[Charlug] posscon

[Bob Evans]

I actually talked myself out of going, opting for family time. I was IN THE
PARKING LOT when I realized that this was not something I really care about
any more.....

Looking over the sponsors,it was essentially a Red Hat event.

I'm not anti-Red Hat. I just don't see them being the future of software,
open or otherwise. They've certainly had a degree of success courtesy of the
open source world, so I guess they feel obligated to hold these things...

It WAS a nice drive, though. And a beautiful day...

-be





On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Leam Hall <leam at reuel.net> wrote:

> Well...
>
> After being slightly numbed by all the "thank yous" up front I started to
> nod during the first keynote. The business track I attended in the AM was
> aimed at "why is Open Source okay". True material but not what I had been
> hoping for.
>
> Spent a little time handing out swag for Fedora, answering questions and
> doing a little bit of encouraging. Joined in a conversation helping a new=
bie
> over lunch, and that was about it. Hopefully the developers track was more
> useful to the attendees. After musing, munching, and going over the
> remaining schedule I put time with family over time listening to stuff I
> already knew.
>
> I'd love to hear from businesses that are significantly open source and h=
ow
> they integrate everything together. After so many years in the enterprise
> level game and seeing so many millions of dollars wasted on tools that do=
n't
> interoperate I'd like to see someone speak about real business use of open
> source and real cost savings. One speaker seemed happy that the use of a
> dozen or so open source tools saved $100,000. Great! I've doubled that wi=
th
> a few lines of Bourne shell in just the right spot.
>
> Hopefully the June conference is better.
>
> Leam
>
> Bob Evans wrote:
>
>> So... did anyone go to this thing?
>>
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