[plug] Society of Linux Professionals (WA) Inaugural Meeting

[wayne]

On Sunday 29 June 2002, 12:37am Wayne wrote:
<original message included below>

PLEASE NOTE the date/time on the original eMail included below.  It is
delayed by one and a half days.  (I think someone's eMail queue is filling
up!)

These issues were already canvassed at the SLPWA meeting later in the day.

Regards,
wayne.

----- Original Message -----
From: "wayne" <hatari at iinet.net.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 12:37 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] Society of Linux Professionals (WA) Inaugural Meeting


> On Saturday, 29 June 2002 11:59pm  Leon wrote:
> >....basically agreed to by dozens if not scores of Linux
> more-or-less-Professionals.
>
> This is the part that is starting to worry me, Leon.  I can see the
"mores"
> f**king off and leaving the "lesses" floundering in their wake.  After
all,
> what "Professional" would want to hang around and continue to build on
> [PLUG] when you can do so much more for yourself at THE business end of
THE
> Profession?   (:o^)
>
> eg.
> Which MSCE would want to hang around with the DOS freaks?
> Which artiste would want to work in Sydney when they can work in
Hollywood?
> Which polly would stick around on the back bench when he/she could be the
> Prime Minister?
> Which concert violinist wants to play second fiddle?
> Which CSIRO scientist would stay here if they could work at JPL, NASA,
> CALTECH, et at?
> Get my drift?
>
> If you are going to become Professionals then surely you need to make a
> clean break without the "hype" that implies you stay?  If you stay for
> "pilferring" purposes (I don't know exactly what I mean here) then it
> becomes a little (I don't know what I mean here either) ....unhelpful to
> colleagues in [PLUG] (is that what I mean?)
>
> Can the two organisations co-exist?  Or do [PRO] members NEED to make a
> clean break - and the rest of the [PLUG] pick up the pieces now and move
> forward?  I am trying to visualise what it means as new comments come
> forward on the list.
>
> Kind Regards,
> wayne.