BLUG Future Topis (Was: [lug] How did the Install/Info Fest turn out?)

[Wayde Allen]

On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Michael Deck wrote:

> At 08:47 AM 12/15/99 -0800, Glenn Ashton wrote:
> ...
> >I think gaming is one area where we can win hearts and minds
> >quickly.
> 
> ...
> 
> I may be all alone out here, but I'm going to disagree with this statement. 
> I have no interest in games whatsoever: I spend more than 8 hours in front 
> of this doggone tube and when I'm not working I want to be as far from it 
> as possible.

I share similar sentiments, however it would be hard to argue the size and
impact of the gaming market.  Just because you and I don't find gaming to
be our primary point of interest doesn't mean it isn't important.

> Would it be within the scope of BLUG to 
> have a presentation on StarOffice? (There may already have been one tho I 
> didn't see it on the web page).

Sure, this is definitely within the scope of BLUG, and no we haven't had a
specific talk or demo covering StarOffice.  I do vaguely remember someone
starting up Star Office at one of the meetings so we could see what it
looked like once though.  Anyone want to put together a talk on Star
Office?

> How about some of the more Linux-friendly 
> IDE's like CodeWarrior? Voice recognition tools? Desktop environments? 
> Heck, even e-mail clients. Perhaps a greater focus on how folks can *use* 
> Linux to solve everyday problems might draw out some heart/mind prospects.

Sounds good to me.  Do we have anyone who has experience in some of these
areas that would be willing to put together a demo or talk?  That is
after all the fundamentally limiting factor.

> If these topics seem to be broader than just Linux, then maybe there's 
> someone on this list who could volunteer to talk about them at a meeting of 
> the Boulder Chapter of the ACM? That's a more general group.

No these topics don't really seem to be broader than "just Linux".  In
fact, I think it is hard to define what "just Linux" means.  The only real
issue is finding a warm bodies willing to create and give the
presentations. 

- Wayde
  (wallen at boulder.nist.gov)