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O'Reilly Media is now making available downloadable Keynote, OpenOffice.org, and PowerPoint slides available to anyone in our user group.

O’Reilly Media, a highly-respected technical publisher, offers to members of our user group a generous 40% discount for all printed books and 50% for all e-books. Enter discount code "DSUG" at their store site. In addition, any orders over $29.95 qualify for free shipping in the United States.

OSCON 2010 is happening July 19-23, 2010 in Portland, Oregon. There is big change in technology and society, and open source is making it happen. Cloud computing is transforming our toolkit, from NoSQL to systems management. Mobile services are growing exponentially, set alight by Android and iPhone. New languages and APIs are flourishing. Developers must adapt to a rapidly evolving platform, which open source is the key to managing and steering. Rapid change presents opportunity as well as challenges. Open source isn't just about being cost-effective, it's leading in innovation. You can change the game in your business, your community, or even the world. OSCON brings together people like you from across the open source universe to learn, inspire each other, and collaborate.

Happening June 7-10, 2010 at the Baltimore Convention Center, RailsConf 2010 is the official event for the Ruby on Rails community. If you're passionate about Rails and what it helps you achieve — or are curious about how Rails can help you create web applications better and faster — RailsConf is the place to be.

Discover. Connect. Succeed. Scale Your Business with MySQL.

Come together with over 2,000 open source and database enthusiasts from around the world to explore the power of MySQL and related technologies. The MySQL Conference & Expo, co-presented by O'Reilly Media and MySQL, happens April 12-15, 2010 in Santa Clara, California, at the Santa Clara Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Santa Clara. It is the largest gathering of MySQL developers, users, and DBAs worldwide, the event reflects MySQL's wide-ranging appeal and capabilities. The open atmosphere of the MySQL Conference & Expo helps IT professionals and community members to create the best database applications, tools, and software through expert instruction, hands-on tutorials, readily available MySQL developers, and guru business advice.

Happening March 30-April 1, 2010 at the San Jose Marriott in San Jose, California, Where 2.0 brings together the people, projects, and issues building the new technological foundations and creating value in the location industry. Join with other developers, technologists, CTOs, researchers, geographers, academics, business developers, and entrepreneurs to debate and discuss what's viable now, and what's lurking just below the radar.

The O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference will be happening February 22-24, 2010 at the Marriott Marquis Time Square in New York City, NY, to explore emerging trends around digital publishing.

Creating Business Solutions Through Collaborative Strategy

Once in a generation, a book comes along that transforms the business landscape. Company strategy typically has been planned by corporate chiefs in annual meetings, and then dictated to managers to carry out. In The New How, Nilofer Merchant shows corporate directors, executives, and managers that the best way to create a winning strategy is to include employees at all levels, helping to create strategy they not only believe in, but are also equipped to implement.