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Jon "maddog" Hall will be the featured speaker at the DFW Unix User's Group's Thursday, May 6 meeting. Jon is a tireless and entertaining promoter of the Linux operating system. The meeting will be at 7:00 PM at the Crown Plaza Suites, at Coit and LBJ Freeway. The meeting is free and open to the public, and everyone is cordially invited to attend. For current information, please check out the user group's web site: http://www.dfwuug.org. Jon has been in Compaq's UNIX Group for over 14 years as an engineer, product manager, and marketing manager. Prior to Compaq, Jon was a Senior Systems Administrator in Bell Laboratories' UNIX Group. maddog has been programming and using UNIX for over 18 years. In addition to Jon's work with Compaq UNIX, he is also Executive Director of Linux International, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the use of Linux. Digital Equipment Corporation was the first system vendor to join Linux International, as a Corporate Sponsoring Member. Jon has been directly responsible for the porting of Linux to the Alpha chip. maddog started his programming career on large IBM mainframes in Basic Assembly Language but his career improved dramatically when he was introduced to Digital's PDP-11 line of computers, when he was Chairman of the Computer Sciences Department at Hartford Technical College. He spent four glorious years there teaching students the value of designing good algorithms, writing good code, and living a honorable life. He has also been known to enjoy discussing aspects of computer science over pizza and beer with said students. Jon will deliver the General Session speech at the Linux Global Summit, a part of Spring Comdex, on April 19, 1999. He write articles for numerous computing magazines. The Crown Plaza Suites is just west of the northwest corner of the intersection of Coit Road and the LBJ Freeway (Interstate Highway 635). The hotel has entrances on the LBJ service road and on Alpha Road just to the north. There is also an entrance at the west side off Blossomheath Lane. Related: A recent Linux Today interview with maddog.  
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