Saint Louis Visual Basic User Group Meeting 19 March 2008

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Saint Louis Visual Basic User Group Meeting 19 March 2008 

Saint Louis Visual Basic Users Group [STLVBUG] and Microsoft Infrastructure Professionals User Group [MIPUG] 19 March 2008 Combined Meeting

Topic1: "Why Network Security Sucks" by Rick Eccher

from 5:30pm to 7pm, then

Topic2: Why Software Sucks by David Platt

David will be joining us remotely via the wonders of the Internet to discuss of his book Why Software Sucksââ,¬Â¦ and what you can do about it. Dave will be presenting his views on the state of the software industry and the It Just Workstm crusade. He would like to hear our thoughts about his book and the computing industry.


David runs Rolling Thunder Computing (www.rollthunder.com), an education and consulting practice. He has more than twenty years of experience as a programmer. He teaches software development at Harvard University Extension School and at companies all over the world and is a popular speaker at conferences. He is the author of Why Software Sucksââ,¬Â¦ and what you can do about it, nine previous books ââ,¬â€œ including Introducing Microsoft .NET, Third Edition, The Microsoft Platform Ahead, and Understanding COM+ ââ,¬â€œ as well as many journal articles and newsletters. Microsoft designated him a Software Legend in 2002.
Dave lives in Ipswitch, Massachusetts.

Besides the company site linked above, he maintains a site for the book at www.whysoftwaresucks.com and you can view Dave on YouTube here, here and here.
He has been featured on Channel 9 in ARCast and ARCast.TV with Ron Jacobs.


When: Wednesday, 19 March 2008
5:30PM for the first presentation, then 7 pm for the second presentation
6 pm for food and drinks sponsored by MODIS 8:30 pm door prize drawing
8:35 pm Q&A Business Board Meeting


Actual Meeting at Microsoft: 3 Citplace, Suite 1100