Hello Everyone, A special combined Orlando Java User Group & Gainesville Gator Java User Group meeting has been put together for tomorrow night, December 8th at DeVry University. Mark your calendars and spread the word! Our meetings are open to anyone interested in Java. Please rsvp by email to rsvp@orlandojug.org if you plan on attending. Here are the details. Presentation: "Roller" Dave Johnson, co-author of the Roller blog, will be giving a talk on Roller, the Java weblog. Roller is the open source blog server that drives Sun Microsystem's blogs.sun.com employee blogging site, the Javalobby's JRoller Java community site, and hundreds of other sites. If you want to set up a blog server for yourself or for several thousand of your closest friends, then Roller is the perfect choice. Here are some of the highlights of the presentation: Introduction to blogs and blog technologies Blogs at work (including blogs.sun.com) Introduction to the Roller project Roller architecture overview Speaker: Dave Johnson Dave Johnson is the founding developer of the Roller, the open source Java blogging system that powers Sun's employee blogs at blogs.sun.com and Javalobby's community blogs at jroller.com. Dave has worked in Java since Java was introduced in 1996. He has co-authored a book on JSP, written articles for Dr. Dobb's and OnJava.com, blogs at http://rollerweblogger.org/page/roller, and is working on a new book on blogging technology for Manning Publications. After working for a number of Java ISVs including Rogue Wave Software, HAHT Commerce, SAS Institute, Dave now works for Sun Microsystems on the development and advancement of Roller and other blogging technologies. Agenda: Wednesday, December 8, 2004 6:30pm - 7:00pm: Networking 7:00pm - 8:00pm: Presentation, Questions/Discussion 8:00pm - ?: Networking Host: DeVry University - Orlando campus Room: 113 4000 Millenia Boulevard Orlando, FL 32839 407 355 3131 RSVP: Please respond to rsvp@orlandojug.org so that we can estimate the number of people attending the meeting. Please tell your co-workers and fellow Java enthusiasts. As always I hope to see you there. -Brian

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