dist evals[1]

[jiva@devware.com]

Let's make sure we clear all the meeting topic decisions through the
steering committee.  Right now December is usually scheduled as just a 
general xmas party type thing, so we might want to hold off until
January.  Either way, for now Jim is still coordinating topics.  We
don't want half the lug showing up for one topic and the other half
showing up for the other.  So let's make sure this goes through
steering.  However, I think this is a cool idea for a topic.

Also, didn't we do this topic about a year ago?

On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 02:12:03AM -0700, der.hans wrote:
> moin, moin,
> 
> all this FUD[2] about the different dists prompts me to make a suggestion
> I was thinking about.
> 
> How would we like to have a panel of PLUG members talk about several of
> the different distributions? My idea is to have people sign up to cover a
> specific dist. They take turns talking about the good/bad things about the
> dist and maybe even give a company/dist[3] profile, e.g. cover the
> apparent market the company is aiming for, cover other things the company
> works on, especially things that benefit Open Source and Linux in general.
> 
> I figure everybody gets 10 to 15 minutes. That gives us time for 5 or 6
> dists as well as a break and some discussion at the end.
> 
> Specifically I think we need to cover RedHat, debian and Mandrake as those
> seem to be in common use amongst LUG members.
> 
> Just for the record, dists that don't have an x86 version, e.g. Yellow
> Dog, should also be up for grabs if someone wants to cover them.
> 
> It might even be nice to have someone cover a *BSD, but I'd rather have a
> *BSD night some time and have good coverage of it. Same with hurd if
> people are interested and it's considered usable by at least a few people
> :).
> 
> Anybody interested? I think this would make a good topic for Dec.
> 
> BTW, I specifically don't want dist reps. I'd rather LUG members tell us
> what they think and what their experiences were. I do want dist vendors to
> make presentations at PLUG, but one at a time :).
> 
> ciao,
> 
> der.hans
> 
> [1] My original thought was to call it Dist Warz or something, but the
> current threads and Kevin's suggestions make me want to de-emphasize dist
> bashing ( even if it's fun :) and instead foster something positive.
> Comparisions can be made, but we should try to keep it friendly. *After*
> the meeting we can all sidle over to a jello-wrestling bar and let people
> fight it out ;-).
> [2] Yes, I was one of the people spreading it.
> [3] I'll use "company" after this, but not all dists are really companies,
> e.g. debian. Debian as an org still has a focus and still has side
> benefits like hurd, so it can still be covered properly.
> 

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