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  1. Re:Former CEO of Linux Networx Buys Old Company by ryanisflyboy · · Score: 1 · on SGI Acquires Linux Networx Assets, LNXI Dead?

    It is no coincidence that SGI purchased lnxi. After Bo joined lnxi, he hired many current and ex-SGI people. An insider tells that many of the Bo cronies were offered jobs after the closing. It is also rumored that after Bo left lnxi, he knew the customer base of lnxi and would often try to sell to these customers. I heard the same thing. What a rotten way to run a business. Our local LUG has a small thread on the subject:
    http://www.sllug.org/pipermail/sllug-members/2008-February/010039.html
  2. Go visit the folks at Guru Labs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on What Would You Recommend for IT Training?

    This same question was recently asked on the local Linux User Group mailing list with lots of postive feedback of Guru Labs Linux Training.

    Here is the start of the thread:

    http://www.sllug.org/pipermail/sllug-members/2006- July/008043.html

    I attented a class there and was very impressed by their extremely in-depth lab exercises (in many classes the labs are utter junk) and their excellent manuals. The instructors I met at Guru Labs are all extremely hard core and are contributers to many projects.

    The best IT training I've ever had in 15+ years of taking a couple classes a year from various vendors.

  3. Re:Whoa by TokyoBoy · · Score: 5, Interesting · on SCO On the Rocks

    I used to work as an engineer on the Caldera server and desktop teams. I was part of the many layoffs which reduced the engineering forces there to nothing. It was sas seeing friends go and everyone knew it was only a matter of time before it was their turn.

    However, also being a founding trustee memeber of the Salt Lake Linux Users Group and a Linux and OpenSource advocate for years, I am very grateful that I was able to leave before the name change to SCO and the "direction change" - I would have had to quit anyway.

    I still have a couple friends there. The amazing thing is that I ran into one of them (Walt Hammond) yesterday (Fri. March 4, 2005) at lunch. I was amazed at his comments. The feeling inside the company is very positive! I couldn't beleive it. It seems that (from my stand point) that the co-workers are completely blind to what is really happening. Not only with reguard to what is happening but also related to the morality (or lack thereof IMO) of their actions. He was completely positive saying that (parapharasing) "things looks so good for us right now but if you read the press, you'd think we were a sinking ship" and (again, paraphrasing) "the press says we've had major set backs but if you look, we've been winning".

    I don't know if it's the blind leading the blind or if he really believes what he told me. Of course, being at the director level or above, I'd think you'd have to tote the company line or you wouldn't be around very long at SCO. So, who knows what he really believes.

  4. Re:ATI software by iantri · · Score: 1 · on Modded XBox The Ultimate Multimedia PC?
    Actually, I just found out that tvtime uses DScaler's video processing algorithms.

    Not sure if you were refering to clarity of interface or picture, but DScaler has high-quality output and a decent (if minimal) interface.

  5. Linux HTPC How-to by lothar88 · · Score: 3, Informative · on Building A Low-Budget TiVo Substitute?

    as someone who's never built a linux machine from scratch, i found this to be helpful:

    Linux HTPC How-to

    --brian

  6. Re:SGI calling SCO... by burnin1965 · · Score: 1 · on SGI Compares Linux & System V Source Code

    That would be down in Lindon, not Salt Lake City. Bear in mind that Salt Lake City has it's share of OSS/FS supporters:

    www.sllug.org

    burnin

  7. Google Saves The Day by ryanisflyboy · · Score: 1 · on The Google Effect And Domain Name Speculation

    Recently the web site for the Salt Lake Linux Users Group was defaced. The maintainer of the site didn't have a back up of the front page... so he headed off to Google and got a copy of the page from Google's cache. He said (paraphrased) "Well, Google is like a giant backup device, and they use Linux, so...."

  8. Check out the user groups by Derek · · Score: 1 · on 911 Calls Linux

    Linux may not be on everyone's machine, but we do have some active Linux users group. Check them out...

    http://www.sllug.org
    The Salt Lake Linux Users Group

    http://www.plug.org
    The Provo Linux Users Group

    -Derek