[Luna] The Future of LUNA

[JP Bonn]

Does anyone know if the NAU ACM chapter is active?  The last message on 
their website was posted in 2004. 
(http://www.cet.nau.edu/Orgs/ACM/?page=mesgs)  There's no one subscribed 
to the main ACM listserve for NAU.  (I was going to say that the ACM's 
mandate is a bit broader than OSS/GNU/Linux but it appears that's a moot 
point.)

Take the following with the caveat that I've only attended 4 meetings 
(but I have lurked on the list for many years)....

My biggest complaint about Luna has been it's limited focus.  Flagstaff 
is a small town and it's hard to sustain a technical interest group. 
Luna's historically strong focus on Linux System Administration has 
meant it's been of little interest to me.

For me Linux is a tool I use to get my job done - it's not the end all. 
  It's kind of like carpenters getting together and talking about the 
hammer they are using but failing to mention the house they are 
building.  There's people at USGS doing interesting stuff that has 
nothing to do with Linux - I would love to hear about it.  I could give 
presentations on porting the GNU toolchain, or a tutorial on subversion 
or how we spent $25 million on a internet company and have nothing to 
show for it.  I would like to hear someone talk about Microsoft's 
trusted computing platform.  Many of these things have nothing to do 
with Linux/OSS/GNU but would make for interesting meetings.  By limiting 
the focus you're limiting Luna's future.

JP