New York {Open}Solaris User Group - NYCOSUG

As previously announced, the New York {Open}Solaris Community User Group will be holding its August meeting on our regular last Thursday of the month on 8/27/2009

At this meeting, we will be joined by Elizabeth Matthis, a linguist and a long-time contributor to the OpenOffice.org team from Germany. She has been with the original product team that had been acquired by Sun (i.e. the product that became StarOffice and had later been opensourced into the OpenOffice project). She will give us an update on what's happening in the OpenOffice community space, what she's been working on in terms of improving user experience and what Project Renaissance is all about. She has been a member of the Star/OpenOffice.org engineering team in Germany for the past 10+ years and continues to be an active contributor to the OpenOffice.org productivity suite.

OpenOffice is a free open source productivity suite that is compatible with Microsoft Office but runs on many more platforms, including MacOS, various Linux distributions, Solaris, etc. 

We will also be giving out OpenSolaris 2009.06 media, swag and raffle off 2 "Pro OpenSolaris" books that have been signed by their authors. Additionally, an iPod nano with "OpenSolaris" branding will be part of the raffle.

[Please RSVP by 8/27  11am , so we have an approximate count and your name is registered with the building's security in the lobby]

We'll get started with refreshments @ 6:00pm. 

Meeting Details

WHEN:	6:00-8:15 PM
WHERE:	Sun Microsystems, Inc. 101 Park Avenue, 4th floor - Grammercy Conference Room New York, NY
AGENDA:	6:00pm Food/Refreshments 6:10pm Welcome back, What's New - Isaac Rozenfeld 6:30pm OpenOffice in the Enterprise - Elizabeth Matthis - presentation 7:45pm Wrap-up, Raffle, Social Networking, Q&A
QUESTIONS (RSVP further below):	Isaac Rozenfeld isaac {at} sun {dot} com
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Directions to Sun New York City

Sun is located at 101 Park Avenue, northeast corner of East 40th street and Park Avenue. 2 blocks from the Grand Central Station and subway routes 4, 5, 6. Sun Microsystems, Inc. is located on the 3rd and 4th floors. For after-hours meetings, please sign-in with the security guard in the lobby and proceed to the right-most elevator bank. Upon arrival, check-in at the security desk. Due to the building's security requirements, it might be easier if you've registered prior to the day of the event. Proceed toward the right-most elevator banks, and take a lift up to the 4th floor.

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