From: gregh@cc.gatech.edu (Greg Hankins)
Subject: Atlanta Linux Showcase Dinner to Benefit Childrens Cancer Research
To: lwn@lwn.net
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 14:23:21 -0400 (EDT)

Atlanta Linux Showcase
P.O. Box 675161
Marietta, GA 30006
http://www.linuxshowcase.org/

Contact: Chris Farris, Vice President
Email: chrisf@linuxshowcase.org
Phone: 678-777-3943

Contact: Vita Lerman, Communications Specialist
Email: v-lerman@nwu.edu
Phone: 312-482-9944 ext. 238  
Fax: 312-482-9460 

For Release 9 a.m. EST, October 1, 1999

Atlanta Linux Showcase Dinner to Benefit Childrens Cancer Research

The Atlanta Linux Showcase (ALS) is pleased to announce that the proceeds
from the benefit dinner and T-Shirt sales will go to the Pediatric Oncology
Group to help fund their efforts in children's cancer research. The benefit
dinner takes place Friday evening, Oct. 15th as the closing evening event of
the third annual Atlanta Linux Showcase at the Cobb Galleria Centre in
Atlanta, Georgia. The Linux Showcase will be held Oct. 12th through Oct.
16th and features tutorials, conference sessions, vendor exhibits and
community events.

The benefit dinner is an integral part of the annual Atlanta Linux Showcase
technical conference and exhibition that in the past has helped to fund
deserving Linux community organizations. This year's dinner features a repeat
appearance by Peter H. Salus, author of _A Quarter Century of UNIX_ and
editorial director of SSC. He will be joined by Jim Gettys, Phil Hughes, Jon
"maddog" Hall, and a surprise guest, to revel the audience with tales of war
and heroes from the early days of UNIX(TM). Tickets may be purchased on the
ALS registration web page or at on-site registration for $30.00.

In addition to proceeds from the annual dinner event, ALS is donating the
profit from T-Shirt sales to the POG. These official ALS shirts are available
on-line now from Linux Central (www.linuxcentral.com/products/gear/als/), and
will also be available during the showcase at the Linux Central booth.

"The Pediatric Oncology Group (POG) is honored to be the recipient of the
proceeds from the annual Atlanta Linux Showcase benefit dinner. This
generous contribution will enable us to upgrade our computing facilities and
allow us to more effectively connect with the research physicians in the
United States, Canada, Switzerland, The Netherlands, and Australia who treat
children with cancer on US Government supported studies." 
-Dr. Jonathan J. Shuster, Director Pediatric Oncology Group Data Center 
-Dr. James Kepner, Co-Director, Pediatric Oncology Group Data Center

V. Alex Brennen, Systems Administrator/Systems Programmer, POG said, "It is
essential that we have a stable and reliable platform for our most mission
critical systems. After careful research of alternatives, we choose the
GNU/Linux as that platform. Our GNU/Linux based systems have run for over
four months now, without a single crash. We are very grateful to ALS for
supporting our implementation of the GNU/Linux platform for our remaining
mission critical systems. We are also very grateful to the GNU/Linux
community for their creation of that platform."

"Oftentimes, non-profit organizations have limited budgets for meeting their
computing needs." said Chris Farris, the Showcase's Vice President, "The fact
that Linux is a free solution, coupled with its high performance and
reliability will allow POG to devote more of its operating capital to
treating children afflicted with this disease."

Linux
Linux is a UNIX-like operating system, an alternative to MacOS and Microsoft
Windows. Created by Linus Torvalds in 1991, its popularity has greatly
increased in the past two years. Estimates state that there are 7 million
Linux systems world wide, making it one of the most popular UNIX like
operating systems on the market. Linux, developed in cooperation with the
Free Software Foundation, is released under the GNU General public license,
making it and the source code comprising it freely available to everyone.
More information on Linux can be found at http://www.linux.com/.

Atlanta Linux Showcase
The Atlanta Linux Showcase is the community's premier technical and community
show organized and run by a group of computer professionals wishing to help
promote Linux. ALS was founded in 1997 and is run entirely by volunteers.
Last years show was the largest Linux event in 1998 drawing its attendees
from 23 countries. The Atlanta Linux Showcase, Inc. is a not-for-profit
corporation and can be found online at http://www.linuxshowcase.com/.

Pediatric Oncology Group
The Pediatric Oncology Group (POG) is a National Cancer Institute-sponsored
clinical trials cooperative group of individuals and approximately 130
medical research institutions in the United States, Canada, Switzerland, the
Netherlands, and Australia dedicated to controlling cancer among children and
adolescents. For more information on the Pediatric Oncology Group please see
their web site at http://www.pog.ufl.edu/.

Linux Central Inc.
Linux Central, located in Clinton Township, Michigan, is the leader in low
cost Linux based CDROMs. The linuxcentral.com website also offers a
comprehensive collection of Linux based products available at discounted
prices. Linux Central can be reached at http://linuxcentral.com/ or by
contacting <sales@linuxcentral.com>.

Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds, USENIX is a trademark of the USENIX
Association, Microsoft Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp.  (Nasdaq:
MSFT), MacOS is a trademark of Apple Computers (Nasdaq: AAPL), and UNIX is a
registered trademark of The Open Group.


-- 
Greg Hankins <gregh@cc.gatech.edu>             | 1999 Atlanta Linux Showcase
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/staff/h/Greg.Hankins/ | Conference and Exhibition
                                               | October 12 - 16, 1999
                                               | http://www.linuxshowcase.org/