I did not say that my presentation was 3 minutes, only the generic FOSS portion was 3 minutes. I have prepared a 20 minute presentation which in order to be professional and polished generally takes 10 times that amount of time and more if it requires research.
I have already invested significant time preparing for the Tues and I am not willing to spend more time debating it with you. I leave it to the group if they would like me to represent the group or not -- it really does not make much difference to me other than some valuable time has been wasted. For a person who is defensive with assumptions, you sure make a lot of them. Discussion terminated -- I have real work to do and you have a lpi to wake up to in the morning. Jon wrote: > Kin C Wong wrote: > >> Granted, I am interested in the topic as well. We only have 20 minutes, >> can we do the topic justice or would a generic presentation with >> promotion of the Scalix solution be a better investment of time and >> energy. My general conversation on FOSS will only last about 3 minutes >> > > Will you do your presentation 6-7 times? Not sure why the fact that your > presentation is 3 minutes long in a 20-minute window is a plus. > > >> -- the best use of the time on stage would be to point to the booth >> > > Disagree. Who will the booth be manned by? Will there be people there > who can follow up on your presentation with information about what you > talked about? Given the traffic on the list so far about this I believe > the booth/table will be manned by those who have time to "stop by". They > may or may not have any interest or knowledge in what you speak about. > > >> The meat of the presentation is more to highlight >> globalization, today's situation and why the Linux and FOSS movement is >> important. >> > > I think this is where we diverge. In a "linuxest" or other FOSS-friendly > environment I can see this as a good topic. In the basement of Castell I > see a generic FOSS presentation of three-minutes in length to be good, > but not as good as a "replace your > friggin-bajillion-bucks-45-minutes-to-reboot Exchange server with this > product" presentation. > > > The main difference > >> between us is that I have dealt the senior management and you are more >> comfortable with the actual technical solutions. >> > > You make judgments about me that you cannot support. Shame on you, Kin. > > >> If the group believes that Scalix would be a better presentation for the >> Open House, then please make it known quickly so that I can make other >> plans and Kevin to start preparing for the meeting. >> > > Agreed. I am defending a topic that I have no ability or interest in > presenting. I therefore defer to the whim of the LUG. > > >> BTW, I didn't realize that you don't like cats. >> > > Well...from a distance, I guess L :) > > And on another note - will someone be there who I can finally make good > on my promise to become paying member with? > > J > > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
