Re: Linux Foundation Memberships

2010-12-16 Thread David Miller
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 6:36 AM, Daniel Feenberg wrote: > They are Linux Torvalds employer, and Ted T'so also, so I don't see how > you could call it a scam. > > Except Ted T'so works for Google. I'm not saying that the Linux Foundation doesn't do anything but just wanted to correct that. -- Dav

Re: Linux Foundation

2010-12-16 Thread Chris O'Connell
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 wrote: > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Steven L. Kleiman >wrote:

Re: Linux Foundation

2010-12-16 Thread Rob Hasselbaum
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Steven L. Kleiman 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

Re: Linux Foundation

2010-12-16 Thread Kent Borg
Steven L. Kleiman wrote: > Is the membership largely a scam or does the foundation actually > further the use of Linux? I went to their Linuxcon conference this summer and learned useful things, so that's worth something. They seem to put their conference proceedings online, for free. I am pret

Re: Linux Foundation Memberships

2010-12-16 Thread Daniel Feenberg
On Wed, 15 Dec 2010, Chris O'Connell wrote: > Guys, > > 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 hav