[LUAU] TPOSSCON

[Hawaii Linux Institute]

R. Scott Belford wrote:

> The Hawaii Open Source Education Foundation (HOSEF) is pleased to 
> announce that the First annual Trans-Pacific Open Source Software 
> Conference (TPOSSCON) will be this December at the Hawaii Convention 
> Center from December 13-17.

This is a great, very ambitious project.  However, unless you know 
something I don't, I am a little bit concerned as to whether we have the 
infrastructure to support such a trans-Pacific conference.

A more practical approach is perhaps to first join an Asia-wide open 
source software organization (e.g., AOSS, Asia Open Source Software 
Symposium) and wait our turn to hold a trans-Pacific conference.  
Professor Larry Lessig (of Standford Law School), who very seldom 
participates in open source meetings (too busy writing books and OSS 
papers), gave a keynote speech at the 4th AOSS which just concluded in 
Taipei yesterday.   This year's main topic was to address the inadequacy 
of Linux drivers.  This is an area where Taiwanese manufacturers can do 
best (and since they own the market, only they can solve the problem).

In order to get Asian countries interested, you have to find some way to 
get CINPAC involved.  Geographically, we have a very small and isolated 
market.  But the procurement power of CINPAC can make any 
country/company salivating.  It is, of course, very desirable to provide 
our military a computer which is multi-lingual and multi-cultural.

Best wishes in your endeavor.  wayne