[plug] Changes to PLUG

[Paul Antoine]

As a newbie to WA's Linux community (but certainly not Linux), I have 
been following this discourse with interest, on my quest to find 
like-minded Linux geeks (and professionals, of course ! :P)

Prompted by this discussion I looked at the SLPWA website... and 
discovered that it's pretty significantly broken (links, content etc.)

How active is SLPWA at the moment?

Also, given that iiNet is a significant commercial user of Linux, and 
the CEO Mike Malone an ex-kernel hacker, does iiNet support PLUG and/or 
SPLWA at all?

Paul Antoine,
Millennium Engineering Pty Ltd

Alex Polglaze wrote:
> 
> 
> Tim Bowden wrote:
>> This I must protest in a most vigorous way.  SLPWA was designed to
>> promote the commercial interests of those involved with Linux or Open
>> Source consulting.  It was not designed to replace PLUG or splinter away
>> original or hard core pluggers by any means.  I think many of those who
>> joined SLPWA and disengaged from PLUG also disengaged from SLPWA over
>> time.  Those who are involved with SLPWA at the moment are also still
>> involved with PLUG.  The organisations have different but complimentary
>> aims.
>>   
> This is exactly right.
> 
> I am a member of both and for very different reasons.
> 
> You only have to look at the names, not the acronyms, to see the 
> difference.
> 
> Perth Linux Users Group
> 
> Society of Linux Professionals (Western Australia)
> 
> Ons is a user/hobbiest/interest group, the other is a professional 
> business association. They are not mutually exclusive, but they serve 
> very, very different roles in the Linux community.
> 
> 
> Alex
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