[ale] Re: [ale-expo] idea for meetings with AUUG

[Eric]

I think that AUUG is a good group. That's why I thought it would be good
for regular ALE attendees to show up at the AUUG meeting during the
olympics.  

Most people at the AUUG meetings that I've met have been using Unix for
a great many years.  I think that everyone at AUUG has heard of Linux.
They may even be sick of hearing about it.  I don't really know.  I
think that maybe we should say something during the announcements
section, but I don't want us to take over the meeting, unless they
want/need a speaker.  From what I've heard in the past, AUUG speakers
are booked several months in advance.  (How do they do it?)

-Eric.

Unix Guru Dude writes:
 > }If we are going to be attending the AUUG meetings during the olympics
 > }why don't we try to contribute to their meetings and publicise Linux
 > }at the same time. One or more of us could offer to do talks with a
 > }Linux focus that would be of interest to the general AUUG audience.
 > }Something like how to setup a firewall using Linux or how their is now
 > }native support for Java, Appletalk, and etc in Linux. Isn't this the
 > }same goal as the Expo? To publicise Linux to other business/unix users?
 > }
 > }
 > }-- 
 > }Steven A. DuChene       Linux Weenie!    http://www.ysu.edu/~sduchene
 > }
 > }		isollae - loneliness in the face of beauty
 > }		    -- Sean Russell, "World Without End"
 > 
 > I think this is a great idea.  I kinda picked up a 'them vs. us' attitude
 > at the meeting Thursday.  These two groups are working toward similar goals,
 > ALE's are just a bit more focused.  I once was a regular AUUG attendee, so
 > I would suspect there are some would be 'converts' out there.  I've been
 > working with UNIX for a few years, but have just recently gotten into Linux
 > because I hadn't heard of it.
 > 
 > I guarantee there are some folks at those meetings using some flavor of
 > UNIX at work and Windog 'something' at home.  They are dying to hear about
 > Linux.
 > 
 > One thing that would be good to present is the amount of 'stuff' Linux has
 > to offer.  When I first got it, I had no clue I would be using it to
 > connect to my ISP, run an ftp and Web server.  I know there are those out
 > there that think of Linux as a toy.  We just need to educate them.
 > 
 > 
 > -- 
 > Until later:
 > Geoffrey Myers   geof at denali.is.net   Unix.Guru.Dude at worldnet.att.net
 > 	http://www.ticllc.net/~geof  or http://denali.is.net/~geof
 > 
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