Would this be an appropreate play to get help getting mysql up and running on SuSe? Marshall --- "Eric \"Shubes\"" wrote: > (my apologies for the formatting problems -shubes) > > Alexander Henry wrote: > > I have some new language in the press release. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Community event: Phoenix Linux User's Group (PLUG) > Installfest. > > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > > > CALENDAR POSTING > > > > > > > > SHORT FORMAT - CALENDAR FORMAT - > AZIPA/AZTECHLIST/TECHOASIS FORMAT > > > > 8/28 (Saturday 10:00am - 5:00pm) Phoenix Linux > User Group (PLUG) Installfest. Where: University of > Advancing Technology: 2625 W. Baseline Tempe, AZ > 85283 (Baseline Road, just west of I-10 and Pointe > Hilton South Mountain, south side of Baseline). The > Phoenix Linux User's Group and the Arizona Open > Technology Organization (AZOTO) would like to invite > you to our monthly Linux Installfest. Bring your > PC, Mac, or other for one-on-onehelp to get your > machine running Linux, and to learn how to use > Linux. If you're interested in Linux for home, > please stop by and see our demos. If you are > researching Linux for business use, especially small > business, please contact Alexander Henry below, and > we will arrange a specific demo. RSVP appreciated, > indicate interests: Alexander Henry > PLUG: > http://plug.phoenix.az.us AZOTO: > http://www.azoto.org > > > > > > > > > > LONG/ARTICLE FORMAT > > > > (Phoenix, Arizona) -- DATE > > > > The Phoenix Linux User Group (PLUG) and the > Arizona Open Technology Organization (AZOTO) are > holding their monthly Linux Installfest Saturday, > August 28, from 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. at the > University of Advancing Technology (UAT), 2625 W > Baseline Tempe, just west of I-10. Free and open to > the public. Bring your P.C. for free one-on-one > help with installing Linux. The Linux Installfest > also features demos to view Linux for those > considering switching to Linux for home or business > use, as well as Knoppix CD's to try Linux at home > without damaging your PC or files. While noRSVP is > required, if you are considering attending, an > e-mail to the event coordinator stating your > specific interest would be greatly appreciated. > Please e-mail Alexander Henry > with "Installfest"in the subject line. The > PLUG/AZOTO Installfest is held at UAT on the last > Saturday of every month. > > > > "PLUG and AZOTO, in the past, had only held > bi-annual install conferences," says Alexander > Henry, PLUG member and event coordinator. "These > install conferences were huge, and included not only > one-on-one installationhelp and Linux demos, but > presentations and giveaways. The members at PLUG > and AZOTO are impressed with the success of > switching to monthly installfests," Alexander Henry > continued. "The public responded positively to this > move, and our turnout is steadily increasing." The > larger installconferences will still be held. Henry > also cited greater worldwide interest in Linux, > support from large companies such as IBM and > Hewlett-Packard, and exponentially increasing > Windows virus outbreaks has raised greater interest > in Linux. Henry continued that in the future, given > demand, larger computer setup demonstrations as well > as regular group tutorials would be held. > > > > Linux is a free Unix-type operating system > originally created by Linus Torvalds with the > assistance of developers around the world. Developed > under the GNU General Public License, the source > code for Linux is freely available to everyone. > Apart from the fact that it's freely distributed, > Linux's functionality, adaptability, and robustness > has made it the main alternative for proprietary > Unix and Microsoft operating systems. IBM, > Hewlett-Packard and other giants of the computing > world have embraced Linux and support its ongoing > development. More than a decade after its initial > release, Linux is being adopted worldwide as a > server platform primarily. Its use as a home and > office desktop operating system is also on therise. > The operating system can also be incorporated > directly into microchips in a process called > "embedding" and is increasingly being used thisway > in appliances and devices. Countries such as China, > India, Germany,Singapore, Brazil, and many more are > ad > opting Linux as their official operating system in > both servers and > desktops. Some governments are adopting economic > policies around a > future boom in Linux. > > .) alternative "to" instead of alternative "from" > .) replace "adopted" with "utilized" > .) "primarily as" instead of "as ... primarily" > .) replace "Countries" with "Governments", or > possibly "Governments in > countries" (Countries aren't adopting, are they?) > .) I have a problem with the last sentence here. Can > this statement be > backed up? Even if so, I'm not sure it's a good > thing (adopting economic > policies based on any kind of boom). If there's a > boom, there'll be a > bust (economically speaking). I think that simply > pointing to the growth > of Linux (however you want to measure it) would have > better impact. > > > > > "My take on the Open Source movement," Henry says, > "is that it's a model for the new economy. When > Henry Ford tasked himself with taking academic > research in materials science, physics, and > engineering and producing something people could > use, at that time in history the only way to do > sowas to start with real estate, plant, and capital > equipment, then apply an amount of material, > management, and real labor to each car produced > onthe assembly line. Today, to take research > produced by investments by DARPA, the Department of > Energy, Bell Labs, etc. and apply it to > somethingusable, you don't need any of this. You > just need to do a 'copy and paste'. The cost for > producing the product is already sunk, and there is > novalue added in making a copy. In fact, anyone who > invests so much and works so hard at producing this > research only to have the research go completely > unused is harmed very badly." Henry provides > another example, "Tgen was recently given a two > million doll > ar endowment to find a cure (or at least a greater > understanding) for > Autism. Once they find this cure, the last thing > Tgen would think of > doing is to print the procedure for the cure on > holographic copy-proof > certificates, sell them for $10,000 a copy, then sue > anyone who > practices the cure for Autism without a copy in > their pockets at the > time the cure is practiced. But this happens > routinely for software > products." > > This is a bit esoteric, IMHO. Leave it in if you > like, but I don't think > it adds anything meaningful. Sorry, Alex. I would > like to discuss it though. > > > > Henry continues, "Here's how Open Source works on > an individual level. Think of a junior accountant. > She takes some information, reorganizes it, does > some calculations, then places it somewhere else. > She will realize one day that she can write a script > to do the same thing, and save herself from this > boring work. So, she still spends eight hours a day > doingher normal job (otherwise face termination), > and invests her spare time at home writing this > script. By the end of the month, she applies her > script, reducing her eight hour job to a thirty > second procedure on a computer, and (assuming her > employers think like entrepreneurs and not like > 'Pointy-haired Bosses') her time is free to pursue > something more productive, or hopefully something > that requires human judgment and not simple > number-pushing. Today, like no time in history, > does every individual have the power to script their > position out of the company to leverage their labor. > Better yet, if our junior account > ant shares her script with the entire accounting > community, she can in > return receive scripts that she can apply for her > employers: potentially > one script from every junior accountant in the > industry." Henry again > points to IBM and Hewlett-Packard as real-life > examples of large > companies embracing this new economy. "They are > kind-of === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss