I made a poster a while back that had on it the tux penguin and he was upside
down and beneath it read:
GNU/Linux is dead,long live GNU/Linux.
Spattered around it were logos for Microsoft, IBM, Github, Electron etc.
Time's coming are changin'
On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 6:05 PM, Mark Hewitt <hewi...@cuug.ab.ca> wrote:
> 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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