Dass right, Paul, youse is too harsh. Shame on ya. I would also be pleased by local outreach to UNIX/Linux folks. Also in state gummint, but dat's prolly a no-go now.
Word lately is that Obama's WH is looking to ditch proprietary crap for open soss. Also, a spokesperson of some sott stated that going from the campaign to the WH in regard to IT was like going from Playstation 2 to Atari. Sounds about right. Shrub wouldn't even use email. Don't git me wrong; I ain't no Shrub or Obama supporter; truth in advertising; I was a longtime activist supporter of Pat Buchanan and I am an NRA Life Member and traditionalist Latin Rite Roman Catholic convert. Voted for Chuck Baldwin in this last election fiasco. But if Obama can get some stuff up to date and lay off the New-New-Deal bullshit, I will back him up. We gotta have a confab about all the political hoss shit sometime soon with this group, methinks. I run into Sen. Leahy once in a while downtown at the Shaw's, and methinks we can also buttonhole state reps and state senators, along with our congressmen. Bernie has been very good at supporting veterans' issues, and maybe we can push some of our local selectmen, mayors, et. al. Cheers, folks. Old Farmer Davy On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Paul Flint <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Stan, > > Maybe I am too harsh. > > On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, Stanley Brinkerhoff wrote: > > Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:46:19 -0500 >> Subject: Re: Truth to power - re: Logic Supply >> >> >>> That said, once again Rion helps with a list of alternative suppliers, >>> which pleases me. One never knows when an opportunity will arrive. >>> Since >>> Logic Supply presents no comparable local advantage, this list will come >>> in >>> damn handy Forest. >>> >>> >> Oh come on -- play nice with the locals. >> >> > Rion and I is "the locals"! > > This isn't Comcast -- its a local organization with perhaps some flaws >> that >> all organizations have. >> >> > Could one flaw be an inability to interact with the local Linux Community, > but perfectly capable to work with the local lobbyists? > > That being said; I have personally done work with Logic Supply and ordered >> a >> small volume of machines from them. >> >> Were they small machines? > > While they may not pose a 'local advantage' in terms of an organization >> you buy from; they do hire Vermont workers; and their people are wonderful >> to work with. >> >> > My experience was different. I still would like to see some outreach to > our local Unix community. > > Re: Linux >> >> Lets not knock an organization that is trying to expand their horizons -- >> though slowly. They list themselves as a Canonical Solutions partner. >> >> Wonder how much code they have contributed? > > I will attest to the sales rep I spoke with being quite knowledgable about >> what products worked best with Linux, and where to find support/drivers for >> said hardware. >> >> NDIS drivers? :^) > > Corporate is what corporate is -- and Logic Supply is probably following >> the >> money, and doing so while supporting Linux on their platform, supporting >> Vermont, and not routing calls to India. >> >> > Yet I hope that being in Vermont is more than this baseline. The feeling I > get is that they could be located anywhere. > > > > Kindest Regards, > > > > Paul Flint > (802) 479-2360 > > > /************************************ > Based upon email reliability concerns, > please send an acknowledgment in response to this note. > > Paul Flint > Barre Open Systems Institute > 17 Averill Street > Barre, VT > 05641 > > http://www.bosivt.org > http://www.flint.com/home > skype: flintinfotech > Work: (202) 537-0480 > Fax: (703) 852-7089 > > Consilium > gratuitum .~. > valet /V\ > quanti /( )\ > numerantur ^^-^^ >
