Pike Conference 2006, Latvia

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 9th, 2006
For more information contact:
Michael Dexter conference@gotpike.org

Event Announcement: Pike Conference 2006 - Riga, Latvia October 18th-22nd, 2006

Calling all Pike users and web application developers!

The annual Pike language conference will be held at the University of Latvia in Riga, October
18th-22nd, 2006.

Users and developers of all levels of experience are invited to beautiful Riga, Latvia to attend
the year's biggest Pike event. Presentation and workshop topics will include the Caudium, Open
sTeam and Roxen web servers, LPC and many other Pike-related tools. This year's conference will
feature a daily Beginner's Tutorial and the unveiling of the new book, "Pike: An Introduction." The
book's editors, H. William Welliver III and Martin Bähr, will be on hand to sign copies and answer
questions.

The Call for Papers and Registration are open and can be found at: http://conference.gotpike.org/

About the Pike Language

While the Pike programming language and its predecessors have provided the "heavy lifting" of many
Internet services for almost two decades, it is only now receiving the attention it deserves. Pike
made its mark on the World Wide Web as the foundation for the powerful Roxen web server, and has
since expanded its reach to the desktop. Pike is best known as the foundation for the Roxen and
Caudium web servers and the Open sTeam collaborative learning platform, but has expanded into all
areas of computing.

Pike is a open source, dynamic, object-oriented language with a C-like syntax. It is strictly and
loosely-typed, and like Java, is converted to byte code by its interpreter prior to execution. Pike
offers a compelling alternative to Java, Python, Perl, PHP and Ruby for writing multiprotocol
Internet applications.

The Pike language: http://pike.ida.liu.se
The Caudium web server: http://caudium.net
The Open sTeam platform: http://www.open-steam.org

About the University of Latvia

The University of Latvia (www.lu.lv/eng/) opened its doors in 1919 after Latvia declared its
independence, and is Latvia's top academic institution. The Pike Conference 2006 is being organized
with the University of Latvia Linux Centre (linux.edu.lv), which will be celebrating its one year
anniversary one week before the conference. The Linux Centre exists to serve three functions: to
popularize Free and Open Source software and break the stereotype that it is only for use by
computer specialists; to serve as a repository of open source knowledge and tools; and finally, to
distribute open source software in Latvia via mirrors and a software directory.

About the Republic of Latvia

Latvia is a new EU member state and was one of the most technologically-advanced regions of Europe
prior to World War 2. It is the birthplace of the Minox miniature camera and once had the most
sophisticated telephone network in Europe. Its capital Riga is one of the architectural gems of
Northern Europe, and its beautiful countryside is endowed with many remarkable palaces and castles.
For more information, visit latviatourism.lv