Re: Linux Sucks
Richard Carter <[email protected]> Sun, 30 Dec 2018 14:46:54 -0500
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--===============2973711440438595100== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000097e6a6057e428fb6" --00000000000097e6a6057e428fb6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The problem with that presentation was he never used 10 words when 100 would do. Robin On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 5:55 PM John Marshall <[email protected]> wrote= : > Hello Everyone, > > I also appreciated the Linux Sucks talk given at Linuxfest Northwest > recently. I share concerns about Linux becoming more "Microsoft-y" and > "Corporate-y" and less "Linux-y". I was concerned with Microsoft's take > over of GitHub and their overwhelming participation in the Open Source > Foundation, not to mention IBM's purchase of Red Hat. I worry a lot abou= t > Linux these days with so many developers working for and paid by major > corporations. These corporations are going to expect to control Linux, I > believe. "He who pays the piper calls the tune". I also was alarmed to > hear that major Linux conferences are costing from $1200 to $1800 per > person. Only corporate developers are going to be able to go to these > conferences. > > John > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Why Linux sucks > Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 15:21:23 +0000 > From: Kevin Young <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > Reply-To: CLUG General <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > To: CLUG General <[email protected]> <[email protected]>, > [email protected] <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > > Linuxfest Northwest is an excellent conference held the last weekend in > April each year in Bellingham, Washington. Attending the conference and > talks is totally free and they always have a great group of presenters. > I=E2=80=99ve attended the past few years and really enjoyed it. The firs= t year I > drove out and last year I flew in to Abbotsford, B.C., rented a car and > made the 30 minute journey south to Bellingham. Attached is a link to > their conference site if anyone is interested: > > https://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/conferences/2019 > > > > *From: *clug-talk <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > on behalf of Greg King <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Reply-To: *CLUG General <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Date: *Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 2:10 AM > *To: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Subject: *[clug-talk] Why Linux sucks > > I really enjoyed this Linux fest NW talk about the current status of > Linux and open source. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DTVHcdgrqbHE > > Enjoy! > > Happy new year everyone! > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > --00000000000097e6a6057e428fb6 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">The= problem with that presentation was he never used 10 words when 100 would d= o.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">= Robin</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sat, De= c 29, 2018 at 5:55 PM John Marshall <<a href=3D"mailto:johnkmarshall@sha= w.ca">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gm= ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,= 204,204);padding-left:1ex"> =20 =20 =20 <div bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"> <p>Hello Everyone,</p> <p>I also appreciated the Linux Sucks talk given at Linuxfest Northwest recently.=C2=A0 I share concerns about Linux becoming more "Microsoft-y" and "Corporate-y" and less "Li= nux-y".=C2=A0 I was concerned with Microsoft's take over of GitHub and their overwhelming participation in the Open Source Foundation, not to mention IBM's purchase of Red Hat.=C2=A0 I worry a lot about Linu= x these days with so many developers working for and paid by major corporations.=C2=A0 These corporations are going to expect to control Linux, I believe.=C2=A0 "He who pays the piper calls the tune&qu= ot;.=C2=A0 I also was alarmed to hear that major Linux conferences are costing from $1200 to $1800 per person.=C2=A0 Only corporate developers are going = to be able to go to these conferences.<br> </p> <p>John<br> </p> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <div class=3D"gmail-m_-3425457556759572846moz-forward-container"><br> <table class=3D"gmail-m_-3425457556759572846moz-email-headers-table" = cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0"> <tbody> <tr> <th valign=3D"BASELINE" nowrap align=3D"RIGHT">Subject: </th> <td>Re: [clug-talk] Why Linux sucks</td> </tr> <tr> <th valign=3D"BASELINE" nowrap align=3D"RIGHT">Date: </th> <td>Sat, 29 Dec 2018 15:21:23 +0000</td> </tr> <tr> <th valign=3D"BASELINE" nowrap align=3D"RIGHT">From: </th> <td>Kevin Young <a class=3D"gmail-m_-3425457556759572846moz-txt= -link-rfc2396E" href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank"><k= [email protected]></a></td> </tr> <tr> <th valign=3D"BASELINE" nowrap align=3D"RIGHT">Reply-To: </th> <td>CLUG General <a class=3D"gmail-m_-3425457556759572846moz-tx= t-link-rfc2396E" href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank"><cl= [email protected]></a></td> </tr> <tr> <th valign=3D"BASELINE" nowrap align=3D"RIGHT">To: </th> <td>CLUG General <a class=3D"gmail-m_-3425457556759572846moz-tx= t-link-rfc2396E" href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank"><cl= [email protected]></a>, <a class=3D"gmail-m_-3425457556759572846moz-txt-link-abbrevia= ted" href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">CalgaryUNIX@c= uug.ab.ca</a> <a class=3D"gmail-m_-3425457556759572846moz-txt-link-rfc2396E= " href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank"><CalgaryUNIX@= cuug.ab.ca></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <br> <div class=3D"gmail-m_-3425457556759572846WordSection1"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Linuxfest Northwest is an excellent conference held the last weekend in April each year in Bellingham, Washington.=C2=A0 Attending the conference and talks = is totally free and they always have a great group of presenters.=C2=A0 I=E2=80=99ve attended the past few years and re= ally enjoyed it.=C2=A0 The first year I drove out and last year I flew in to Abbotsford, B.C., rented a car and made the 30 minute journey south to Bellingham.=C2=A0 Attached is a link to their conference site if anyone is interested:</p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><a href=3D"https://www.linuxfestnorthwest.or= g/conferences/2019" target=3D"_blank">https://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/co= nferences/2019</a></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0 <br> </p> <div style=3D"border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none= ;border-top:1pt solid rgb(181,196,223);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;color:bla= ck">From: </span></b><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;color:black">clug-talk <a class=3D"gmail-m_-3425457556759572846moz-txt-link-rfc2396E= " href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank"><clug-talk= [email protected]></a> on behalf of Greg King <a class=3D"gmail-m_-3425457556759572846moz-txt-link-rfc2396E= " href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank"><[email protected]></= a><br> <b>Reply-To: </b>CLUG General <a class=3D"gmail-m_-3425457556= 759572846moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D= "_blank"><[email protected]></a><br> <b>Date: </b>Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 2:10 AM<br> <b>To: </b><a class=3D"gmail-m_-3425457556759572846moz-txt-li= nk-rfc2396E" href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">"clug= [email protected]"</a> <a class=3D"gmail-m_-3425457556759572846moz-txt-lin= k-rfc2396E" href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank"><clug-ta= [email protected]></a>, <a class=3D"gmail-m_-3425457556759572846moz-txt-link-rfc2396E= " href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">"CalgaryUNI= [email protected]"</a> <a class=3D"gmail-m_-3425457556759572846moz-txt-link= -rfc2396E" href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank"><Cal= [email protected]></a><br> <b>Subject: </b>[clug-talk] Why Linux sucks</span></p> </div> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0<span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-f= amily:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">I really enjoyed this Linux fest NW talk about the current status of Linux and open source.</span></p> </div> <div> <div> </div> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-famil= y:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DTVHcdgrqbHE" t= arget=3D"_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DTVHcdgrqbHE</a></span></= p> </div> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-famil= y:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Enjoy!</span></p> </div> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-famil= y:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Happy new year everyone!</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> _______________________________________________<br> clug-talk mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a= ><br> <a href=3D"http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca" rel=3D"norefe= rrer" target=3D"_blank">http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca</= a><br> Mailing List Guidelines (<a href=3D"http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php" rel= =3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php</a>)<br> **Please remove these lines when replying<br> </blockquote></div> --00000000000097e6a6057e428fb6-- --===============2973711440438595100== 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