[Scottish] Different meeting

[Alistair J. Ross]

Hi ,

	I wouldn't discount IBM totally - the plant in Greenock is still open AFAIK, 
it just works on a far smaller scale. They have tons of office space, some 
rented out, some just lying bare (great use for a function). They make 
bladeservers and such out there currently and have a call center in the 
building, but nothing like what it was before the Lenovo deal.

Why not give them a call?

Regards,

Ali Ross

On Sunday 18 March 2007 18:19:11 Andrew Barber wrote:
> I have been trying to think of ways that we could have a bit of a
> different meeting than the normal presentation by a member. I do think
> these are good, but trying to think of things that could also be fun.
>
> I have thought of maybe a 'controlled' debate, a discussion/(half
> arsed)argument on subjects that seem to create flamewars in the FOSS
> world. e.g.
> KDE vs Gnome vs *
> Source based vs packaged distro
>
>
> The other idea [which has been done] but is to try and get more people
> from external places for a talk. I had a look around to day for places
> in Glasgow that use opensource software or contribute to.
> It would be interesting to see how it is used in practice, how companies
> contribute, value of and such like..
> I thought originally IBM due to always seeing them sponsor FOSS events,
> but that seems to have been shot down. Also the plant close in Scotland
> is maybe not used for such studies.
>
> I spoke to a friend who works for Motorola and he is going to find out
> if anybody would be up for a talk from Freescale/Metrowerks....
>
> Is there any other companies or places you guys can think of?
>
>
> Do you think these would provide a decent ScotLUG meeting?
>
>
> AndrewB
>
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