----- Original Message ----- From: "Faber Fedor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 11:53 AM
> > Actually this does bring up something in that it would be good if our 3 > > LUGs (HAMLUG, LUG/IP, NJLUG) could work together more on speakers (and > > other things). > > I agree. Smed said you guys were thinking of an installfest. How's that > going? Good idea, combined strength never hurt anyone. Installfests are good, so are combined representations at tech events. All of this should give us an opportunity to meet each other. > There are some activities that I'm interested in doing (approaching > local and state governments, schools, public education, etc.) but I > don't think NJLUG has the critical mass of people to pull them off. > Maybe our three groups combined can do something. I work for a school district that is steeped in Novell. Our SLA agreement is so reasonable that migrating to Linux is just not possible. Directory Services, Proxy, Email, Desktop & Server Management are just a few things we run. Plus with all the training they've sent us to, I doubt they'd want us to migrate anytime soon. But this does not mean that they aren't any school districts that are strapped for money and are open to Linux. They do have to consider though who is going to maintain these systems which is a the key issue considering that even school districts are laying off their tech people. Also, not all tech people in school districts are into Linux. Plus with all this hoopla surrounding the SCO v/s IBM on Linux, they might be leery of jumping into this. Which is why I would like to see the presentation on LDAP with PAM. Just to see what I could have running on Linux to compete with the Novell Directory Services. > Oh, and let's not forget the kids over at NJULUG (Rutgers?). Kids....LOL....I see the start of a whole new flame thread on this. Jeff
