[Fredericksburg-ZPUG] Christian Theune opportunity: two February ZPUGs? Reschedule ZPUG?

[Tres Seaver]

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Gary Poster wrote:
> Hi all.  Do you want to hear about Zope 3 and Common Criteria 
> certification, or ZODB blob support, from Christian Theune?  I want  to
> know so I can figure out how to schedule our February ZPUGs.
> 
> Here's more detail.
> 
> Christian Theune, an active member of the Zope community, is planning 
> on being in our area soon--but not in time for our next ZPUG meeting, 
> February 8.  He could have some interesting things to talk about,  though.
> 
> In particular, he is leading an effort to get Zope 3 Common Criteria 
> certified.  The Common Criteria is an international security  evaluation
> program for software, based on US, Canadian, and European  standards
> (more information at the bottom of this email).  Christian  would talk
> about this process and ask for feedback and ideas about  the C2
> certification of Zope 3.
> 
> Christian is also working with one of our ZPUG attendees, Chris 
> McDonough, to add blob support to the Zope Object Database (ZODB), 
> which essentially makes working with large blobs in the ZODB more 
> efficient.  He might also be able to talk about progress in this effort.
> 
> We already have the following topics scheduled for our Feb. 8  meeting:
> O'Reilly's "Twisted" book review by Benji York; a talk  involving both
> Twisted and Mac OS X by Zac Bir; and a talk involving  Twisted and Zope
> 3 by Gary Poster.
> 
> I want to know who is interested in hearing Christian talk.  I can do 
> one of three things, depending on the reply from the list:
> 
> - Reschedule the ZPUG to Feb. 15, and postpone one or two of the 
> Twisted talks.

+1

> - Have two 7:30 PM ZPUGs, one on Feb. 8 as scheduled and one on Feb.  15
> for Christian's topics.

+0

> - Have the usual Feb. 8 ZPUG, and have an additional afternoon or  early
> evening talk with Christian that would be a more friendly  schedule for
> Zope Corporation employees.  ZPUG members would be  welcome, but I'd
> choose this primarily if noone outside of Zope  Corporation expressed
> interest.

- -0

> Do you want to hear about Zope 3 and Common Criteria certification,  or
> ZODB blob support from Christian Theune?

+1 for both.


Tres.
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