[GRLUG] LUG Meeting for December - Wednesday the 5th from 6-8PM

Don Wood dond at standalelumber.com
Tue Dec 4 19:17:51 EST 2007


Great idea! I have one myself!


On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 17:28 -0500, Jorge La wrote:
> Oh, I'm also gonna bring this laptop that I cant get Ubuntu to work on
> to the meeting. Hope someone can solve my problem.
> 
> 
> 
> On Dec 4, 2007 10:21 AM, Matt Michielsen <matt at michielsen.us> wrote:
> 
>         
>         I'll be there.  Anyone from Holland/Zeeland want to carpool? 
>         
>         -mm
>         
>         
>         
>         On Dec 3, 2007 7:49 PM, Godwin <geektoyz at gmail.com> wrote:
>         
>         
>                 Hey Godwin,
>                 Could you please post this meeting date and time on
>                 the grlug.org site?
>                 Casey
>                 
>                 
>                 
>                 -----Original Message-----
>                 From: Casey DuBois [mailto: cdubois at n-vint.com]
>                 Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 3:07 PM
>                 To: grlug at grlug.org
>                 
>                 
>                 Subject: [GRLUG] LUG Meeting for December - Wednesday
>                 the 5th from 6-8PM 
>                 
>                 Hello LUGgers,
>                 
>                 It's time for another meeting.
>                 
>                 Wednesday December 5th.
>                 From: 6-8PM
>                 Location: 3240 Hanna Lake Industrial Park Drive SE,
>                 Caledonia
>                 
>                 
>                 
>                 http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=3240+Hanna+Lake+Industrial+Park+Drive+SE,+Caledonia,+MI&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=24.455808,59.765625&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=42.847275,-85.580063&amp;spn=0.085205,0.159645&amp;z=13&amp;iwloc=addr&amp;om=1
>                 
>                 I am sponsoring food so please RSVP to
>                 cdubois at n-vint.com so I can
>                 make sure to have enough.
>                 
>                 The Agenda for this meeting will be "Enterprise wide
>                 Linux" 
>                 
>                 Don Wood has agreed to discuss how Standale lumber
>                 uses Linux (ltsp,
>                 Debian, SugarCRM and Ubuntu) and their plans to
>                 migrate 40 or so
>                 Windows thin client users by the end of 2008.
>                 We are also interested in hearing how other companies
>                 are using or 
>                 planning to use Linux Enterprise wide.
>                 
>                 Please contact me with any questions or concerns.
>                 
>                 See you ALL next week.
>                 
>                 P.S. I'll bring in another skid or two of FREE
>                 Hardware for anyone
>                 that wants to sift thru it. 
>                 
>                 Sincerely,
>                 Casey M. DuBois
>                 N-VINT, Inc.
>                 3240 Hanna Lake Industrial Park Dr. SE, Caledonia, MI
>                 49316
>                 616-656-5500 Office
>                 866-337-2686 Direct
>                 AOL IM: CaseyNVINT
>                 cdubois at n-vint.com
>                 
>                 "Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy
>                 operating systems."
>                 - Linus Torvalds
>                 
>                 
>                 
>                 On Dec 3, 2007 6:49 PM, Steve Romanow <
>                 slestak989 at gmail.com> wrote:
>                 >
>                 > Casey DuBois wrote:
>                 > > Hey Steve,
>                 > > I'll be there Tuesday @ 5PM.
>                 > > How big of a truck do you have? 
>                 > > Casey
>                 > >
>                 > >
>                 > > -----Original Message-----
>                 > > From: Steve Romanow [mailto:slestak989 at gmail.com]
>                 > > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 9:26 PM 
>                 > > To: grlug at grlug.org
>                 > > Subject: Re: [GRLUG] LUG Meeting for December -
>                 Wednesday the 5th from 6-8PM
>                 > >
>                 > > Greg Folkert wrote: 
>                 > >
>                 > >> On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 18:10 -0500, Steve Romanow
>                 wrote:
>                 > >>
>                 > >>
>                 > >>> Casey DuBois wrote:
>                 > >>>
>                 > >>>
>                 > >>>> Hello LUGgers, 
>                 > >>>>
>                 > >>>> It's time for another meeting.
>                 > >>>>
>                 > >>>> Wednesday December 5th.
>                 > >>>> From: 6-8PM
>                 > >>>> Location: 3240 Hanna Lake Industrial Park Drive
>                 SE, Caledonia 
>                 > >>>>
>                 > >>>>
>                 > >> [snippage]
>                 > >>
>                 > >>
>                 > >>> I will try to make it. Anyone want to unload a
>                 truck with me Tuesday
>                 > >>> night in Kentwood? 
>                 > >>>
>                 > >>>
>                 > >> Where exactly in Kentwood?
>                 > >>
>                 > >> I'm right around 50th and Buchanan.
>                 > >>
>                 > >> Depends on the timing, as I work 8-5 MT (10-7
>                 ET). But my schedule is 
>                 > >> flexible *now*....
>                 > >>
>                 > >>
>                 > > At 44th & Kalamazoo, Tradewinds Dr, off Stauffer.
>                  I get the house at
>                 > > 5pm, stinks that I have to kill time all day until
>                 the sun drops to 
>                 > > unload at dusk.  When does it get dark now in GR?
>                  I have 2 movers
>                 > > coming, but really want to get this done since the
>                 truck is due Wed am.
>                 > >
>                 > > I cant wait to hear what the presentation on
>                 enterpise linux.  I have 
>                 > > hoped and prayed for getting to use linux
>                 professionally instead of as a
>                 > > hobby.  My current boss has been pretty receptive,
>                 even as a msft
>                 > > fanboy, he sees the value when comparing feature
>                 sets and I;ve been able 
>                 > > to implement projects with nomachine, rhel,
>                 imagemagick, gimp, even got
>                 > > a pretty hot Ubuntu machine for a second box for
>                 "special projects".
>                 > > Being patient and proselytizing when I can, I've
>                 always been able to 
>                 > > produce results.  In our business (wholesale
>                 distribution) we dont have
>                 > > the margins for citrix, E12, SAP, etc.  I've been
>                 trying to sell based
>                 > > on liberal pro-consumer licensing and the profit
>                 in "building on the 
>                 > > shoulders of giants".  I'll be that "crazy linux
>                 guy" if it means my
>                 > > company stays competitive and I can keep solving
>                 problems for my team
>                 > > members.
>                 > >
>                 > > FOr the truck thing, I will repay the favor or I
>                 can even pay for the
>                 > > help.  Im just in kindof a jam gettign the house
>                 so late.
>                 > >
>                 > > Steve
>                 > >
>                 > >>
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>                 > Its a 26', biggest Penske has.  I have 2-3
>                 professional movers coming as
>                 > well, but I only have them for 2 hours.  Will prob
>                 spring for another
>                 > 1-2 hours for them.  Big shout out for emove.com,
>                 they have a nice
>                 > service if anyone needs that kind of work.  If I was
>                 able to get my
>                 > house before dusk, I would have no worries, but with
>                 them giving it to 
>                 > me at 5pm...   I REALLY appreciate it Casey, if you
>                 EVER need a favor.
>                 >
>                 > Give me a call at 443-413-1006 if sth happens and
>                 you cannot make it.  I
>                 > will give you property address as well.  Not sure I
>                 want my address on 
>                 > the list :)
>                 >
>                 >
>                 > Steve
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