RE: Conference on Remedies

[Matthew Benjamin <MBenjamin@comshare.com>]

Yes!  And Richard Stallman, and others.

That said, I have the sense that there is a larger group of folk that,
by consensus, should speak for Linux.  With "free" software, that group
might be different.  In each case, we might be as interested in what it
takes to make open source software commercially meaningful--meaningful
to potential competitors of Microsoft, Linux as a platform for
productivity applications, for example--as with what it takes to write
it.  

On the other hand, since Linux, FreeBSD, FreeDOS, and the like all rely
on common protocols and formats, are built on the foundation of
"standard" hardware and peripherals, developers can give unique insight
into the significance of protocols and standards, effectively from the
vantage point of some kind of "public interest."

My ideal would be, representation from the several viewpoints that seem
to be out there.  


Matt

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Linux Idiot [SMTP:geof@abraxis.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, March 25, 1998 12:18 PM
> To:	MBenjamin@comshare.com
> Cc:	Multiple recipients of list AM-INFO
> Subject:	Re: Conference on Remedies
> 
> Matthew Benjamin wrote:
> > 
> > Jamie,
> > 
> > On the topic of presenters at the next Appraising Micrsoft
> conference:
> > 
> > I would really like to see a strong and diverse contingent from the
> Open
> > Source software camp, which is itself diverse and not capable of
> being
> > represented by any one spokesperson--but probably capable of
> > representation by three or four key people.  I'm not one of those
> > people, but I certainly know who they are--as do others on this
> list.  A
> > good starting point would be any of the folks cited in
> > http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue3_3/browne/index.html.
> Another
> > good group to talk with would be Larry Wall and the folks at
> O'Reilly
> > and Associates.
> > 
> 
> Linus Torvalds??
> 
> 
> > Matt Benjamin
> 
> -- 
> Until later: Geoffrey		geof@abraxis.com
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