As many of you probably know by now, I am generally more business oriented. I see great opportunities for Linux in the corporate world. This will not happen overnight, but it is indeed happening much more quickly than I ever thought, from just 12 months ago. I think you will all be quite pleasantly surprised at what myself and my more technical partners (over 50 years in enterprise solutions), will be soon ready to offer in the way of our MicroServers, combined with our technical solutions applying Linux. (more on this soon). Some of you may know our technical people are located in Asia and it is headed by my partner who has 25 years computer industry experience. I would like to see the Calgary community take advantage of our upcoming offerings. I believe there will be many business opportunities in the Calgary area alone and people with Linux expertise will surely benefit.
I propose CLUG members keep more informed on the business opportunities. Of course it is very important to keep right up to date on the developing technology, but try to keep an eye on the market and market drivers. Of late, there are more and more interesting news articles--I have posted a few--perhaps we should have a section for Linux Market/Business News. We all must think and watch what is going on globally. I checked out Vancouver Linux. Did you know they report they have 1000 members! Yet the population of the whole Lower Mainland is not that much more than Calgary. I think it may be wise for us to look at forming a alliance with the Vancouver group. How did they become so large? What about forming some kind of closer alliance with Toronto, Houston, Dallas? or overseas locations? In any case, I think CLUG certainly has room to grow. Perhaps now is the time to do some growth planning. Why not ride the wave? Barclay Hambrook. ApecTec Inc. www.apectec.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (403) 685 1888 Fax: (403) 685 1880
