[Wylug-announce] ManLUG meetings for February and March 2005

[Dr A V Le Blanc]

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ManLUG meetings for February and March 2005

February 19 2005, 14:00, in the usual place, the Lascelles Williams
room on the ground floor of the Kilburn Building at the University
of Manchester.  (For more information, see our web site:
http://www.manlug.man.ac.uk, under 'How to find us'.)  Reminder:
Please bring a 'photo ID' to show the porters if you are asked.

     What's Wrong With Open Source? ... With Some Thoughts On Fixing It
     Dave Fisher, GB Direct

2005 will not be the year that 'Linux conquers the desktop'. Growth
will be slow and organic, depending on direct personal experience
with little prospect of it becoming a majority concern any time soon.
This is a problem for everyone in the open source community.
If open source does not quickly achieve sufficient gravity to
shape the general environment to its needs, it will be shaped by
hostile elements in that environment.

This talk highlights some of the practical threats to open source,
some fundamental weaknesses in its default responses and some
possible alternatives.  Although the objects of this talk are geeks
and technology, it's really about power, strategy and tactics.  Those
who delude themselves into believing that IT can be separated from
politics will hate it.


March 19 2005, 14:00, usual place.

No plans yet.  Volunteers?

     -- Owen
     LeBlanc at mcc.ac.uk


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