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Subject: O'Reilly Open Source Convention and Tcl/Tk Conference - DN [1]

Brent Welch <welch@scriptics.com> - 05 Jun 1999 - comp.lang.tcl

 O'Reilly is sponsoring a large Open Source Convention that is an
 umbrella for several conferences.  This is an expansion of their
 Perl conference to include parallel tracks for Perl, Linux, Apache,
 Python, sendmail, and Tcl/Tk.  The event runs from August 21 to 24, 1999
 in Monterey California.  General information about the conference
 can be found at the O'Reilly web site.  These URLs are helpful:
     http://conferences.oreilly.com/
     http://conferences.oreilly.com/tcl/
     http://conferences.oreilly.com/tcl/overview.html

 In order not to compete directly with the long running Tcl/Tk
 conference, the next of which is "Tcl/2K" in February, 2000, we have
 structured the conference around tutorials and invited talks.  We are
 also planning a contest so attendees can show off their best Tcl
 programming skills in a variety of categories.  A separate post will
 describe the contest in more detail.

 The tutorials run for 2 days, August 21 and 22 (Saturday and Sunday).
 They cover these topics:
     Introduction to Tcl/Tk
     Effective Tcl/Tk Programming
     Building Applications with BLT
     Object-Oriented Programming with Tcl/Tk
     C Programming with Tcl/Tk
     Database Programming with Tcl/Tk
     Web Scripting with Tcl
 For more information, please see
     http://conferences.oreilly.com/tcl/tuts_desc.html

 The invited talks run for 2 days, August 23 and 24 (Monday and Tuesday).
 Our speakers include:
     John Ousterhout
     Michael McLennan
     Don Libes
     Gerald Lester
     Mark Harrison
     Brent Welch
     Tony Darugar
     Ray Johnson
 In addition, there are convention-wide keynotes given by Guy Kowasaki
 and Bill Joy.  For details, please see
     http://conferences.oreilly.com/tcl/conf_desc.html

 I hope you can plan to attend the Open Source Convention.
 I look forward to seeing you in Monterey this August!

 --    Brent Welch    <welch@scriptics.com>
     http://www.scriptics.com
     Scriptics: The Tcl Platform Company