[clue] Xorg presentation in the fall

[dennisjperkins at comcast.net]

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From: "Michael J. Hammel" <mjhammel at graphics-muse.org> 
To: "CLUE's mailing list" <clue at cluedenver.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 10:27:21 AM 
Subject: Re: [clue] Xorg presentation in the fall 

On Tue, 2011-05-17 at 15:21 -0600, YES NOPE9 wrote: 
> I volunteer to be one of your myrmidons. 

I don't know that term, but I assume you're hoping I'll lead. I'll need 
more minions, then. Don't count on it unless we get a critical mass of 
people (definitely more than 3). 

> I would like to expand the charter of CLUE to engulf FLOSS / POSH. 

I don't know POSH either. I think CLUE always included low level 
development in its "charter". At least it did back when I helped start 
it with Mark and Eric. BLUG tended to be more technical in that respect 
and CLUE tended to be more business oriented (Boulder vs Tech Center - 
made sense). At least back in the day. Things change. 

> Does Denver/Boulder/COSprings/FtCollins have enough geeks ????? 

IMHO: 

The region is dominated by web development and storage systems. There 
is a fairly large number of apps developers (iPad, Android). These tend 
to drive user-space and scripted development - lots of python folks 
around. The Springs has lots of government/military types, many of 
which seem fixed on Java. The majority of the front range appears to be 
focused on user space. 

To my knowledge, board bring up and infrastructure development is not as 
highly represented. Atmel has a presence in the Springs. HP does 
printers up in Longmont. Of course, there is Sparkfun in Boulder. 
Beyond that, I'm not aware of much consumer (or business/govt/military) 
device development at the board level. 

I'd like to see more stuff like BeagleBoard happening. Maybe its just 
early for this kind of thing, like the early days of Linux. 
-- 
Michael J. Hammel <mjhammel at graphics-muse.org> 

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There might be interest from a few people at Club Workshop. Some people there are into robotics. 
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