[Debian-uk] Re: Expo aftermath

[Roger Leigh]

David Pashley <david@davidpashley.com> writes:

> On Thursday 24 October 2002 9:07 pm, Roger Leigh wrote:
> > Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> writes:
> > > At Wed, 23 Oct 2002 19:03:24 +0100 (BST),
> > >
> > > ... and also revealed that the new SuSE bloke (should probably find
> > > out he name and position) doesn't understand what Free Software is,
> > > and is apparently rather proud of that fact, if anything, which bodes
> > > ill for SuSE's medium/long term future.
> >
> > Was this the same person who manned the SuSE stand next to the Debian
> > one at the UKUUG Linux Developer's Conference this year?  I forgot his
> > name (he was a marketing manager IIRC), but I sat next to him at the
> > dinner on the barge and we had a fairly interesting discussion about
> > licensing issues and free software, and the differences between Debian
> > and SuSE (and UnitedLinux, YaST etc.) in this respect.  He seemed
> > clued-up, and I couldn't fault anything he said, even if I disagreed
> > with some things he said.  He certainly understood Free Software and
> > the GPL.
> >
> I think you are talking about roger whitiker(sp?), who is some top
> SuSE guy in the UK. The guy on the panel was not Roger. Roger was on
> the IBM/SuSE/foo stand though

Yes, that's him.

> > BTW, I may as well introduce myself to the list: I'm formerly a
> > student at the University of York, and I'm now living in my home town
> > of Blackburn in Lancashire.  I'm the maintainer of the new ijs
> > packages, and the new maintainer of the gimp-print packages in Debian.
> > I'm currently in the NM queue, awaiting DAM approval.  I'd be
> > interested in getting more involved with Debian in the UK; so far I've
> > remained a lurker on the list since it was suggested I subscribe at
> > the Linux Developers' Conference!
> >
> >
> You didn;t go to wylug did you?

I'm subscribed to the lists, and I've been once.  I mainly went to
YLUG in York though, which I helped to found.

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