begin quoting Cameron Childress as of Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:42:10AM -0800: > On 2/27/07, Stewart Stremler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Ya'll have fun. I'll have no part in anything sponsored by M$. > > Stewart - I have a feeling you are just standing on a soapbox, which
Um, "just"? As opposed to what? > you are welcome to continue to do. However, I wanted to drop my 2 > cents in and mention that I actually try pretty hard to get a diverse > group of sponsors. Some open source (Groudwork Open Source and LAMP > Host), some commercial (MS and Adobe), some local, some not, etc. > Last year the Groundwork Open Source guys were at a table right next > to the MS table, which made for some interesting chatter. Inviting a KKK dragon and a black panther to your wedding would also result in interesting chatter -- but that would presumably detract from the stated purpose of the event. Or is it "Bloods" and "Crypts" these days? > This is definitely not a "corporate" event and the sponsor presence is > very low key. They help pay for the event and in exchange get some > publicity and goodwill from the community. The event is actually run > by me, and the SDCFUG, not by the sponsors. My goodwill is not purchased for such a trivial price. > At any rate, I don't really expect to change your mind, but I did want > to drop in and say my two bits. As you're welcome to. I'm hardly one to criticize another for dropping two bits... -- Or even $3.14! Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
