[Macpartners] Re: Mac OS X workshop: UNIX Inside, Mac Outside, September 22, 3-5 pm N42 Demo Center

[Dante Roulette]

Hey,

Do we need to register?

-Dante.
On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 6:47 PM, Albert Willis wrote:

> Steve Hayman gave this presentation at the Media Lab last year, where 
> it was very well received. He's doing it again in the N42 Demo Center 
> on Monday, September 22, 3-5 pm. Steve is a great presenter and is 
> very knowledgeable about Mac OS X--definitely worthwhile.
>
>   -- Al
>
> UNIX Inside, Mac Outside
>
> Steve Hayman, National Consulting Engineer for Apple Education, will 
> discuss and demonstrate the latest Unix features of Mac OS X, 
> including Darwin, its FreeBSD-based Unix core; Apple's new 
> implementation of X Windows, and Apple's free developer tools.  We'll 
> look at scripting on Mac OS X and how you might use AppleScript Studio 
> to combine the wonderful GUI of Mac OS X with the power of core Unix 
> command-line tools.  Plus we'll talk about what's coming in the 
> upcoming Panther release of Mac OS X.
>
> The details:
> LIKE YOU, THE MAC RUNS UNIX.
>
> Because colleges and universities have decades of UNIX experience and 
> a huge
> installed base of UNIX Systems, Mac OS X is a natural fit.
>
> In addition to its powerful UNIX foundation,  Mac OS X was designed 
> with the
> needs of programmers in mind.  Darwin, its Open Source core, is based 
> on BSD
> 4.4 and the Mach 3.0 microkernel, making Mac OS X an ideal development
> environment AND the ideal training ground for future software 
> engineers.
>
> Many popular science and technical UNIX applications have already been
> ported to Mac OS X, and it's easy to port your own.  Mac OS X features
> built-in support for Java 2 and also runs UNIX applications alongside
> off-the-shelf productivity applications like Microsoft Office.  That 
> means
> users DON'T have to switch between two machines or reboot in a 
> different
> operating system.
>
> ALL OF THE POWER IN A UNIX OS,
> WITH NONE OF THE HASSLE.  JOIN US.
>
> PC and Mac users alike are invited to attend this event.  Steve Hayman,
> Apple Consulting Engineer for Higher Education, leads a discussion 
> designed
> for UNIX-savvy users, administrators and developers, as well as 
> systems and
> network administrators.  Participants will learn:
>
> •  How the BSD foundation of Mac OS X delivers a new world of UNIX 
> tools
> to the Macintosh platform.
>
> •  How Apple's object-oriented developer tools, including Project
> Builder, Interface Builder and AppleScript Studio, enable developers to
> rapidly build applications.
>
> •  The pathways developers can take to port UNIX applications to the 
> Mac
> platform.  And the ease of porting when WHAT you need may have already 
> been
> ported for you.
>
> •  How Mac OS X seamlessly fits into a heterogenous network of Mac, 
> Windows,
> Linux and UNIX machines.
>
> Participants will also learn more about running X Windows applications 
> on
> Mac OS X.  We'll demonstrate X Darwin (X Free86), Fink for software
> installation and Orobor for Aqua-compatible X Windows windows 
> management.
> For perhaps the first time, you'll imagine X applications on the go 
> from an
> Apple PowerBook G4 or iBook.
>
>
> ---
> Albert Willis
> Macintosh Platform Coordinator
> Software Release Team
> MIT Information Systems