I think everyone on CLUG-talk and CalgaryUNIX@CUUG should watch the
video shared by Greg King early this morning. Information and links
repeated here for convenience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVHcdgrqbHE
Why Linux Sucks
by Bryan Lunduke
at Linux Fest NW 2018 Apr 28
https://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/
This is reminding me of what I saw and later read about during the
late 1970's and early 1980's that motivated Richard Stallman to create
the GNU Project and the GPL. What we have is being lost to various
forces and that things need to be done before this gets worse.
Mark
On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 03:50:20PM -0700, John Marshall wrote:
> 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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