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Warpstock Update
Computer enthusiasts and IT professionals meet at UC Santa Cruz August 15-17 for Warpstock 2008. The 3-day conference highlights developments in the eComStation operating system (eCS) - the licensed successor to OS/2 Warp.
This 12th annual meeting features presentations and classes in Wi-Fi
technology, virtual machines, hard-disk managers, modern laptops, office software, and more.
Registration ends July 15, and may be done online at www.warpstock.org
The following is the detailed schedule for Warpstock. This schedule is subject to change as more presenters sign up. Presenter sign-ups are being accepted now on the Warpstock web site.
Friday, August 15
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Registration and vendor displays
Warpstock 2008 opening session
2008 Update on Wi-Fi Technologies
The virtual machine environment
Reseller roundtable
GenMAC with Supported and Unsupported Hardware
FM/2, the Swiss army knife of file managers
Introduction to DFSee and partitioning, including LVM
Q&A session on DFSee usage, various topics
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Warpstock 2008 Social -- Shakespeare Santa Cruz
Saturday, August 16
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Registration and vendor displays
Installing eCS in the virtual machine environment
Software developers round table
Lenovo T6x roundtable
Contributing to open source development for the non-programmer and novice programmer
Creating effective slideshow presentations using OpenOffice.org Impress
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Warpstock 2008 Banquet
Sunday, August 17
8:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Warpstock 2008 wrap-up session
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rpstock Corporation is a Virginia corporation. The Warpstock annual
conference is a gathering of eCS/OS/2 users, developers, and vendors from around the world for the purpose of education and advocacy. More information is available at the Warpstock web site: