[PLUG] PLUG and BSD?

Ted Kubaska tkubaska at charter.net
Fri Oct 20 19:18:15 UTC 2006


Look at http://www.codeplex.com for Microsoft opensource community info.
I don't think it's unreasonable to expect to get some Microsoft person
to talk about this.
 -Ted

On Fri, 2006-10-20 at 12:55 -0700, David Mandel wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I get the impression from looking over the web
> > site that PLUG also has members up on or
> > interested in the BSD troika, and other *nix
> > flavors as well?
> >
> > That would be great in my book, since we use both
> > Penguins and Devils around here.
> > ...
> 
> Yes, PLUG doesn't restrict itself to Linux and never ever has.
> Indeed, a number of years ago we changed our name from
>           The Portland Linux Users Group (abbreviated PLUG)
>        to
>           The Portland Linux/Unix Group (still abbreviated PLUG)
> 
> Basically, we are simply a group of people interested in OpenSource
> software.  This includes Linux and the open BSDs; but also includes
> open like systems (proprietary Unix) and OpenSource applications
> on proprietary OSs.  We are even interested in open stuff on
> Windows.  One of these days I want to have Microsoft speak about
> it's move toward open systems.  (Is it real or is it marketing?) 
> 
>                                           Sincerely,
>                                           David Mandel
>                                           Chief Activist
>                                           Portland Linux/Unix Group
>                                           560 SE Alexander
>                                           Corvallis, Oregon 97333
>                                           (541) 737-9153 at work (OSU)
>                                           (541) 730-5285 cell
> 
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