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Re: Meeting Announcement

John and James (and everyone),

I have a topic that I might want to present but I am honestly not sure it's appropriate.  It's about a specific incident which occurred recently during an IT Security seminar being given by a well-known healthcare organization in Ontario.  Essentially, I had asked whether we could look at using Linux distros or *BSDs for clinic OSes with the EMRs, considering the ongoing Microsoft/Windows source code leaks, and I was basically told that, due to the distributed nature of the support (sorry, they called it "a less centralized support infrastructure, eg. linux") for open source tools, we can/should go ahead and trust "reliable" commercial software, such as the tools from Microsoft.  Which seems like complete BS, but there might be a bigger conversation to be had.  At very least, I feel the comment reflects a deep ignorance about open source operating systems and software, and particularly tools like RHEL, and I personally wouldn't mind revisiting the whole idea of advocacy again.

Would such a topic be appropriate? The exchange occurred during what I understand to have been, a fully public seminar, but very much directed towards physicians.

Sincerely,
Katie
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From: J C Nash <profjcnash [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com>
Sent: 03 July 2022 17:24
To: Katherine Mcmillan <kmcmi046 [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca>; Linux-Ottawa <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org>
Subject: Re: [linux] Meeting Announcement

Attention : courriel externe | external email

Excellent. Let's try to work on something.

Do get in touch in about a week and we'll arrange phone or else online.

Best, JN


On 2022-07-03 17:22, Katherine Mcmillan wrote:
> Hi John and All,
>
> I would like to help organize an in-person meeting - maybe we could plan for the August meeting to be in-person/hybrid?
>
> Sincerely,
> Katie
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* J C Nash <profjcnash [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com>
> *Sent:* 03 July 2022 17:10
> *To:* Linux-Ottawa <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org>
> *Subject:* [linux] Meeting Announcement
> Attention : courriel externe | external email
>
> Meeting Announcement
>
> Linux-Ottawa July 2022 Meeting CANCELLED
>
> We have had no offers to speak or help out, and the organizers either have been or will be away this week.
>
> John Nash will attempt to set up something for August. If anyone has a topic for which they can present some ideas or
> lead a conversation, let us know.
>
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