Presentation:Randall Schwartz, Intel, and the Law
by Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn AT stonehenge DOT com>

As most of you know Randal is "the primary person to blame for Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc." He is author of many of the principal books and articles on Perl programming, and gives many workshops including workshops with Geek Cruises. Randal is also an expert on computer crime both as a consultant to law enforcement agencies and as a defendant who became a felon for doing his job with a bit too much enthusiasm.

He will discuss his experiences with computer crime and the legal system and what you need to do to avoid having similar problems. More information about his case can be found at the Lightlink website.

Presentation:Adventures in Computer Non-Security
by David Mandel <dmandel AT pdxLinux DOT org>

Most system users and administrators aren't security experts and don't want to be; but they have to deal with security in order to get other things done. And they have to do this within very tight budgets for both in terms of time and money.

Presentation:What went wrong with my disaster recovery plan
by Brian Martin <Brian AT martinconsulting DOT com>

Although many organizations have disaster recovery plans, an actual disaster can present a number of unexpected problems. From transportation difficulties to incorrect public information to clueless vendors, Brian Martin will share the realities he experienced during an actual disaster in the aftermath of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

Presentation:Disaster Recovery with Linux disk imaging and bare-metal restore
by Jerome Boutaud and Stephan Lawton of Acronis Inc.

Last month Brian Martin from Martin Consulting discussed his personal experience with disaster recovery in a real world situation. This month Jerome Boutaud and Stephan Lawton will be discussing and demonstrating the nuts and bolts of disaster recovery with different Linux distributions. They will also discuss the differences between image-based backup and file-based backup, why the distinction is so important in the recovery phase of a disaster, and the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Presentation:Developer and Customer Focused Tests for a LAMP Environment
by Ward Cunningham <ward@c2.com>

Agile methods such as Extreme Programming (XP) rely on a readily repeated suite of tests to give developers the courage they need to continuously improve their code. In this talk XP pioneer Ward Cunningham will dissect the agile testing strategy and framework that the Portland Eclipse Foundation team created while developing the recently deployed MyFoundation Portal, a LAMP application.

The testing framework is notable for two reasons. One, it has been deployed into production with the application and serves as "open and transparent" documentation. Two, it integrates with the application in such a way to make it both simple and powerful at the small expense of some test coverage. Part 3 of Ward's blog series on the portal includes more explanation, screen shots, and a link to the live test site

Presentation:The Portland State University Aerospace Society's Linux Rocket
by Andrew Greenberg <andrew AT psas DOT pdx DOT edu >and Barton C Massey bart AT cs DOT pdx DOT edu<

The PSU Aerospace Society's homepage.

Presentation:Sybase
by Brad Reid <bradr AT ianywhere DOT com> made possible by Patrick Enright <Patrick.Enright AT sybase DOT com>

Brad Reid's division provides public standard Software Development Kits which are portable. They offer IrDA, Bluetooth, OMA's Data Sync, and Device Management SDK. They have ported our Bluetooth stack to run in the Linux kernel and is a competitor to the open source BlueZ Bluetooth stack.

Presentation:The Oregon Technology Business Center
by Steve Morris <smorris AT otbc DOT org>

Steve began start with an overall update on the Oregon Technology Business Center, then continued with one of his specialized presentations about what a business incubator is and does. At the end of his presentation, he offered his thoughts about what makes for a successful start-up.

Presentation:Comments on Starting and Running a Tech Business, especially AboutUs.org
by Raymond King <ray AT aboutus DOT org>

Ray has started and ran a number of tech businesses starting with Semaphore which he started as a student at MIT in 1984 and SnapNames which he co-founded in 2000. Following the success of SnapNames, Ray became interested in wiki technology, and has started a number of wikis. The most notable of these is AboutUs.org which is a wiki about web sites. Aboutus.org is quite popular. Some internet rating services put it in the top 2000 sites on the Internet.

Presentation:Comments on Virtualization especially using Virtual Iron and Xen
by Dan Carrere <carrere AT gmail DOT com>

Dan Carrere has worked with Linux and other Open Source Software for many years. He has also taught and worked at several post secondary institutions. He is currently working at Lane Community College where he has been virtualizing some of LCC's servers.

Presentation:Comments on Personal Telco and Public Wireless Internet in Portland
by Russell Senior <russell AT personaltelco DOT net>

The Personal Telco Project is an all volunteer open source oriented organization that has been a leader in bringing free wireless internet access to Portland for many years. Personal Telco has brought free wireless access to Portland by working with coffee shops, bars, and other businesses and individuals who are willing to share their internet connections. Personal Telco predates Portland's Metro-fi system by several years, and judging by Metro-fi's difficulties it may postdate it as well. Russell Senior has been active with Personal Telco since the early days. He will discuss the current status of Personal Telco and describe its current projects, as well as Personal Telco's role in the mix of wireless services in the Portland area.