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                         http://www.nluug25.nl/

                   NLUUG 25th Anniversary Conference

                           November 7, 2007

                      Amsterdam, The Netherlands


The NLUUG, the Dutch Unix Users Group, will celebrate its 25th
anniversary with a very special autumn conference! During this
conference we will look back at the past 25 years, examine the current
state of the art, and muse about that what might come!

The program includes:

        Whitfield Diffie     -  Prospects of Secure Computing

        David Korn           -  Ksh and the AST Toolkit

        Raymond Spanjar      -  Social Networks

        Bjarne Stroustrup    -  The design and evolution of C++: 1982-2007

        Andrew S. Tanenbaum  -  Where Are We Going?

        Werner Vogels        -  Web-scale Computing - the Foundation for
                                Internet Scale Applications


During the celebration conference, at the special location "De Beurs van
Berlage" (former Dutch stock exchange) near the central train station in
the center of Amsterdam, you will have the opportunity to listen to
these world renowned speakers and to network among our group of peers.
Most of the members of NLUUG have been part of this organization for
several years (some even several decades) and work in both the academic
world as well as in some of the largest high tech companies. An ideal
environment to meet interesting people and to extend your personal
network!

Furthermore there will be several sponsors present which will advertise
their added value to the NLUUG community. Of course for those people who
are attending but are not members yet, it is possible to experience
first hand the added value of NLUUG and become members at the spot! In
short: it is a great way to expand your own professional network!

For an up to date overview of the programme as well as last moment
changes see the website http://www.nluug25.nl/


The NLUUG promotes open source and open standards in the Netherlands.
Our main activity is a bi-annual conference on these topics. The NLUUG
was the first to have Linus Torvalds speak outside his home country. The
NLUUG founded the first Dutch ISP. The NLUUG co-runs the ftp.nluug.nl
FTP server with several TBs of content and a Gbps internet link.

Hoping to see you there,

Walter Belgers,
President NLUUG