Lansing Chamber Of Commerce Open source presentation

[Sean]

You might try Jordan Hubbard ala freebsd.

On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Mark Szidik wrote:

>
> Hey Gang,
>
> I need some help here.  The Lansing Chamber of Commerce is
> holding a presentation in September on Open Source.
>
> We are trying to find a "big-name" presenter to bring in for the
> event.
>
> Does anyone have suggestions for other speakers (not on the list
> below) that can speak (well) about the *business* benefits of
> using Open-Source software?
>
>
> We have thought of the obvious names:
> Linus
> Eric Raymond
> Brian Behelendorf
> Bruce Perens
> Tim O'reilly
> Bob Young
>
>
> Ben: do you know how we can reach Linus, and do you know if he is
> willing to do this kind of presentaiton?
>
>
> I think this presentation will be a very good thing.  Spreading
> the word on the benefits of open-source is a hard thing to do,
> especially for this audience.  I want to Thank Tim Owen for
> putting this presentation on the calendar.
>
> TIA,
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
> Mark Szidik
> GLLUG President
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