Syndicate: PD92: (7.2.99) Wizards of O

[abroeck@v2.nl (andreas broeckmann)]

From: foebud-info@BIONIC.zerberus.de
Subject: PD92: (7.2.99) Wizards of OS
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 01:54:30 +0100


PUBLIC DOMAIN V92.0 on Sunday, 7.2.1999:
Wizards of OS
Volker Grassmuck on operating systems as public domain of society


   "On  the  occasion  of  the  current debate on Microsoft and Linux,
   "Wizards  of OS" will check out the meaning of operating systems as
   the  basis  of  the "information society" of today. Focal points of
   the  event  will  be  the  functioning  of operating systems, their
   connections   to   social   systems  (politics,  economy,  culture,
   education etc.) and the alternatives to MS operating systems."

Volker  Grassmuck  will present the ideas behind the congress "Wizards
of OS" (OS = operating system) which will take place in Berlin in July
1999.  This  event  - meanwhile even supported by the Berlin Senate of
Commerce - will bring together people who want to work on solutions of
independant platforms for the development of a communication society.

Volker   Grassmuck   is  member  of  mikro  e.V.  (www.mikro.org)  and
collaborator   of   Professor  Wolfgang  Coy  at  the  "Institute  for
informatics  in  education  and society" at the Humboldt University in
Berlin.

By the way: Our series of events called "PUBLIC DOMAIN" is usually not
dedicated  to  the  software  of the same name, but the name itself is
program:  We want to present a wide range of interesting and visionary
topics,  of which we think that they concern everybody, and we want to
create  a place of open exchange. But with the topic of this month the
name fits also in the direct sense...



Place and Time:   Sunday, 7th of February 1999 from 3 pm
---------------   at Bunker Ulmenwall, Kreuzstr. 0, Bielefeld, Germany



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Background of the PUBLIC DOMAIN events:
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PUBLIC  DOMAIN  is  a  series of monthly events at Bunker Ulmenwall in
Bielefeld,  which  runs  already since 1987. Every first sunday of the
month  there  is  a  lecture,  a  demonstration, a workshop or a panel
discussion on a different topic. PUBLIC DOMAIN has become an important
regional  and  also  national  monthly  meeting  point  for all people
interested  in  the  fascinating  field  between  future  and society,
technology  and  environment,  science  and general knowledge, art and
culture and who want to exchange with others.

PUBLIC DOMAIN welcomes especially those who don't just want to listen,
but  contribute  by  bringing  their  own work, share their ideas with
others  in  the  network  and  who  like  exciting  and  controversial
discussions.