John,
Thanks for forwarding Andrew's reply.
I have gotten feedback from some Eugene Lug members that a Unix person would NOT feel welcome at a MUG meeting.
My own personal experience(s) with the Portland MUG tend to support this assertion. Specifically the FREE exchange of helpful advice, which is so appropriate at a LUG meeting, is NOT so subtly discouraged by the MUG leadership, most of whom are Mac Consultants, whose livelihood is threatened by the free and often accurate advice one typically gets from knowledgeable LUG experts.
Andrew's presentation is specifically targeted to the MUG membership; the goal being the persuade the audience to buy a copy of his Stone Studio Suite, a set of Apps built from the ground up to run natively and in compliance with the OS X Aqua UI and the Cocoa standard.
A Eugene LUG member, who is also a Mac OS X developer, told me he won't be attending the local presentation because he hates the local Eugene MUG.
When I posted the announcement about Andrew's upcoming presentations, I should have (in hind sight) explained why I thought a Linux person should attend.
As a Linux person, you are certainly NOT Andrew's primary target market demographic; but if you are a Mac OS X developer ( or want to consider being one ), I feel that you would benefit by attending and observing how a successful ISV promotes/sells his product line to the Mac OS X end-user.
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From: Andrew Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [lug] Mac OS X developer scheduled presentation next week Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 11:22:58 -0600
General Public - they'd welcome the chance to expand into the real world of open source UNIX no doubt, given MacOS X is built on top of FreeBSD.
Also - did you know that PEAK org hosted an incredible NeXT FTP site for years?
On Apr 6, 2005, at 11:13 AM, Jose Cedeno wrote:
Is this open to general public or only to mug members?
Thanks, Jose
--- Rodney Mishima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:If you are among those who recently purchased a Mac Mini, I recommend that you attend a presentation sponsored by the local Mac User Groups in the area.
Andrew Stone, developer of the Stone Studio for Mac OS X, will be making presentations next week that are sponsored by local area Mac User Group(s):
http://www.stone.com/
Portland MUG:
http://www.pmug.org/
The general meeting is open to the public and starts at 6:30 pm on Monday April 11th Location for the meeting is the Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center (second floor) more commonly called Ecotrust Center 721 NW Ninth Avenue Portland, OR 97209
Corvallis MUG meeting w. Andrew Stone:
http://www.cmug.com/html/meetings.html
Tuesday April 12, 2005 7PM at the Osborn Aquatic Center 1940 NW Highland Dr
Eugene MUG meeting w. Andrew Stone:
http://www.e-mug.org/html/meetings_upcoming.html
Wednesday April 13, 2005 6:30 PM Vets Building 1626 Willamette St
I haven't decided which one to attend yet. Hope to see some of the Linux folks there.
Rodney
> > - -> Andrew Stone - -> Stone Design * http://www.stone.com
"It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." - Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain
The wording I remember:
"It is better to remain silent and be perceived an idiot, than to open your mouth and remove any doubt".
falsely believed the author was Kipling.
Rodney
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