Linux Print Summit details.
Regards,
Mark VanderWiele
IBM Linux Technology Center
512-838-4779, t/l 678-4779
MARKV@IBMUS
email: markv@us.ibm.com
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Keith Burres <kburres@Valinux.com> on 07/07/2000 03:42:25 PM
To: Miguel de Icaza <miguel@helixcode.com>, Chema Celorio
<chema@celorio.com>, Waldo Bastian <bastian@kde.org>, Patrick Powell
<papowell@astart.com>, Thomas Hubbell
<thubbell@users.sourceforge.net>, Wayne Hubbell
<whubbell@compumetric.com>, Grant Taylor <gtaylor@picante.com>, Nancy
Chen <nchen@okidata.com>, Gary Wood <gary_wood@hp.com>, Michael Sweet
<mike@easysw.com>, Robert Krawitz <rlk@alum.mit.edu>, Mark
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cc: Ben Woodard <ben@Valinux.com>, Jeremy Allison <jeremy@Valinux.com>,
Nick Moffitt <nick@Valinux.com>, Adam Frey <adam@Valinux.com>
Subject: Printing Summit
The dates been set, the place has been named and it's time to head to
the Printing Summit. I have spoken with all of you through email and
some through that old standby technology called a telephone. I think we
have brought together a significant portion of the major efforts within
the Linux printing arena. Currently we have lined up from the
development side CUPS, LPRng, GPR, libppd, printing HOWTOs, GNOME,
KDE, IBM and the efforts within VA Linux. On the manufacturing side we
have HP, Okidata, AGFA, set to come, as well as many of the GNU/Linux
distribution vendors. As you can tell this is a pretty substantial
representation of all of the efforts within the Linux printing
environment. The dates are July 27th and 28th, the location is the
Sheraton hotel in Sunnyvale California.
The agenda is somewhat open by design, and as such we suggest the
following schedule:
- July 27th Opening comments
- Introductions from each effort
*Provide a 10-15 presentation of efforts, vision, and
issues surrounding each of your efforts.
- BoF
After all efforts are outlined, a large portion of the agenda is open to
allow the group to address those issues that they perceive as being the
most important. The rest of the summit will consist mainly of BoF
sessions to allow people to tackle specific issues in smaller, more
focused groups. To help facilitate this conversation I have created a
Printing Summit mailing list at:
http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/printing-summit
You are encouraged to subscribe, either by using the form accessible at
the above URL, or by sending a message to
printing-summit-request@lists.sourceforge.net with the word "subscribe"
in the subject or body of the message. It is a discussion list where
some fine tuning of the agenda and other logistical information will be
discussed , and all are encouraged to participate. I know this seems
to be a fairly open agenda but we feel it is imperative that the meeting
be a working group with the only hidden agenda to be a sharing of
visions, ideas, and issues. We can always hope that there will be a
great epiphany and a single future vision of Linux/*nix printing can be
realized, but realistically we feel that building the relationships and
communication channels among the various groups will be a huge step in
the right direction. More information on the organization and goals of
this summit will be available on the mailing list. Latecomers who may
wish to catch up on the list discussion may wish to visit the above URL
for a pointer to the archives.
In closing those of you who need some travel assistance please contact
me at my return address. If there is anything I can do to ensure a
success for this Summit please let me know. We hope to
see you all in about 3 weeks.
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