Open Source --- September's TechConnect --- NEW LOCATION !!!! (fwd)

[Mark Szidik]

We considered RMS but he is too political for the CC audience. We
tried ESR, even the big kahuna, but all were not interested.  A
guy I thought would have been cool and available was Neal
Stephenson author of "Snow Crash" and "In The Beginning Was the
Command Line" but his web page [0] makes it pretty clear he does
not do speaking engagements.

The whole process of finding someone (of national stature) was
really difficult and extremely fustrating.  I even tried someone
on the Linux speakers buearu that supposedly lives in East
Lansing and never even got a response!

The whole area of GNU/Linux evangelization needs tons of help.
I am doing my part on a small scale (you know - think global act
local). I am teaching a series of classes [1] to library staff at
MLC on Open-source software.  Its been very successful so far.
Every class has been a sell-out.

-Mark

[0] www.well.com/user/neal

[1] www.mlcnet.org/workshop


On Thu, 6 Sep 2001 Paul_Melson@keykertusa.com wrote:

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> >Featuring Speaker:
> >Sheila A. Harnett, Ph.D.
> >Distinguished Engineer, IBM Linux Technology Center
>
> Does this mean they couldn't get Richard Stallman?
>
> PaulM
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