[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ken Yap wrote: > > > > http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/JeffCobb/JeffCobb1.html > > > > Hmm. Interesting idea. > > The article is a load of crap. > > Firstly if some win programmer is working 60 hours/week, then he is > getting paid for it, (or is stupid) and can afford to pay for commercial > training. So I think Jeff Cobb is a cheap bastard. > > I also doubt if Mr Cobb would even attend. After all he claims that > there are only three places in the USA that you can receive Linux > training. Gee, even Australia would have five (Sydney, Melbourne, > Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth). > > Suggesting that LUG's should provide commercial training seems to be an > obvious flamebait tactic. There are people here that think that SLUG > (LUGs) shouldn't have any money and should somehow run on the goodwill > of people all the time. Obviously Mr Cobb has never shouldered the > responsibility of running an organisation. Bloody good recipe for > burning out people that is. > > Mr Cobb is also way behind the 8 ball. SLUG has been doing that for two > (?) years now. But of course, we don't charge $100/day. Shit, we've even > had complaints about asking $5 a day. > > However, I do believe that one of the roles of LUG's should be as a > mutual learning place, where the full gamut of opportunities are > provided. Note the word MUTUAL, which means teaching as well as > learning. > > I just don't believe we should be sucked dry by cheap bastards who are > not prepared to pay a fair sum for training. If a LUGs provides training > like Mr Cobb is suggesting, then it should charge the same rates as > commercial companies. > I'm not sure how many hobbiests and home users (who would not be making any financial gain from the training) could afford to spend several thousand dollars to learn how to configure and use Linux. Maybe we should advertise Linux as the system for Professionals and continue to discourage desktop use ;-} Stay well and happy Heracles -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text
