[activities] Re: in-depth talk on Win 2008 & MS Powershell??

As long as the topic that a Microsoft speaker is talking about is open
source or has something to do with interoperability between Linux on
Windows, I think it may be an appropriate talk. However, I don't see
any of these conditions given for the talk on offer here. Talks about
Windows applications should be given in a different forum - Linux and
open source is the topic of this forum.

Cheers,
Silvia.


On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 12:00 PM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
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> From: Ken Wilson <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected], SLUG Committee <[email protected]>
> Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 18:43:08 +1000
> Subject: Re: [activities] in-depth talk on Win 2008 & MS Powershell??
> I am not interested in further Microsoft talks for about 2 raised to the power of m years, where m is a large integer. They have had 1/11th of our talk times available this year. As we are a LUG, there are many more linux subjects of interest for the remainder, and for a few years. We are sure to see more offers from these marketing evangelists, We should continue to refuse.
> Ken
>
> Jeff Waugh wrote:
>>
>> <quote who="Sonia Hamilton">
>>
>>> The committee sent out a request a while ago for in-depth speakers. One
>>> of the replies that came back was from Jeff Alexander from Microsoft,
>>> about doing a talk on "Windows 2008 and Windows Powershell". What does
>>> the membership feel about having this talk?
>>
>> The panel was interesting and useful, but I'm sure there are plenty of other
>> more appropriate venues for non-FLOSS-related technical talks by Microsoft
>> presenters.
>>
>> - Jeff
>>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Sridhar Dhanapalan <[email protected]>
> To: SLUG Activities <[email protected]>
> Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 19:16:22 +1000
> Subject: Re: [activities] in-depth talk on Win 2008 & MS Powershell??
> On Thu, 29 May 2008 at 12:57, Sonia Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The committee sent out a request a while ago for in-depth speakers. One
>> of the replies that came back was from Jeff Alexander from Microsoft,
>> about doing a talk on "Windows 2008 and Windows Powershell". What does
>> the membership feel about having this talk?
>>
>> Here's what Jeff said:
>> > Windows Server 2008 has made great progress in the areas of UNIX
>> >
>>  > interoperability and Linux as well. I would talk about those changes
>>  > and how the new OS is better in mixed environments. I would also
>>  > discuss our new Windows Powershell scripting language and how
>>  > its similar to scripting in Unix.
>>
>> To start the ball rolling, I'll say that personally this doesn't
>> interest me much, but I imagine some may be interested in finding out
>> more, especially about Powershell. Some on the committee were also
>> hesitant about the fact that Jeff describes himself as an "Microsoft IT
>> Pro Evangelist".
>
> I'll put this into a little perspective: Jeff Alexander approached the
> Committee about speaking at SLUG. None of us have expressed interest, but at
> the same time we felt that it would be best if we left it to plebiscite on
> the Activities list.
>
> Speaking for myself, I think the panel in January was great because it allowed
> us to engage in dialogue with several Microsoft personnel covering different
> areas within the company. This talk seems to be more about proselytism.
> Powershell looks mildly interesting, but that's about it.
>
> Sridhar
>
>
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