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I live in HoCo too. Luis and Mike spoke at the Columbia Area LUG in March. It was a great and very informative talk. We were all hoping they'd get some coverage for what they've done. Also read the article by their manager in the Library Journal. That kind of article will reach far more library-types than any discussion on Slashdot, and will probably be a lot more influential. Libraries are a great place to introduce people to Linux. Way to go guys!

Choosing Linux just because you're been told its the best by some RMS wannabe might well be a very bad business decision.

I met this guy last week at the last calug meeting and can tell you this: he is no RMS. If he were like RMS, he would use GNU/Linux and advocate Free Software. No, instead he is more like ESR; he advocates Open Source and doesn't care one bit about the Freedom that Free Software gives you. He's also been using GNU/Linux since December...so you are right about any corporation listening to him making a bad choice (come on, would you trust someone who has been using GNU/Linux for eight months? Hell, I wouldn't even trust me, who has been using it for three years). I'm not saying he doesn't have a few good points, I just think that he needs the help of more experienced people if he wants anyone to listen to him (and really, someone needs to emphasize the Freedom that GNU/Linux gives you).

Someone from my LUG posted a much more detailed review to our mailing list and a similar one to NewsForge. Read it there for a detailed review from a Linux user's point of view.

Bottom line, it's nice, but still has some snags. We in the Linux community need to accept that it has some flaws and even try to help fix them. Hopefully Sharp will see it through another revision to work out all the kinks. With some of the problems it sees to have, the market may not be kind to it.

randy

Someone from my LUG posted a much more detailed review to our mailing list and a similar one to NewsForge. Read it there for a detailed review from a Linux user's point of view.

Bottom line, it's nice, but still has some snags. We in the Linux community need to accept that it has some flaws and even try to help fix them. Hopefully Sharp will see it through another revision to work out all the kinks. With some of the problems it sees to have, the market may not be kind to it.

randy

Mary Ann Fisher, IBM's Linux Program Director, World Wide Sector, spoke at the CALUG meeting in June. She discussed the why's, how's, and when's of IBM's Linux involvement. You can hear her talk here. No guarantees on the audio quality or the site capacity!

Mary Ann Fisher, IBM's Linux Program Director, World Wide Sector, spoke at the CALUG meeting in June. She discussed the why's, how's, and when's of IBM's Linux involvement. You can hear her talk here. No guarantees on the audio quality or the site capacity!