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Envelope-to: anurag@hbcse.tifr.res.in Delivery-date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 20:50:43 +0530 Subject: [Fwd: GLUG meet at IIT on 19th December] From: Venkatesh Hariharan venky1@vsnl.com Reply-To: venky1@vsnl.com To: anurag@hbcse.tifr.res.in Cc: nagarjun@hbcse.tifr.res.in X-Keywords: X-UID: 110

*December GLUG meet notice*

Content-Description: Forwarded message - GLUG meet at IIT on 19th December Subject: GLUG meet at IIT on 19th December From: "Venkatesh (Venky) Hariharan" venky@redhat.com To: Mumbai India GNU/Linux Users Group linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Cc: Steve Fernandes lonetwin@yahoo.com

Dear All,

The next GLUG meet will be held at IIT Bombay from 3PM-5PM. The two topics discussed at thus GLUG meet are Python and Mono.

Steve Fernandes of Ensim will be specially coming down from Pune to Mumbai to share his knowledge of Python with this group. A special thanks to him from the group for taking the trouble of coming all the way to Mumbai. Many people have suggested Python as the ideal language from the Open Source world for imparting programming skills to students and a better alternative to using proprietary tools like Visual Basic. As a community, we need to examine alternatives to proprietary software and suggest alternatives from the open source world. Therefore, we need to evangelize the usage of languages like Python in education, academia and for software development.

Amish Munshi of Novell will be talking on Mono, a subject that has generated a lot of traffic on this list.

The venue for the meeting will be KReSIT at IIT Mumbai. The directions are enclosed below and also available online at http://www.iitb.ac.in/campus/howto/iitblayout.html (KReSIT is #37 on the map).

Getting to IIT Bombay ===================== IIT Bombay is located in an area called Powai in the Central suburb called KanjurMarg in Mumbai. The best way of reaching there is by a combination of Road and Rail.

Mumbai has two main suburban train tracks respectively called after the Central and Western Railways. The suburban trains of Mumbai are called 'local' trains.

If you are on the Central Railway, get down at Kanjurmarg or Vikhroli and take an auto to IIT. The auto will take around Rs. 15 - 20. To board any of the buses, you'll have to walk slightly till a bus stop on the main L.B.S.Road and take any Andheri/Borivali bound bus. The fare is around Rs. 3.

If you are coming from the Western Railways, get down at Andheri and take any of the buses going to Mulund from the eastern side of the railway station. The fare would be roughly Rs. 6. Alternatively, you could take an auto which will take around Rs. 55 to IIT.

Getting to KReSIT within IIT ============================ The new KReSIT building is now fully operational - one of the most impressive structures in the IIT-Bombay campus! The KReSIT building is the first big structure one comes across when entering IIT. Approximately a 5 minute walk from the Main Gate, it is situated on the right side of the road after Hostel 10 and the wide road going right to the Y-Point gate.

It is equally close to the Y-Point gate; turn right after entering the Campus, and take the first left where you will see the Central School Ground. Continue walking and enter the second gate on the right. You can see the white and blue KReSIT building right away!

Note that the building is not connected to the long corridor that links all the department building.

See you all there on Sunday!

Venky