Re: Eastern Massachusetts Linux Fest Inquiry

[Chuck Anderson <cra WPI EDU>]

On Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 03:07:49PM -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> > The communities out here don't know anything about Linux and a 
> > FEST out here is vital!!!
> 
> Really? I live in the Boston area and a substantial number of other 
> folks who work on Fedora live here as well. Red Hat has an office in the 
> area as does Novell. The GNOME summit was a couple weekends ago in 
> Cambridge, and next weekend there is going to be FOSS Camp in Cambridge 
> as well, on MIT's campus. So I am not sure that it is fair to say the 
> communities in eastern Massachusetts don't know anything about Linux any 
> more so than other areas of Massachusetts. Then again it depends what 
> you mean by "community" -
> 
> What target audience are you looking to reach? Since you appear to not 
> be particularly concerned about Fedora for this, you might want to get 
> in touch with the Boston LUG group: http://blu.org/

I'd also like to point out the Worester LUG: http://www.wlug.org/ of 
which I'm a member.