From announce at lists.nycbug.org  Tue Nov  1 23:37:50 2011
From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements)
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:37:50 -0400
Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG tomorrow
Message-ID: <4EB0BB0E.8030603@ceetonetechnology.com>

November 02, 2011
James Lowden on Free Database Systems: What They Should Be, And Why You 
Should Care

6:45 PM, Suspenders Restaurant backroom
111 Broadway in Manhattan
http://www.suspendersbar.com/

Open source databases depressingly mimic proprietary ones. They compete 
on "features". They don`t share code or ideas. They don`t formulate a 
standard a la the IETF and then strive for interoperability. And they 
are not working toward creating a true RDBMS.

RDMBSs are important and technically challenging. It`s time to bring 
database management systems -- MySQL, Firebird, Postgres, Ingres, Rel, 
MonetDB, SQLite, sapdb, et al. -- into the Internet age. Let`s use the 
tools that made the Internet possible to get out of the database doldrums.

Goals for free DMBSs:

0. Community

1. Standard wire protocol

2. Standard API

3. New query language

4. Shared language parser and query optimization library

5. Adopt lessons from Unix about namespaces and interfaces

6. Be the thinking man`s choice

Biography

James K. Lowden works in quantitative research systems at 
AllianceBernstein. He began working with C, C++, and SQL around 1985, 
and NetBSD since 1.5. In his copious spare time he has for many years 
been the maintainer of the FreeTDS project (www.freetds.org).


From announce at lists.nycbug.org  Thu Nov 17 22:30:10 2011
From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements)
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:30:10 -0500
Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG Holiday Meeting
Message-ID: <4EC5D142.4000504@ceetonetechnology.com>

We are looking forward to beginning the 9th year of NYC*BUG with our 
next holiday meeting.

The meeting is sure to be entertaining, with several short but technical 
talks lined up.

Also note that we now have a web page dedicated to our cabinet:

http://www.nycbug.org/index.php?NAV=Colo

We are aiming to get some mirrors up in the near future.  We'll keep 
everyone posted.

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December 7, 2011
NYC*BUG Holiday Meeting

6:45 PM, Suspenders Restaurant backroom
111 Broadway in Manhattan

This year will feature a few technical and fun topics.

Ike Levy on A Footnote on Inappropriate Cloud Use "Don`t believe the 
hype..." - Public Enemy

Adam David Alan Martin on Alcohol and the Art of Development

Boris Kochergin on Bastard Users from Hell: Tales of Sysadmin Perseverance

Come celebrate the holiday season and the beginning of the ninth year of 
NYC*BUG.

We are open to additional light, fun yet technical talks.

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The January 2012 meeting will feature Matthew Story on AWK.

For February, we will return to the short presentation format on BSD 
Networking topics.  Let us know if you're interested in presenting.  New 
speakers are strongly encouraged to take the leap.  Feel free to ping 
admin@ for guidance if needed.  Take a look at the past topics on the 
left side bar of the site to get an idea of potential topics.