[H-GEN] HUMBUG meetings and talks

[Robert Kearey]

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Sarah Walters wrote:

> The earlier suggestion to hold it somewhere other than UQ makes sense.
> There are a number of Unix/Linux companies in Brisbane. Off the top of
> my head, Redhat and Trolltech both have Brisbane offices. I'm sure they
> could help with a location/funding if you'll let them put up propaganda.

With my Red Hat on, we really don't have the room or bandwidth right 
now, but we'll see what can be done if asked.

> You might also find that you can get some interesting talks from these
> companies. I'd be interested (if I wasn't stuck in NSW) in a talk from
> Trolltech on how GPLing Qt has affected their business. [1] Having more
> companies giving talks would also give a more professional mood to the
> talks, and be more likely to attract businesspeople, which would be more
> likely to get you talks ... I see a snowball. I still say one of the
> other existing groups would be a better host, since I always saw HUMBUG 
> as more of a hobbyist group (after all, it is HOME UNIX users).

Paul Gampe, our engineering director, gave a talk a few weeks back.

> Sarah

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