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Wed Feb 18 06:41:29 PM EST 2026
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Transcript of Chat box from BLU meeting, Wed, Feb 18. 2026
Meeting held online via Jitsi Meet

In attendance (11 total):

Speaker(s):
   * Federico Lucifredi

BLU officers:
   * John Abreau
   * Jerry Feldman
   * Bill Ricker

Attendees (named):
   * Edward Piecewicz
   * Kurt Keville
   * Randy Cole
   * Robert Luoma

Attendees (anonymous):
   * Chuba
   * Joshua
   * VAB

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Edward Piecewicz says:I'm currently using a USB mouse connected to the PS/2 port, through an adapter. 
19:01
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John Abreau says:Open source the product, design it to be easy for users who can self-support, and sell user support subscriptions for non-technical users. 
19:32
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John Abreau says:"I'll be Bach..." 😛 
19:41
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Joshua says:they made big improvements since the earlier llama and huggingface licenses a couple years ago 
20:00
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John Abreau says:Store brand mustard is generally cheaper 
20:39
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Kurt Keville says:World RISC-V Days Boston   
https://riscv.org/event/world-risc-v-days-boston-usa/
20:41
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Chuba says:Kill and die honorably
https://www.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/23fa2810-4fa7-4052-a321-ce8e451ee269
21:02
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John Abreau says:My xfinity connection dropped for a few minutes. I'm reconnected now, but not getting any audio. 
21:03
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John Abreau says:that's better 
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Bill Ricker says:Audio guide here. Try again? Check control panel for loca mute? 
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Jerry Feldman says:I logged out and logged back in. 
21:04
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John Abreau says:the driftwood frame buffer appears to still be recording, but I'm unable to re-establish the vnc connection to it. 
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Jerry Feldman says:ok 
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Edward Piecewicz says:Thank you. 
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Chuba says:You mentioned some books and resources. Will you be putting those resources on the slides? And how do we get the slides? 
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Chuba says:How do you think the people behind DeepSeek can use opensource and avoid Amazon stealing their code? And how can they hope to compete effectively when their American competitors are close source? 
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VAB says:Two books: "Business Success w/ Open Source" by VM (Vikki) Brasseur ISBN-13: 979-8888650493 and "The Business and Economics of Linux and Open Source" By Martin Fink 978-0130476777 
👍
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VAB says:Ex-CEO of RedHat also wrote a book called "The Open Organization" about running an open source business. 
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Joshua says:innovator's dilemma was about this iirc 
21:56
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Bill Ricker says:👏 
22:35
Bill Ricker says:😮 
22:36
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John Abreau says:👏 
22:36
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meeting ended at Wed Feb 18 10:41:54 PM EST 2026