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Re: [PLUG] OT: Linux Business Forum
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Putting together a BOF is way too much for me at this point, but if
someone else wants to take this - be my guest. I need to work a slower
than that right now - maybe in the future. I do think it's a good idea,
though.
> On Tuesday, October 15, 2002, at 04:45 PM, W. Chris Shank wrote:
>> I finally made the plunge into the business world. My business is
>> heavily
>> focused on bridging Windows & Linux for businesses. I think that Linux
>> has
>> a bright future in business and am wondering if there is any interest
>> in
>> creating a Philadelphia are Linux Business Forum? I'm not exactly sure
>> what this forum would be or do, but I think it would be a resource for
>> networking and business contacts for those of use who sell Linux
>> related
>> goods and services. Does something like this already exist? Is there
>> interest among the PLUG membership? Is this a topic that can be kept
>> inside PLUG itself instead of as an offshoot? Please let me know your
>> thoughts.
>
> Yes. This is an absolute necessity. It's actually one of the major
> reasons why Linux is not taken seriously in business. Linux users are
> still (even with IBM and Compaq's involvement) viewed as a bunch of
> smelly hackers by the suits. Even Dell has realized that Steven does
> not play well in the Enterprise market. (He is not in any of the Dell
> Server ads, and the references to Robot Wars are really subtle...)
>
> As someone mentioned -- Management needs to hear THEIR buzzwords --
> like ROI, rduced budget expenditures, disaster tolerance and break even
> point -- in the justification for a new system... not merely gigabytes
> of RAID or CPU megahertz and RAM.
>
> Personally, I would wait until LISA next month. (Nov 3-8 at the
> Convention center
> http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/ - Discounted, registration ends
> FRIDAY 10/18)
>
> Plan to set up a BOF via the bulletin boards -- Use the name you
> proposed "Philadelphia area Linux Business Forum". And see how many
> outside of PLUG you can get to sign up.
>
> There's no reason that it cannot/shouldnot meet as a BOF of PLUG... at
> least until there is a big enough crowd that wants to meet someplace
> else.
>
> I can envision that the topics for presentations would be things like
> -- how to propose Linux so that the Board of Directors will let you buy
> it.
>
> Keep me on your list of interested parties.
>
> T.T.F.N.
> William H. Magill
> magill@mcgillsociety.org
> magill@acm.org
> magill@mac.com
>
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