I ran across this on Newsforge yesterday and I thought I’d pass it along. Sun is offering 60 day trials of their new T2000 opeteron servers. According to the article, if you write a comprehensive technical review of the box, you may be invited to keep the machine. The specs are pretty impressive, and the power requirements appear to be quite low given what we have under the hood. I have not determined if an individual qualifies for the deal, but I think I’ll check it out.

It appears there will be an LPI exam in May. The OSW people are interested in sponsoring this one and would like to hold it at the University of Ottawa. The tentative date is Sunday, May 14, 2006.No details are available yet, but some informal discussion would indicate that level 1 and level 2 exams will be available. Sign up information will be available soon.

The architect at Layer 7 Tech sent me a nicely formatted message which I pasted here - any formatting abnormalities are my fault. –bjb Technical Services Specialist Overall Purpose Layer 7 Technologies is seeking to fill a position of Technical Services Specialist. The purpose of this position is to provide pre and post sales technical support for Layer 7 Technologies’ SecureSpan suite of products. In addition to assisting the sales team and Layer 7’s clients, the Technical Services Specialist works closely with the sales and product development teams to provide a conduit of communication between them.

From bjb: Dru Lavigne, author of BSD Hacks published by O’Reilly and OCUUG member, has a blog at: http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/unix/bsd/index.xml where she comments on BSD developments and interviews BSD personalities. She also wrote up her recent trip to shmoocon. Check it out!

Once again, it’s time to meet and discuss. See calendar date and time. New things this time around: certifications - do we need them user groups job searches resumes standards Anything else? Feel free to commment