[GRLUG] GRLUG Social Tonight

[Michael Mol]

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Mike Williams <knightperson at zuzax.com> wrote:
> While we've made lots of progress, the casino project is far from finished.
> You might be at the tail end of the music server one, but then at least you
> can listen to it over the big speakers.
>
> I have some concerns about the casino project. Besides some abysmal security
> practices, I'm concerned about what exactly we are doing here. I'm all for
> mental exercise and building systems to do cool things, but we're working
> for a for-profit enterprise (and an industry that is not one of my
> favorites, although I can probably look the other way for that). We're doing
> quite a bit of software development work, and as near as I can tell we're
> doing it for free. Pro Bono work is fine if a noble cause is benefiting from
> it, but this is a for-profit business. Should they be paying us in some way?

We've been getting free beer, wireless, snacks, cool toys to play
with, and a roomy area to socialize in.

They've also already got a fully-working setup with Windows. They
don't *have* to switch to Linux; the Casino Kiosk project has been
largely about showing them, "hey, you can go this route, too!" It's an
evangelist project.

Besides, if these touchscreens can be made to work properly on Linux,
especially by default, a number of possibilities are opened up.

As for the cash receptor and printer, getting that thing working
properly under Linux opens up opportunities for others.

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