Linux World / Network World 2006

[John Macdonald]

On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 10:36:52PM -0400, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:
> 
> >How can people make money from Open Source?
> >
> 
> This is an importrant question, but I don't think it's the right topic
> at the tradeshow.
> 
> The show floor is a parade of vendors offering examples of how to
> make/save money from open source. Arguably, that is the prime purpose of
> the show. A user group should offer a contrast, a breather, something
> that vendors can't or won't talk about.
> 
> If the goal is to interest people in {T,NewT,GTA}LUG, you don't want to
> offer the same kind of presentations as the vendors.

I agreee to an extent.  You (assuming that you, Evan, are the
presenter) will have to be prepared to answer questions of the
form "Since noone can make money from this stuff, what will keep
it developing in a useful direction to meet my future needs?"

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