Re: Fwd: User group leader conference in Boston, May 2nd

2009-04-10 Thread Ted Roche
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

Re: Fwd: User group leader conference in Boston, May 2nd

2009-04-10 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
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

Re: User group leader conference in Boston, May 2nd

2009-04-10 Thread Ed lawson
On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:15:18 -0400 Ben Scott wrote: > > GNHLUG is not at war with anyone, not even Microsoft. > Nor is there a requirement of GNHLUG members to dislike or hate anything else in order to like or love or promote Linux or FOSS. -- Ed Lawson Ham Callsign: K1VP PGP Key ID

Re: Fwd: User group leader conference in Boston, May 2nd

2009-04-10 Thread Ben Scott
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. -

Re: Fwd: User group leader conference in Boston, May 2nd

2009-04-10 Thread David Berube
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.

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