Re: Fwd: User group leader conference in Boston, May 2nd
David Berube wrote: > Is there any objection to my going to this? I'm ex-chairman, not current > chairman, and less involved than many other people, but I'm not worried > about either M$ or O'Reilly getting my contact info (both already have > it many times over) and I'm happy to represent the FOSS viewpoint. > (There's another slot open as well - they said two per UG, but in > practical terms I doubt they'll care if we bring a few over the limit.) > I have no objection. I'm already booked for that weekend. I know one of the guys from the NH Ruby group is planning to go. We have enough LUGs and SIGs that we could send a dozen or so :) > I'll bring some open source books - I'll get some copies of my various > publications from Apress and sign them, and my experience is that other > publishers rarely have the moxie to complain when I do that - and if > someone wants to supply some FOSS discs to give away, I can do that as > well. (Isn't there some FOSS-For-Windows-With-Ubuntu-Dual-Boot discs > made en masse for something?) > > Take it easy, > > -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Re: Fwd: User group leader conference in Boston, May 2nd
Actually I should clarify. Microsoft sponsoring it would not deter me from going. I am fairly impervious to any propaganda they might throw at me, and would only take away useful information. Probably you are in the same mindset. In fact, I would encourage people to go and to take along as much FOSS stuff as you can. I am not above Microsoft and O'Reilly funding meetings like this to help us get the truth about FOSS out to people. md -- Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: mad...@li.org 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association Board Member Emeritus: USENIX Association (2000-2006) (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. (R)Linux International is a registered trademark in the USA used pursuant to a license from Linux Mark Institute, authorized licensor of Linus Torvalds, owner of the Linux trademark on a worldwide basis (R)UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the USA and other countries. ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Re: Fwd: User group leader conference in Boston, May 2nd
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:31 AM, David Berube wrote: > Is there any objection to my going to this? I'm ex-chairman, not current > chairman ... I have no objection, and wouldn't even if you *were* the current chairman or anything else. GNHLUG is not at war with anyone, not even Microsoft. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Re: Fwd: User group leader conference in Boston, May 2nd
Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote: > Well, > > Everything was going fine until I saw who was sponsoring it. > > This is another example of O'Reilly getting in bed with a company that > has not been very friendly to Linux and FOSS. > > I am sure that they would love to get people's names on a mailing list. > > Do you think they would mind if GNHLUG brought along 100 or so disks of > free Software and gave it out to the attendees? > > md Hey all, Is there any objection to my going to this? I'm ex-chairman, not current chairman, and less involved than many other people, but I'm not worried about either M$ or O'Reilly getting my contact info (both already have it many times over) and I'm happy to represent the FOSS viewpoint. (There's another slot open as well - they said two per UG, but in practical terms I doubt they'll care if we bring a few over the limit.) I'll bring some open source books - I'll get some copies of my various publications from Apress and sign them, and my experience is that other publishers rarely have the moxie to complain when I do that - and if someone wants to supply some FOSS discs to give away, I can do that as well. (Isn't there some FOSS-For-Windows-With-Ubuntu-Dual-Boot discs made en masse for something?) Take it easy, -- David Berube Berube Consulting http://berubeconsulting.com (603)-485-9622 ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Re: Fwd: User group leader conference in Boston, May 2nd
Well, Everything was going fine until I saw who was sponsoring it. This is another example of O'Reilly getting in bed with a company that has not been very friendly to Linux and FOSS. I am sure that they would love to get people's names on a mailing list. Do you think they would mind if GNHLUG brought along 100 or so disks of free Software and gave it out to the attendees? md -- Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: mad...@li.org 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association Board Member Emeritus: USENIX Association (2000-2006) (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. (R)Linux International is a registered trademark in the USA used pursuant to a license from Linux Mark Institute, authorized licensor of Linus Torvalds, owner of the Linux trademark on a worldwide basis (R)UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the USA and other countries. ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
