What is UNIX, Anyway?

Marc Rochkind presented the first FRUUG meeting with the word "UNIX" in the title in five years, and it was a back-to-the-basics talk discussing the UNIX API, what's happened to it over the last few decades, and why (including multiple conspiracy theories). Marc was kind enough to hand out a crib sheet listing all of the relevant URLs mentioned in his slides, and they are:

• Marc's Slides: (HTML), or if you're using one of those browsers that Microsoft would just as soon see dead (and won't producte proper output for), (PDF 1.8MB)
• C++ Wrapper: www.basepath.com/aup/ux
• Open Group: www.opengroup.org
• Austin Group: www.opengroup.org/austin
• SUSv3: www.unix.org/version3
• The Unix Heritage Society: www.tuhs.org
• OSI Position Paper on the SCO vs. IBM Complaint: www.opensource.org/sco-vs-ibm.html

October 23: Lustre & VirtualBox
Bryon Neitzel will discuss the Lustre File System architecture, and Ginnie Wray will demonstrate how to run the OpenSolaris OS with Sun's VirtualBox virtualization software.

Book Giveaway
We'll be making room for new books on our book cart by giving away some of our old security-related titles at this meeting. Come grab a book!

Web Application Security
The writeup from our last meeting with presentation slides is available in our meeting archive.

Future Meetings
Topics include:
Valgrind
Web GUI Programming