There are going to be meetings the next few days in Duluth to consider economic development opportunities in outstate Minnesota. The meeting is of, by, and for bureaucrats, with people like me invited to fill some seats and clap. Here's a link. http://www.regionalpartnerships.umn.edu/ However, we need people with skills, like the Linux community. The world is going over to Linux and Minnesota needs a crash skills development effort. I pushed IT optics in the early 80's and am now pushing hay crop agriculture and fuel cells in rural areas. These bureaucrats fight progress while they promise it, and they can get you down. But the tax structure has shifted to again favor the productive sector. Such an investment climate was developed by Ronald Reagan in the early 80's to foster the internet (not Al Gore). Linux experts should introduce their issue and not allow these bureaucrats to define the technology. Bureaucrats love defining others. Minnesota needs your Linux skills to stay in the global economy. Don't be surprised, though, if your good idea becomes their good idea.