BLU (Boston Linux Users) meet at MIT. It might be possible to ask them for sponsorship for a room at MIT?<br><br>I
just joined the mailing list in Jan and have been meaning to attend the
meeting, but haven't had the chance yet. I'll show up sometime in the
next few months.<br><br>Apologies in advance for a possible duplicate of this e-mail ...<br><font color="#888888">
<br>Mick Timony</font><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Doc Kinne <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kinnerc@gmail.com">kinnerc@gmail.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;">
<div style="">Folks:<div><br></div><div>Chris gives a lot of good thoughts here, and I have to admit I am in his camp.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm one of those folks who love the idea and philosophy of Linux and Free Software, but realize that in this current climate, from a practical standpoint, there are times when the FOSS community just isn't quite there yet. In my personal example, I run a shop with Linux servers and MacOS X workstations. It has been Apple's increasing corporate behavior over the last five years that has driven me further and further into the FOSS community, however, this is still being written from a MacBook because one of the most frustrating computing experiences of my entire life was getting wireless to work on a Laptop running Linux. While the FOSS community - and Ubuntu in particular - has made great gains in the last couple of years getting to "the last mile" of "normal" desktop access, they're still trying. So, I realize that while philosophy is great, and can and should be your guiding light, practicality sometimes wins the game.</div>
<div><br></div><div>So, in the end, I think this is ultimately a dangerous idea for both parties. From our side, Bug #1 puts us in direct philosophical combat with Microsoft, and from their part the Halloween Memo does the same with regard to us. While meeting there could work, I think it could just take a careless thought and action, not even meant badly, from either side to make things potentially uncomfortable.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I personally love the BPL idea if we can make it work.</div><div><div style=""><div style=""><div style=""><div style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3" face="Helvetica">---</font></div><div style="margin: 0px;">
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<div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div>On 03 Apr , 2009, at 09:55, Chris Butler wrote:</div><br></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div></div><div class="h5">I'm a bit torn on this...<br><br>A lot of us are admins or developers who work in mixed OS environs. The idea of pulling people from both Linux and Windows sides to maybe help mesh them is a positive to me.<br>
<br>The point of Ubuntu though has always seemed to me to create access to Linux for the everyday end user - and the idea of free software. <br> <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/philosophy" target="_blank">http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/philosophy</a><br>
<br>Why shouldn't we bring this idea to Microsoft? <br><br>On the other hand...<br>The Free Software idea undermines the core corporate policies/drives of Microsoft (from my perspective at least). <br> This could very easily be viewed as an attempt to undermine them and I would hesitate to go into a position that could cause any conflict.<br>
<br>I wouldn't mind it, as long as it was clear to them who/what we are and do but I would probably be more comfortable finding another alternative.<br> <br>Just my .02$<br><br>-Chris<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Samuel Murphy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:samuel.murphy@gmail.com" target="_blank">samuel.murphy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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What do people think?<br> <br> Regards, MArtin</blockquote><div> </div></div></div>I was at a community event there a few weeks ago, the MSfolk seemed <br>totally cool about demos shown on Firefox or linux based. It is an<br>
amazing location, do look for the beanbag chairs in the shape of stream pebbles. <br> <br>My cynical spidy sense suspects that the Cambridge 'lab' comes from<br>an MS exec reading something like 'The Art of War' and following the<br>
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