C. Train? This is the United States. You can't just hop on a train and go somewhere. I don't know about Oregon, but I am over a hundred miles from the nearest Amtrack terminal.
Union Station, heart of downtown Portland.
Actually, there's an Amtrack station in Albany, which is some 12-20 miles from Corvallis (depending on which highway you take). Or you can take the Greyhound Bus, which stops -in- Corvallis.
I happen to be a very good friend of the guy who started LinuxFund several years ago, an MBA named Benjamin Cox. Though, since he likes setting up businesses more than running them, he stepped down some time ago -- he's currently starting up a used book store in Israel, while doing all kinds of international business for a steel-drilling company off the coast of Gibraltor that he co-founded. So, yes, he's an old school entrepreneur. And he's also done all kinds of random cool stuff, while he was at LinuxFund (http://news.com.com/2100-1040-231179.html?legacy= cnet for example). Here's a news article from it's founding: http://features.linuxtoday.com/developer/199908270 0210NW
The basic premise is this: members get a MasterCard (with a Tux on it!), and a small portion of all the purchases they make on it goes to LinuxFund. And, yes, even Linus Torvalds has one of these credit cards. Sadly, no, I don't, as I didn't meet him until after he left LinuxFund (though I wouldn't mind one!).
Every so often, the members of the LinuxFund then vote on where this money goes. They give a bunch of small grants (generally only 4 digits) to worthy OSS projects, like Xiph, bittorrent development, etc. Therein lies the problem... Since the LinuxFund is defunct, there aren't really any regular meetings for the membership.
But, as the precedence has always been that the members vote on where the money goes, it would make sense that there should be some kind of voting system on what to do with the remaining money. Knowing the spirit that this was created in, it should probably go to some kind of other Linux/Unix grant providing thing... Maybe to start ups, or as University Scholarship money...
Heh. Maybe I should ask Benjamin... *eyes clock* Stupid 10 hour time difference.
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C. Train? This is the United States. You can't just hop on a train and go somewhere. I don't know about Oregon, but I am over a hundred miles from the nearest Amtrack terminal.
Union Station, heart of downtown Portland.
Actually, there's an Amtrack station in Albany, which is some 12-20 miles from Corvallis (depending on which highway you take). Or you can take the Greyhound Bus, which stops -in- Corvallis.
I happen to be a very good friend of the guy who started LinuxFund several years ago, an MBA named Benjamin Cox. Though, since he likes setting up businesses more than running them, he stepped down some time ago -- he's currently starting up a used book store in Israel, while doing all kinds of international business for a steel-drilling company off the coast of Gibraltor that he co-founded. So, yes, he's an old school entrepreneur. And he's also done all kinds of random cool stuff, while he was at LinuxFund (http://news.com.com/2100-1040-231179.html?legacy= cnet for example). Here's a news article from it's founding: http://features.linuxtoday.com/developer/199908270 0210NW
The basic premise is this: members get a MasterCard (with a Tux on it!), and a small portion of all the purchases they make on it goes to LinuxFund. And, yes, even Linus Torvalds has one of these credit cards. Sadly, no, I don't, as I didn't meet him until after he left LinuxFund (though I wouldn't mind one!).
Every so often, the members of the LinuxFund then vote on where this money goes. They give a bunch of small grants (generally only 4 digits) to worthy OSS projects, like Xiph, bittorrent development, etc. Therein lies the problem... Since the LinuxFund is defunct, there aren't really any regular meetings for the membership.
But, as the precedence has always been that the members vote on where the money goes, it would make sense that there should be some kind of voting system on what to do with the remaining money. Knowing the spirit that this was created in, it should probably go to some kind of other Linux/Unix grant providing thing... Maybe to start ups, or as University Scholarship money...
Heh. Maybe I should ask Benjamin... *eyes clock* Stupid 10 hour time difference.
I know! I know! Just put in all zeros!
Human networks never die...? What do they know that I don't? How do I get in on some of that action?
> I mean the technology is neat but a 19inch rack is a 19inch rack *blink* And what's wrong with a 19 inch rack? The bigger the rack, the better.