and financial transactions.  Clients include
Cinemark Theatres, Nabisco, Apple Computer, Procter & Gamble,
Home Interiors & Gifts, Emerson Radio, Motorola, The National
Red Cross, and others.  Vectrix is headquartered in Dallas
and has approximately 300 employees across five business
centers. Offices are located in Atlanta, Houston, New York
City, and Portland.  Additional information about Vectrix
can be found at http://www.vectrix.com.

Stuart Yarus
BEA Systems, Inc. 			voice:	+1 972-943-5041
4965 Preston Park Blvd.		fax:	+1 972-943-5111
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