User group liaison

[Colin McGregor]

Well, it looks like I'll be bringing the Novell stuff to some TLUG meetings.
>From my point of view I will not be acting as a Novell rep., as quite
frankly I don't care one way-or-the other about Novell. What I see myself
doing is distributing a corporate donation to the members of TLUG, not
unlike say the IBM staffers who periodically pass out copies "Linux
Journal". Yes, the IBM people get some promo out of all this, but it is also
making a useful resource available to the community.

The extent of my pitching will be along the lines of announcing at the start
of the meeting "I have some copies of a Novell magazine available for anyone
who wants it. If you do want a copy they are in a pile here, and help
yourself.". If nobody is interested then I will stop, if there is interest,
I will continue, simple, easy... In other words if they are helping us, I
will help them.

Oh, in case anyone is interested, I do NOT run Novell/SUSE at home or work
(I do run RedHat, Debian and for my router, Coyote Linux) and I have NO
plans to run Novell/SUSE in the foreseeable future...

Colin McGregor

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Park" <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org>
To: <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 12:38 AM
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: User group liaison


> On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 11:04:22PM -0400, Rick Tomaschuk wrote:
> > I would expect some to be happy an organization such as Novell existed
> > to counter act other market forces. They may not be perfect but I
> > never put all my eggs in one basket either.
>
> I welcome Novell's talk at TLUG.  If they want to send their
> representative to TLUG, I'd attend for sure.
>
> But, you're asking for Linux volunteer to do what paid employee should
> do.  I'm mystified as to why you think this is good for Linux and those
> working with Linux.  Because, the underlying tone in Novell's (to lesser
> extent in IBM's) marketing literature has been:
>     "These guys are amateurs.  Bunch of volunteers looking for jobs.
>     They are not serious.  They are not ready for business world.  We
>     Novell, on the other hand, mean business."
>
> This is to be expected in any business where there are competitors vying
> for world domination.  Microsoft is explicitly saying that about Linux
> right now.  I guess, Microsoft is right...
>
> -- 
> William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org>
> Open Geometry Consulting, Toronto, Canada
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