[PLUG] We need more Linux in this town...

David Kaplan davek52 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 2 02:11:10 UTC 2009


I'm interested in meeting with all who want to promote Linux usage to the
general public.


On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Mike Connors <mconnors1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Scott Garman wrote:
> >> http://www.possepdx.org , the Portland Open Source Software
> >> Entrepreneurs, is an attempt at just that.  Members include
> >> multiperson shops Open Sourcery and Prostructure, a few open-source-
> >> using businesses (like mine), and a few independent contractors.
> >>
> >
> > I have yet to attend a POSSE meeting, but hope to soon. Thanks for
> > reminding me about them.
> >
> > I thought I would throw out here that I am very interested in meeting up
> > with folks doing or considering startups which make use Linux as a core
> > technology; particularly in the embedded space. I've only lived in
> > Portland not quite a year now, and miss many of the interactions I had
> > with friends who were doing startups back East. I have personally also
> > set up an LLC, spent a year building a product, and never got past the
> > point of having a handful of beta users, so I can sympathize with a lot
> > of the stresses and uncertainty that this endeavor creates.
> >
> > Scott
> Is there much going on with POSSE these days? I remember stumbling across
> it 2 yrs ago when I landed in Portland and it didn't see much
> activity on the site except for the occasional tumbleweed...
>
> Scott - I would be very interested in meeting up to talk about startups or
> just to geek out on Linux projs. Maybe something more informal
> and hands-on than the PLUG meetings and more about what you can do w. Linux
> than happens at the Linux Clinic.
>
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