Don, VERY WELL STATED and GOOD JOB!
Dusty P.S. - We support Open Source, Linux is just one part of that. There is also BSD, Apache, GCC, Xfree86, Open Office, etc. > I think you guys are misunderstanding the mission of ThinktechHawaii. > We are not for or against any tech nor do we take a position on any for > of technology over another. Thinktechhawaii is a group of > businesspeople promoting the tech industry. We are evangelists for > growing a tech industry in Hawaii. As for me personally, I could care > less whether someone uses a computer with Linux on it or Windoze or > Unix or the Operating system some high school kid built for the High > Tech Quest Program. The fact that they are using a computer to further > their knowlege and possibly develop something useful for the rest of > the world is what I am interested in. I think some of you guys are so > deeply invloved in promoting Linux to the world that you forget that > what we (thinktechhawaii) are doing is trying to educate the public on > the benefits of having a "tech" industry here to offset the > bloodletting caused by a severe drop in the number of tourists coming > here. If there are no jobs, no one will own a computer, if there are no > computers who cares about Linux and Windows? > > We are advocating the creation, nurturing and growing of a successful > tech community of which LUAU and any other tech oriented group is a > part of. That being said, you guys need to back off on the supposed > attitude that you have encountered when dealing with us. Having > confrontation or somone on the "inside" is not going to change the > mission of ThinktechHawaii. Had you taken the timeout to come to the > show last night you would have seen that the first person to stand up > and ask a question of the Senator and Representative was none other > than Ho'ala Greevy and it was an open source question. > > Maybe I need to state this once again. I nor my fellow advisors endorse > one OS over another > > Linux in my opinion is a solid OS and the more I learn about it the > more I > like it. It is important to be pationate about your beliefs and I think > you are a way more pationate group than the Windows group I founded > which lasted for 2 years. Your passion for Linux is the same passion I > have for building a tech industry of which Linux is a part but not the > end all. > > Let me give you an example of what we do. Biotech is a fast growing > industry here. We don't pick and choose products in the industry to > showcase, we pick people to come and talk about the industry as a > whole. We have had the CEO of Hawaii Biotech on the show, we have had > the Dean of the Med School, w have had Dr. Yanagamachi (green mice) on > the show and we have had Venture Capitalists from the mainland on all > to talk about biotech.. > > We have yet to have someone from Microsoft on the show. So my point is > that we do shows on the industry as a whole not on a portion of it. > This is a major reason I would consider doing a show on HOSEF. HOSEF is > taking donated computers and refurbishing them and giving them to > schools. A secondary part of that show is the fact that they are > installing Linux but it would not be the focus, the focus is what they > are doing for the schools. > > I hope all of this focuses better on what we are about and what our > mission is. It is great you are all so passionate but Linux is too > focussed of a subject to do a show on. There is no industry built > around Linux here so the subject matter does not fit our focus. If we > wanted to have as guests the CEO's of Red Hat and Caldera then we could > make a show especially if they were going to pursue setting up a sales > office here. > > Thanks, > Don
