sunflash-Distributed to mailing list sun/NC/north-carolina sunflash-Send requests, problems to owner-sunflash@suntri.east.sun.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Sun User Group - Basic Information SunFLASH Vol 60 #6 December 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 60.06 Sun User Group - Basic Information The Sun User Group, Inc., is an international, not-for-profit, technical and professional association. Our members are users, developers, programmers, manufacturers, and resellers of hardware and software either produced or licensed by Sun Microsystems, or which expands or enhances the capabilities of such equipment. This article contains membership information and an application. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Newsgroups: comp.org.sug From: john@sug.org (J. Mickevich) Sun User Group, Inc. 1330 Beacon Street, Suite 315 Brookline, MA 02146 USA voice: +1 617 232-0514 fax: +1 617 232-1347 office@sug.org For membership information and an application, hit the bar now. Otherwise, hit 'n' now. =================================================================== The most important part of your workstation didn't come in the box: *US* =================================================================== The Sun User Group (SUG) brings people together to share information and ideas about using Sun equipment. You can discover new ways to save time and money in the pages of _Readme_. You can get quick answers to important questions on our electronic mailing list. At Local User Group (LUG) meetings you can learn more about the capabilities of your workstation. At our conferences, you can meet other people who are doing progressive and innovative work with their Sun equipment. Now is a better time than ever to join the Sun User Group. We're reorganized, reinvented and growing every day. We've recently introduced exciting new services specifically for our official LUGs. Our newsletter, _Readme_, has gone from quarterly to bimonthly. Our members-only electronic mailing list has become one of the most popular routes on the information highway. Our annual conferences feature respected teachers - from Sun Microsystems as well as many other areas of the industry. _______________________________________________________________________________ AS A SUN USER GROUP MEMBER YOU'LL RECEIVE.... Discounted admission on our conferences, tutorials and workshops _Readme_ - our bimonthly newsletter A one-year subscription to _Sun Expert_ magazine The right to purchase our award-winning software libraries Discounts on popular technical publications, hardware and software Access to our electronic mailing list Free connect time from dial-up services like _The World_ and _d.Board_ T-Shirts, SUG mugs, a other nifty stuff you'd expect from Team SUG. ...AND THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING! The Sun User Group already provides valuable services and you can expect to see even more from the new, expanded Sun User Group in the future. We're in constant contact with our members in an effort to continually improve our services and benefits. _______________________________________ STILL NOT CONVINCED THAT SUG IS THE COOLEST USER GROUP UNDER THE SUN? READ ON! *CONFERENCES, TUTORIALS and WORKSHOPS* The Sun User Group's reputation for providing the finest technical talks and educational sessions is unparalleled. Our tutorial program is one of the most sought after in the business and will be appearing at several conferences and tradeshows throughout 1994. Also in 1994, we will be launching our one-day tutorial program. This bi-monthly series of intensive seminars are an ideal way to receive the training in the areas that are important to you. Upcoming topics include: Basic and Advanced Systems Administration UNIX Device Drivers XView Migrating to Solaris Multithreaded Applications Perl Advanced UNIX Security Mixed-OS Administration These tutorials will be held in a variety of cities around the United States and there are plans to hold at least one in Europe! The first one-day tutorial will be in Boston in March. Contact the SUG office at office@sug.org for more details. The Sun User Group is dedicated to keeping in the forefront of Sun and Sun-licensed technology. Our tutorials reflect the changing interests and demands of our technical and professional community. Technical proceedings, containing written versions of most of the papers presented at the conferences, are available for the past three SUG conferences. *LOCAL USER GROUPS* One of the ways of getting to know your colleagues is through a local user groups. Local User Groups (LUGs) exist throughout the world. Currently, there are LUGs in 25 states and 15 countries. The Sun User Group supports these local groups with listings, literature, an electronic mailing list, and organizational assistance. SUG works closely with LUGs all across the world to help meet the needs of the entire Sun/SPARC community. If you are a Sun User Group member and are interested in finding the LUG in your area, or if you would like to start a LUG, contact SUG at 617/232-0514 or at office@sug.org via email. *PERIODICALS* We've accelerated the publishing schedule of _Readme_ from quarterly to bi-monthly, so you won't have to wait to get the lastest word from the Sun/SPARCstation world! Chock full of news articles, product reviews, and troubleshooting tips, _Readme_ is your connection to the fast-paced workstation environment. Sun User Group members are also entitled to receive monthly copies of SunExpert magazine. SunExpert, published by Computer Publishing Group, serves the UNIX workstation environment, emphasizing Sun, SPARC, and Sun-compatible systems. *MEMBER DISCOUNTS* Sun User Group members are entitled to a variety of textbook and training discounts from publishers, software and hardware vendors, and a variety of useful services: * Addison-Wesley 15% off books and training * O'Reilly and Assoc. up to 40% off books * Prentice Hall 15% off books * USENIX 30% off on Computing Systems * Dataram up to 40% on memory modules * Qualix Group 15% on software purchases * DUX Software SimCity for more than 15% off * Software Moguls 15% on SM-arch * The World 1 free hour of service at basic rate 25 hours for $20 at bulk rate * d.BOARD 50% off their regular log-on rates This list is always growing as SUG continues to find new ways to make membership more and more valuable. *THE EMAIL LIST* For our members with electronic mail, the Sun User Group maintains an electronic mailing list. The mailing-list is available only as a benefit of membership in the Sun User Group. The list is a forum for the discussion of the needs of SUG members, both from the user group and from vendors. It also provides SUG with a fast and easy way to alert users to new developments in user group, such as new member benefits or late-breaking conference news. If you would like to be added to the electronic mailing list, be sure to check off the appropriate box on the membership application below, and include a valid email address. *SOFTWARE LIBRARY* Tired of spending late nights combing the Internet for an elusive piece of software? Do you spend more time with Archie than with your own family? Search no more! The Sun User Group brings the best of the Internet to you! The Sun User Group makes available public domain (unsupported, donated) software libraries. These CD-ROMS can only be purchased by current members of the Sun User Group. The 1991 SUG CD-ROM contains 300MB of source code, fully-indexed archives of Sun-related net postings, plug-and-play X11R4, compiled Sun 4 binaries and nearly 200MB of Sun Micro- systems' software patches. The 1992.1 disk, which was assembled by Robert A. Bruce, has 543MB of material, including X11R5, 212MB of contributed X sources, GNU sources, libraries, SPARC binaries, and an archive of comp.source.X postings. The 1992.2 disk has nearly 650MB including more SPARC binaries, resource materials, archives, patches, and source code not found on previous disks. The 1994 SUG CD-Rom is our first compilation which includes Solaris compatible material. Over 600mb of binaries, archives, and migration tools. The 1994 disk is ready to run, with an easy to install, self-mounting, start-up script. More detailed information on each of these CD-ROMs is available by contacting us at office@sug.org. ________________________________________________________ SO HOW DO I JOIN, ALREADY? 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