Keith Lofstrom wrote: > On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 10:10:22AM -0800, Mike Connors wrote: >> Maybe I'm living in my own fantasy world, but what I envision is a bunch of >> independent IT consultants working together to provide solutions >> for the bizs in this town. Such that maybe 1 person does the server / >> desktop OS, virtualization. Another person designs and implements the >> network. Another person does web dev. And another person puts in Asterisk >> VOIP. I like this vision of Portland and I will continue to walk around this >> town with my rose colored glasses on... > > http://www.possepdx.org , the Portland Open Source Software > Entrepreneurs, is an attempt at just that. Members include > multiperson shops Open Sourcery and Prostructure, a few open-source- > using businesses (like mine), and a few independent contractors.
I have yet to attend a POSSE meeting, but hope to soon. Thanks for reminding me about them. I thought I would throw out here that I am very interested in meeting up with folks doing or considering startups which make use Linux as a core technology; particularly in the embedded space. I've only lived in Portland not quite a year now, and miss many of the interactions I had with friends who were doing startups back East. I have personally also set up an LLC, spent a year building a product, and never got past the point of having a handful of beta users, so I can sympathize with a lot of the stresses and uncertainty that this endeavor creates. Scott -- Scott Garman sgarman at zenlinux dot com _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
