[GLLUG] Subject: Meeting Minutes, 28 October 2004

[Charles Ulrich]

Greetings fellow LUG members. If you didn't attend the meeting, here's
all the cool stuff that you missed.

Vital Statistics
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9 people attended the meeting which started at 6:00PM and ended at
approximately 8:55PM.

Presentation
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Object Oriented Interface Design by Clay Dowling

Clay gave a great overview and several in-depth examples of his
libtemplate, an HTML templating system that allows one to completely
separate web page content and the code which drives it. libtemplate can
be used in C, C++, and PHP. For more information, see:

http://www.lazarusid.com/libtemplate.shtml

General Banter
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There was talk of Borland's line of products including Pascal and the
C++ Compiler. Additionally, the following were talked about in some
form:

- wxWidgets
- KDevelop
- Wireless network risks
- The robustness of web and DNS servers
- Content management systems (http://www.opensourcecms.com/)
- Databases
- Potential presentation: Syncing a Palm PDA with Linux apps
- Terminal servers
- Gentoo, FreeBSD, Fedora software upgrade pros/cons 

There was pizza.

Next Week's Meeting
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November 4, 2004, 6:00PM @ Atmosphere Annealing, Inc.

Working with SQLite
by Chick Tower

Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL are well-known databases, but what if you
wanted one easier to administer, just as versatile, and much less
resource-intensive?  Introducing SQLite, the database for those jobs
that don't require a sledgehammer.  Learn what it offers, what it can
handle, what it cannot, tools to make it even easier to use, and some
big-name Open Source projects that incorporate SQLite.

Upcoming Events
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- 04 Nov Presentation: Working with SQLite by Chick Tower
- 11 Nov Installfest and Beginner's Night
- 18 Nov LPI Certification Training
- 25 Nov [ No Meeting; Thanksgiving ]

- 02 Dec Installfest and Beginner's Night
- 09 Dec Presentation: CGI Programming in C by Clay Dowling
- 16 Dec LPI Certification Training
- 23 Dec [ No Meeting; Holidays ]
- 30 Dec [ No Meeting; Holidays ]

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