Hello Everyone,
I also appreciated the Linux Sucks talk given at Linuxfest Northwest
recently. I share concerns about Linux becoming more "Microsoft-y" and
"Corporate-y" and less "Linux-y". I was concerned with Microsoft's take
over of GitHub and their overwhelming participation in the Open Source
Foundation, not to mention IBM's purchase of Red Hat. I worry a lot
about Linux these days with so many developers working for and paid by
major corporations. These corporations are going to expect to control
Linux, I believe. "He who pays the piper calls the tune". I also was
alarmed to hear that major Linux conferences are costing from $1200 to
$1800 per person. Only corporate developers are going to be able to go
to these conferences.
John
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Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Why Linux sucks
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 15:21:23 +0000
From: Kevin Young <ke...@kevinyoung.ca>
Reply-To: CLUG General <clug-talk@clug.ca>
To: CLUG General <clug-talk@clug.ca>, calgaryu...@cuug.ab.ca
<calgaryu...@cuug.ab.ca>
Linuxfest Northwest is an excellent conference held the last weekend in
April each year in Bellingham, Washington. Attending the conference and
talks is totally free and they always have a great group of presenters.
I’ve attended the past few years and really enjoyed it. The first year
I drove out and last year I flew in to Abbotsford, B.C., rented a car
and made the 30 minute journey south to Bellingham. Attached is a link
to their conference site if anyone is interested:
https://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/conferences/2019
*From: *clug-talk <clug-talk-boun...@clug.ca> on behalf of Greg King
<wgk...@shaw.ca>
*Reply-To: *CLUG General <clug-talk@clug.ca>
*Date: *Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 2:10 AM
*To: *"clug-talk@clug.ca" <clug-talk@clug.ca>, "calgaryu...@cuug.ab.ca"
<calgaryu...@cuug.ab.ca>
*Subject: *[clug-talk] Why Linux sucks
I really enjoyed this Linux fest NW talk about the current status of
Linux and open source.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVHcdgrqbHE
Enjoy!
Happy new year everyone!
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