re-thinking LUGs and early planning for the first Canadian LUG summit

[David J Patrick]

On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 06:41:01PM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 02:04:45PM -0500, David J Patrick wrote:
> > PING !
> > 
> > did this actually get out to the list ?
> 
> I honestly don't know why people think someone in vancouver cares what a
> LUG in toronto is doing.  For the most part they are only interesting to
> the people in the local area.
Well, in my experience, linux enthusiasts are a varied bunch. Some just
wanna keep their own systems running, and some like to help folks out, and
some want to see broader adoption and see it as a global thing. 
Personally, I feel it's important to do what we can to try and get our
governments to recognize and address issues like net-neutrality, the use of
open standards, and real cost savings that could come from wider linux
deployments. If we just sit on our hands, those decisions will simply be
made by the loudest (and richest) lobbiasts. There are coMpanieS that would
love to see a hard vendor lock-in at federal, provincial and municipal
levels, and some pre-emptive actions would be prudent.
> 
> So in other words I think any such effort is a complete waste of time
> and energy.  Perhaps I am not alone which could explain the lack of
> comments (it did make it through just fine, I remember reading it).
> 
You could be right Lennart, and thanks for getting the discussion ball
rolling.

anyone else love or hate the idea ?
djp
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