[svlug] Re: Open Source Forum Tonight (Thurs.)

[Jim Dennis]

>> 	Sorry I missed it.  I was at BayLISA getting elected 
>> 	to their board of directors.
> 
> Hey - that's great! :) Congratulations.

	Well, I was going to just respond to each of
	you that has congratulated me privately and 
	individually (off of the list).  However, I'm going
	to renege and just say this:

		The reason I copied the officers list
		(and not the general membership) is that
		this is marginally on-topic.

		My "platform" for this election, and my
		goal for BayLISA over the next two years
		(my term) is the see that every SA in every
		LI (Large installation) in the BA has 
		at least *heard* of BayLISA.

	I'm hoping to direct the SA's of LI's at SVLUG to
	visit a BayLISA meeting over the next year.

	Early in the history of Linux we experienced some
	hostility from the traditional Unix establishment. Some of
	that was deserved (most of it was misdirected --- the
	hostility was towards PC's --- and Linux was just the 
	latest incarnation of that to them).  

	However, I think that practically all vestige of that
	hostility is now gone.  Certainly some individuals in 
	USENIX, SAGE, BayLISA, etc still "hate Linux" and/or 
	"hate PC's" (remind them that Linux runs on other 
	platforms).  But an incumbent board member of BayLISA asked
	me to run specifically because of my ties to the Linux 
	community.  They officially want more of the Linux admins
	to join the fold.

	(The cynics among us might say:   "We laugh monkeyboys
	--- Linux IS the mainstream UNIX now!  MuaHaHaHa!"
	but that would be rude ;)

	So, please, if you have any interest in the administration 
	of large installations come join us as BayLISA.  

	For those that don't know and couldn't guess(!?!) the URL to
	BayLISA is at http://www.baylisa.org (God, we Silicon Valley
	Geeks get *all* the good DNS names, don't we!).  They meet
	at the TechMart by Great America on the third Thursday
	of the month at ~7:00pm.   (This month's speaker was 
	Eric Allman, who gave two excellent presentations:
	``Life in a Startup'', and ``Writing Secure Software is 
	Hard, and Possibly Impossible''   Sorry y'all missed it).

	BTW:  The election was rigged.  There were four openings 
	and five names on the ballot.  One of the candidates was
	a reluctant incumbent.  I didn't need a "shoe-in" 'cause
	I, and David, Amol, and Bruce where all "shoo'd in."
	(There were write-in spots available).

	Thanks for tolerating this (mildly off-topic) rambling 
	and thank you to each of you that as offered your 
	congratulations and condolences.

	Also:  No, Yes, Yes, No.

		(No, I'm not done with the book.
		 Yes, I'm still working on it.
		 Yes, I'm beginning to hate the project.
		 No, my publisher hasn't hired a hit person, YET!)
	

--
Jim Dennis  (800) 938-4078		consulting at starshine.org
Proprietor, Starshine Technical Services:  http://www.starshine.org


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