<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chrome@real-time.com">chrome@real-time.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Really, there's not nearly as much need for the LUG as there used to be.<br>
Linux is much easier to install, communication between everyone is better,<br>
and Linux has gotten far enough into the mainstream that there's not as much<br>
need for advocacy as there used to be. Linux didn't destroy all opponents in<br>
the OS wars; but it did force the other vendors (M$ and Apple) to get a lot<br>
better. </blockquote><div><br>I generally agree with this. I'm far more interested in the Free/Open Source Software movements and issues than Linux itself as an OS. Linux as a platform - great! But once Linux is on the box - then what? So my focus area is a bit broader, but LUG's seem to be the best place to find like-minded people, including topics like: <br>
<br>* Licensing (understanding the GPL) <br>* Linux & F/OSS in the Enterprise <br> - how to integrate into a windows-dominated environment<br> - How to provide services to windows clients transparently <br> - authentication and identity sourcing <br>
- Workflows and tool chains <br>* More broadly, our privacy rights<br>* Standards, and standards corruption by for-profit entities. <br>* Developing solutions on Linux with F/OSS tool chains <br> - web develepment being a key area of interest for me. <br>
* Coming changes/new features in the kernel. <br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">In the end, that's a pretty good result. Once again, the<br>
(relatively) free market helps consumers win in the end. :)<br></blockquote><div><br>Free (liberated) software helped more than markets, imho. <br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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So the LUG is to a greater percentage what it always had been... a social<br>
club for geeks. :)<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br>Yar. <br><br>-Rob </div></div>