On Thu, 2005-28-04 at 01:18 -0600, Gustin Johnson wrote: > I would still like to see Aaron's presentation (or better still a series > of them). Having said that, the reality for those of us working in IT, > especially in Calgary, is that Linux is merely one component at best. > There is some interesting work that allows Linux to integrate into an > AD infrastructure, which helps me to push Linux into the companies I > support. Also, having the ability to demo Linux or run a proof of > concept inside of the MS virtual machine is also a bonus.
I acknowledge the fact that many people and companies who are using Linux run it in a mixed environment. The beauty of Linux is that it can operate inside these environments, talking seamlessly with Unix, Windows, MacOS, etc. The fact of the matter is that we are a Linux users group, and our presentations should be focused on allowing Linux to function in these environments with topics such as Samba, NFS, web servers, open file formats, etc. Our topics should not be the inverse of that. Having said that, I doubt that any presentation given by Microsoft would be about allowing their product to interact with Linux. We all know how the Microsoft marketing machine works, it is designed to maintain their monopoly, and not to allow their products to inter- operate with competing products. We have seen this time and time again with policies such as changing MS Office file formats, changing filesystem standards without publishing them, using patents to stop competitors from building competing products, etc. >From reading the comments on the recent presentation by Microsoft, it sounds like a marketing campaign to discredit Linux, and encourage the use of their products. I do not want anyone coming into CLUG and trying to market to me, especially if they are using FUD to discredit something that I feel strongly about. There are many forums to get information on other operating systems, and information on how to integrate those systems into a Linux environment, but I don't believe that CLUG should be one of them. > Just my thoughts. Given the charged nature of this decision, might this > best be decided by a referendum? Just a thought. Perhaps Jesse _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
