Rion...
>>Digital Media Development Lab broken link
unfortunately, the DMDL project has been absorbed (twice!) into other
departments at UVM. Ten years is a long time.
I've stopped asking them to fix the link. --- L
"Lowering you TCO (is FOSS right for you)", "Continuity and
Disaster Preparedness",
"Going green, virtually and thin", "Why ODF is good for you"....
Heck, I could go on but
you get the drift.
I wasn't on the Tech Jam planning committee this time..but to my
knowledge nobody from the FOSS community proposed such topics.
Given the theme and orientation of the Jam, I'm not sure that they
would have been accepted this time since the audience was not technical.
I did, however, mention Vague about 100 times to people who inquired
about technical user groups at our vtSDA booth.
Take-away: dear vtSDA - if FOSS advocates ever get their act
together, they just might eat your lunch.
PLEASE... TAKE MY LUNCH. EAT IT! ASAP.... I've actually got a
start-up company to run... and if somebody wants to take over, go for
it.
In the meantime we're still plugging away; come join our outreach
committee (2nd Tuesday of the month) 12-2 Farrell Hall VCET conference
room.
Also, just for the record, my company Microdesign:
1. runs a Linux-based Open Source PBX system called Trixbox (runs on
top of Asterisk using the open sourced version of Red Hat (I forget
the distro name at the moment...not Fedora). I also have a friend
using Asterisk for his company. This is a killer app for the Linux
platform.
2. We're developing our telemedicine unit to use embedded Linux (Suse)
with Ekiga....as soon as Ekiga 3.0 comes out with their 30 frame-per-
second upgrade. I'm psyched about this, because it will lower the
cost of the unit by a couple hundred dollars over an equivalent unit
using Windows XP Embedded and Polycom software. (The jury is out,
however, whether it will be a *better* product because of it...as the
Windows/Polcom version works pretty well). We're using hardware from
Logic Supply (local company who exhibited at the Jam, and who are a
prominent advertiser in Linux Journal...and growing like topsy. ) A
great company and a great example of an open source company.
I guess my take on this is that for FOSS to be successful we have to:
1. Make great products
2. Go to #1
There is indeed a lot of interest in FOSS overseas; and I have to say,
I was somewhat irritated when the OLPC project seemed to get derailed
by Microsoft and Intel trying to offer alternatives. But...it may in
fact be a sign of FOSS's greater acceptance....now that Microsoft and
Intel actually feel threatened by FOSS.
But...the real action is with embedded systems, handhelds and cell
phones. That's where I'm putting my efforts.
--- Larry
