[wplug] Moving to west PA

[N. Iglehart]

I am moving to the western PA area(hopefully Pittsburgh) in the next few 
weeks and I wanted to get a general impression of the corporate feelings on 
Linuix in the area.  I am coming from Dallas and have been a reasonably 
active DFW-LUG member for three years and watched the corporate opinion 
evolve in the area from a general disinterest in the OS to Linux becoming the 
drug of choice in many companies for unix workstations.  While some of that 
shift was financially motivated, it was for the most part because of the 
environment/creativity relationship that places like Dallas, Atlanta and SF 
learned to recognize and exploit.  I have noticed that Pittsburgh and 
surrounding areas are sadly behind in this respect despite the fact that Pitt 
wishes to be a "tech center" so to speak.  Any firsthand experience?

Also, are there any membership requirements for wplug? 

Lastly, I have been kicking around the idea of a Linux on Sparc presentation 
for the DFW-LUG, but it looks like I won't be around to give it.  Any 
interest in west PA?

Nick Iglehart