[Charlug] posscon

[Leam Hall]

Not sure how you see it a Red Hat event. Greg DK pretty much did what he 
did at BarCamp Charlotte, and the one Keynote by the RH CIO wasn't 
enough to get you going.

It was a Collegiate event for people who are new to or maybe even on the 
fence about Open Source. Red Hat was just a bit player.

I think RH will be a major enterprise player for at least 3-5 years and 
eliminate most of the commercial Unices.

More later, breakfast calls...

Leam

Bob Evans wrote:
> 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 newbie
>> 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 how
>> they integrate everything together. After so many years in the enterprise
>> level game and seeing so many millions of dollars wasted on tools that don'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 with
>> 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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