The problem with that presentation was he never used 10 words when 100 would do. Robin
On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 5:55 PM John Marshall <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I also appreciated the Linux Sucks talk given at Linuxfest Northwest > recently. I share concerns about Linux becoming more "Microsoft-y" and > "Corporate-y" and less "Linux-y". I was concerned with Microsoft's take > over of GitHub and their overwhelming participation in the Open Source > Foundation, not to mention IBM's purchase of Red Hat. I worry a lot about > Linux these days with so many developers working for and paid by major > corporations. These corporations are going to expect to control Linux, I > believe. "He who pays the piper calls the tune". I also was alarmed to > hear that major Linux conferences are costing from $1200 to $1800 per > person. Only corporate developers are going to be able to go to these > conferences. > > John > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Why Linux sucks > Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 15:21:23 +0000 > From: Kevin Young <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > Reply-To: CLUG General <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > To: CLUG General <[email protected]> <[email protected]>, > [email protected] <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > > Linuxfest Northwest is an excellent conference held the last weekend in > April each year in Bellingham, Washington. Attending the conference and > talks is totally free and they always have a great group of presenters. > I’ve attended the past few years and really enjoyed it. The first year I > drove out and last year I flew in to Abbotsford, B.C., rented a car and > made the 30 minute journey south to Bellingham. Attached is a link to > their conference site if anyone is interested: > > https://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/conferences/2019 > > > > *From: *clug-talk <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > on behalf of Greg King <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Reply-To: *CLUG General <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Date: *Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 2:10 AM > *To: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Subject: *[clug-talk] Why Linux sucks > > I really enjoyed this Linux fest NW talk about the current status of > Linux and open source. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVHcdgrqbHE > > Enjoy! > > Happy new year everyone! > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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