[volunteers] Comparative OS Talk ; was ShotSpotter Lady

[John Sokol]

XI Systems has been sponsoring FreeBSD and is also local.
 They used to be BSDI.

I have some contacts there.

John

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Andrew Fife <andrewbfife at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:

> --- On *Thu, 15/9/11, Jesse Monroy <jesse650 at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
> http://lists.svlug.org/archives/volunteers/2011q3/002378.html
>
> #1 & #2 make the assumption that a speaker on an OS must be a leading
> expert.  That is certainly reasonable, but many could learn a lot from an
> advanced admin, of which the pool of potential speakers is much wider.  This
> really boils down to who would attend which talks.  For example, would it be
> advanced users/admins wanting in depth information about about their current
> OS or relatively inexperienced folks seeking to learn basics about a new
> OS?
>
> Regarding #3, I don't recall technical speakers bailing out for sales
> people when I was more involved with the group from approx 2007-9.  However,
> if we went with more of an advanced admin as a speaker, it might be less
> problematic.
>
> Regarding #4, I'm suggesting a series of talks rather than a panel.  I
> would hope that the talks emphasized learning and that there wouldn't be any
> heckling from the audience.
>
> Lastly, regarding #5, no.  I've recruited SVLUG speakers in the past, but
> I'm not willing to make formal commitments at the moment.  However, I do
> recall Alan DuBoff being enthusiastic about Open Solaris and Grant Bowman
> about Ubuntu.
>
> Also, if the group prefers to go the expert route Bruce Perens and Marshall
> Kirk McKusick both live in the area and have full contact info (including
> phone numbers) on their websites.  Richard Stallman is in the area regularly
> and the FSF PR team (rms-assist at gnu.org) is often looking for speaking
> engagements (though not at "linux" users groups).   A Chromium OS speaker
> probably wouldn't be too hard given the SVLUG's proximity to Google.  I
> don't have any ideas on OpenSUSE or Fedora. When I recruited speakers of
> this caliber for BALUG, I found the key was really just asking in a clear
> and concise manner.
>
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