[Gllug] Gllug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 74

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Tue Jun 30 11:04:13 UTC 2009



On Sat, 2009-06-27 at 21:42 +0100, gllug-request at gllug.org.uk wrote:
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Hi Isabell, I'm also female and also use/advocate Ubuntu. Hello :) 

Paula 
> 
> Welcome!
> 
> > My distribution of choice is Ubuntu,
> 
> Oh dear, don't say that loud, the ogres around here are going to hear you ....
> 
> > and I'm female.  I did ask a couple of questions on IRC yesterday (my nick being
> > issyl0), so I decided to introduce myself on the mailing list.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Isabell.
> >
> 
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:07:45 +0100
> From: Jose Luis Martinez <jjllmmss at googlemail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Audit Season...
> To: "Daniel P. Berrange" <dan at berrange.com>,	Greater London Linux User
> 	Group <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
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> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Daniel P. Berrange<dan at berrange.com> wrote:
> 
> > AFAIK, SOX does not proscribe particular technical solutions. So there
> > is huge scope for interpretation of the SOX requirements by the auditors.
> > Ask 10 auditors what's SOX compliant and you'll get 10 different answers.
> > The question is whether your particular auditor is fixated on a single
> > particular solution they've decided upon, or whether they are prepared to
> > enter discussion about alternative solutions meeting the same end goal.
> >
> > Daniel
> 
> No, of course it doesn't, but once external auditors have decided
> about something I have found pointless in the past to even try to
> argue.
> 
> With internal auditors it was entirely a different matter, after all
> we were all supposed to be playing for the same team.
> 
> 
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> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:50:08 +0100
> From: Caroline Ford <caroline.ford.work at googlemail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Hi!
> To: Greater London Linux User Group <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
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> 2009/6/27  <isabell121 at gmail.com>:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I 'discovered' GLLUG yesterday, looking around the internet for LUGs in the
> > London area.  Greater London seemed the most sensible choice as I will be
> > living near London as of September and it had the best website!  I am
> > thinking of joining this LUG if possible, even though at the moment I don't
> > use Linux due to my lack of a desktop PC, but I am passionate about open
> > source and Linux in general.  My distribution of choice is Ubuntu, and I'm
> > female.  I did ask a couple of questions on IRC yesterday (my nick being
> > issyl0), so I decided to introduce myself on the mailing list.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Isabell.
> 
> Welcome! This isn't the friendliest list for newcomers, to be honest.
> It seems to consist mainly of old male sysadmins. The lug also barely
> meets.
> 
> I presume you know about the Ubuntu Women project?
> 
> Caroline
> 
> 
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> Message: 9
> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:57:34 +0100
> From: Harry Rickards <hrickards at l33tmyst.com>
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Hi!
> To: Greater London Linux User Group <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
> Message-ID: <627D3C2B-993C-41AF-B43F-C98A6158AABF at l33tmyst.com>
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> On 27 Jun 2009, at 21:50, Caroline Ford <caroline.ford.work at googlemail.com 
>  > wrote:
> 
> > ...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Welcome! This isn't the friendliest list for newcomers, to be honest.
> > It seems to consist mainly of old male sysadmins. The lug also barely
> > meets.
> If you think GLLUG's unwelcoming, have a look through the archives of  
> debian-user.
> ..
> 
> 
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> Message: 10
> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:18:45 +0100
> From: pavithran <pavithran.s at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Hi!
> To: Greater London Linux User Group <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
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> 2009/6/27  <isabell121 at gmail.com>:
> 
> > I 'discovered' GLLUG yesterday, looking around the internet for LUGs in the
> > London area.  Greater London seemed the most sensible choice as I will be
> > living near London as of September and it had the best website!  I am
> 
> Welcome to GLLUG . I joined 4 months back and I never got flamed :D
> >My distribution of choice is Ubuntu, and I'm
> > female.
> Ubuntu and a female hmm .
> London has a linux chix group http://thaum.net/lonlinuxchix/ I am not
> sure how active it is .
> You would also be interested in Ubuntu women community
> http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/
> >  I did ask a couple of questions on IRC yesterday (my nick being
> > issyl0), so I decided to introduce myself on the mailing list.
> Cool .. IRC to mailing list .. the transition is quite good :)
> Welcome and I bet you will have a great time in this list .
> Regards,
> Pavithran
> 

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