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The Open Source Paradigm Shift: LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL/ PHP|Perl|Python) as the 'Intel Inside' of the Next Generation of computer applications

On June 23rd, at 7pm, the UK Unix Users' Group and O'Reilly UK present Tim O'Reilly, speaking at City University in London. Full details are available at http://www.ukuug.org/events/TimOReilly/

The computer industry has gone through a sea change in the past few years. The killer applications of the web era turned out not to be PC-based software packages like the web browser, but web hosted applications like google, mapquest and amazon.com. These applications are built on top of Linux and Apache, yet they are themselves fiercely proprietary. But what would most developers do with their source code? These massive systems are valuable for their data as much as for their programs. And by opening up XML web services APIs to that data, the most innovative of these sites are creating new opportunities for hackers to "scratch their own itch." One of the greatest challenges for open source in the next few years is to understand and adapt to the paradigm shift implicit in network computing, and to shed the legacy thinking of the desktop era.

http://www.ukuug.org/events/TimOReilly/

Online registration is free, but required for entry http://www.ukuug.org/events/TimOReilly/registration

UKUUG is grateful to O'Reilly UK for organising Tim's visit, to the Department of Computing, at City University for providing accomodation and to David Dodson of the ACM British Chapter for local organisation.

Notes to Editors:
For further information:

UKUUG Contact: Sam Smith
E-mail: sams@ukuug.org


UKUUG Administration: Jane Morrison
Tel:  01763 273475
E-mail: office@ukuug.org

The UKUUG was formed to represent users of UNIX and Open systems in the UK. It uniquely caters for the needs of people in this area and is completely independent of specific hardware and software vendors. Any profits are used to further the activities of the organisation.

06/06/2003