Re: [PLUG] Who are the top 10 interesting entrepreneur + open source companies in PDX?

2011-01-26 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "David" == David Mandel writes: David> Two different groups in two different states have recently ask: David> Who are the top 10 interesting entrepreneur + open source companies in PDX? David> Anyone have any candidates? The Silicon Florist guy would probably know this better than any of

Re: [PLUG] Who are the top 10 interesting entrepreneur + open source companies in PDX?

2011-01-24 Thread MJang
On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 17:57 -0800, chris (fool) mccraw wrote: > On Jan 24, 2011 3:50 PM, "Pete Lancashire" wrote: > > > > even leaving TW in the mix, sure does not look like ten, wow the land > > of Open Source sure is not looking to sweet > > I hadn't sounded off yet, but there are a couple more

Re: [PLUG] Who are the top 10 interesting entrepreneur + open source companies in PDX?

2011-01-24 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 06:36:22PM -0800, David Mandel wrote: > Two different groups in two different states have recently ask: > > Who are the top 10 interesting entrepreneur + open source companies in PDX? Personal Telco? One of the, if not the, earliest communinty wifi group in the country.

Re: [PLUG] Who are the top 10 interesting entrepreneur + open source companies in PDX?

2011-01-24 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 05:57:15PM -0800, chris (fool) mccraw wrote: > Puppet labs > Seems like civic apps might fit into this category? Not entirely sure but > my vague understanding leads me to think that group might fit in somewhere. > > And we have several open source rockstars in our midst:

Re: [PLUG] Who are the top 10 interesting entrepreneur + open source companies in PDX?

2011-01-24 Thread Mike Connors
How about Open Sourcery - According to their web site they're "deeply involved in the development and customization of Drupal." ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Who are the top 10 interesting entrepreneur + open source companies in PDX?

2011-01-24 Thread Mike Connors
> > I think Ward Cunningham and Wiki are worth mentioning. > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Who are the top 10 interesting entrepreneur + open source companies in PDX?

2011-01-24 Thread chris (fool) mccraw
On Jan 24, 2011 3:50 PM, "Pete Lancashire" wrote: > > even leaving TW in the mix, sure does not look like ten, wow the land > of Open Source sure is not looking to sweet I hadn't sounded off yet, but there are a couple more contenders: Puppet labs Seems like civic apps might fit into this catego

Re: [PLUG] Who are the top 10 interesting entrepreneur + open source companies in PDX?

2011-01-24 Thread Pete Lancashire
even leaving TW in the mix, sure does not look like ten, wow the land of Open Source sure is not looking to sweet On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Mike Connors wrote: >> >> >> TripWire - http://www.tripwire.com/ >> Firefly Technologies - http://firefly.granburyrs.com/ (POS Systems) >> > > I have

Re: [PLUG] Who are the top 10 interesting entrepreneur + open source companies in PDX?

2011-01-24 Thread Mike Connors
> > > TripWire - http://www.tripwire.com/ > Firefly Technologies - http://firefly.granburyrs.com/ (POS Systems) > I have to dispute TW as an "open source" company. "Both are based on the same code, written by Gene Kim and Dr. Eugene Spafford at Purdue University in 1992, but Tripwire’s commercial

Re: [PLUG] Who are the top 10 interesting entrepreneur + open source companies in PDX?

2011-01-24 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Sat, 22 Jan 2011, Rogan Creswick wrote: > On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 6:36 PM, David Mandel wrote: >> Two different groups in two different states have recently ask: >> >> Who are the top 10 interesting entrepreneur + open source companies >> in PDX? > > Galois is a local Linux shop (primarily) t

Re: [PLUG] Who are the top 10 interesting entrepreneur + open source companies in PDX?

2011-01-22 Thread Rogan Creswick
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 6:36 PM, David Mandel wrote: > Two different groups in two different states have recently ask: > > Who are the top 10 interesting entrepreneur + open source companies in PDX? Galois is a local Linux shop (primarily) that has made a lot of OSS contributions to the Haskell c

Re: [PLUG] Who are the top 10 interesting entrepreneur + open source companies in PDX?

2011-01-22 Thread Nathan W
On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:36:22 -0800 David Mandel wrote: > Two different groups in two different states have recently ask: > > Who are the top 10 interesting entrepreneur + open source companies > in PDX? > > Anyone have any candidates? > > Sincerely, > David Mandel > Chief Activist > Po

[PLUG] Who are the top 10 interesting entrepreneur + open source companies in PDX?

2011-01-22 Thread David Mandel
Two different groups in two different states have recently ask: Who are the top 10 interesting entrepreneur + open source companies in PDX? Anyone have any candidates? Sincerely, David Mandel Chief Activist Portland Linux/Unix Group 560 SE Alexander Corvallis, Oregon 97333 (541) 75