Great! Thanks for the advice! I wanted to attend Linux Con last year, but didn't for whatever reason. This year the conference is in Vancouver :( Couldn't be further away.
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Rob Hasselbaum <r...@hasselbaum.net> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Steven L. Kleiman <klei...@math.mit.edu > >wrote: > > > 1. Linux Foundation Memberships (Chris O'Connell) > > I've been looking at getting a membership at Linux Foundation.org for a > > while now. The benefits don't seem so great that they justify the > > membership costs, but maybe I'm missing the overall point? Does anyone > in > > our organization have a Linux Foundation membership? Any reasons to buy > or > > not to? Is the membership largely a scam or does the foundation actually > > further the use of Linux? > > -SLK-10Dec16> I joined in order to get a discount on a new Dell Laptop, > > and the discount more than paid for my membership. -- Steve > > > > > It is most definitely not a scam. They run the LinuxCon shows, which > yielded > a decent turnout in Boston last summer and attracted some well-respected > speakers (e.g. Eben Moglen). They also pay Linus' salary and do good work > as > a vendor-neutral Linux advocacy group. > > The membership pays for itself pretty quickly if you shop at any of the > organizations that offer discounts. You get the Dell employee discount, for > example. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
