JavaMUG Meeting
| Date: |
May 8, 2002 |
| Social Time: |
6:30pm - 7:00pm |
| Meeting Time: |
7:00pm - 9:00pm |
| Location: |
JCPenney Building, Park Central |
| Attendance: |
110 approximate |
Introduction by Dan Kern-Ekins, President
Meeting Sponsor
Many thanks to Edaption for providing pizzas and soft drinks.
Tona Morgan gave the company's profile and invited developers to join the ranks of Edaption's consultants.
Announcements by President Dan Kern-Ekins
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Dan announced the speaker and the sponsor of the meeting.
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He gave a brief overview of events with the focus on Java taking place in the metroplex area in the coming month.
General Business
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President introduced topics for the forthcoming meetings.
- Jay Zimmerman, the organizer of the Lone Star Software Symposium 2002 (Dallas, May 17-19), annouced location and generous registration discounts for the JavaMUG members.
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SIGs moderators made announcements about forthcoming presentations.
- Stuart Yarus gave lists statistics - approximately 250 and 550 subscribers to the jobs and JavaMUG lists respectively.
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Stuart made an announcement about the joint meeting of the JavaMUG with the Unix group to be held July 10th at 7:00 PM at the Double Tree Hotel (Central and Loop 12)
Presentation:
Martin Fowler, Chief Scientist of Thoughtworks talked about the subject of his new book Enterprise Application Architecture.
Presentation materials are available at http://www.martinfowler.com/isa
Prizes:
Prizes awarded were
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From Addison-Wesley Publishing:
Enterprise Java Programming with IBM WebSphere, Kyle Brown, Gary Craig,
Greg Hester, et al. , Paperback, ISBN 0201616173 $44.95.
Developing Enterprise Java Applications with J2EE and UML, Khawar Ahmed et al., ISBN 0201738295, $39.99.
Designing Enterprise Applications with the J2EE(TM) Plattform,2nd edition, Inderjeet
Singh, et al., ISBN 0201787903, $44.99.
The J2EE(TM) Tutorial, Stepanie Bodoff, et al., ISBN 0201791684, $49.99.
Extreme Programming Explored, William C. Wake, ISBN 0201733978, $29.99.
Developing Jini(TM) Applications Using J2ME(TM) Technology, Hinkmond Wong, ISBN 020170244, $34.99.
Requirements by Collaboration: Workshops for Defining Needs, Ellen
Gottesdiener, ISBN 0201786060, $44.99.
IT Architectures and Middleware: Strategies for Building Large, Integrated Systems, Chris Britton, ISBN 0201709074, $34.95.
Enterprise Content Services: Connecting Information and Profitability,
Alden Globe, Greg Laugero, ISBN 0201730162, $29.99.
Patterns for Time-Triggered Embedded Systems: Building Reliable
Applications with the 8051 Family of Microcontrollers, Michael Pont, ISBN 0201331381, $54.95.
The Adaptive Enterprise: IT Infrastructure Strategies to Manage Change
and Enable Growth, Bruce Robertson, Valentin Sribar, ISBN 0201767368, $39.99.
Evaluating Software Architectures: Methods and Case Studies, Paul Clements, et al., ISBN 020170482X, $49.99.
Securing Business Information: Strategies to Protect the Enterprise and
Its Network, Chrisitan F. Byrnes, et al., ISBN 020176735X, $39.99.
The Java FAQ, Jonni Kanerva, ISBN 0201634562, $34.99.
Enriching the Value Chain: Infrastructure Strategies Beyond the Enterprise, Bruce Robertson, Valentin Sribar, ISBN 0201767309, $39.99.
From O'Reilly:
Web Security & Commerce, Simson Garfinkel, Gene Spafford, ISBN: 0596000456, $44.95.
From Wiley:
Enterprise Security with EJB and CORBA (OMG), Bret Hartman, et al., ISBN 0471401315, $44.99.
Enterprise Java with UML (OMG), Arrington John, ISBN 0471386804, $49.99.
Mastering Enterprise JavaBeans, 2nd edition, Ed Roman, et al., ISBN 0471417114 List Price: $45.00
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From tonight's sponsor, Edaption:
12 coffee mugs.
40 pens.
$100 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble.
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From the Complete Programmer Network:
One pass to the Lone Star Software Symposium 2002, all session handouts, symposium guides, and meals/snacks, $695 value.