[plug] Changes to PLUG

[Daniel Pearson (Flashware Solutions)]

Hi Paul,

Agree with you on that one - I sent an e-mail informing of broken links 
and got a response about 4 months later.

Cheers; Dan

Paul Antoine wrote:
> 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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