Not ill feelings or compromise required. My sole purpose was in the interest of Clug -- if there is something better, then that is what should be done. The politics and attitude I can do without.
Kevin Anderson wrote: > Wow, my first post on this list in over a year, and I already started a > fight... > > Perhaps we can put it together. Kin can speak about FOSS, and tie into > it with some of the benefits. Then he can point at the "Exchange > replacement demo" at the booth (I'll man it) as an example of how FOSS > doen't mean a loss of quality or functionality. Heck, I can provide > some tshirts for prizes even. > > And on another day, I can do a CLUG presentation. > > Sound like a good compromise? > Kev. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 11:14 PM > To: CLUG General > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] CUUG Open House 23 Jan 07 > > 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 > > -- > Key fingerprint: BDE0 DE52 B8C0 0CDF 7653 E5A2 D861 7877 0D3B 813E > http://www.jonwatson.ca > +1.403.770.2837 > > "Trying to learn to hack on a DOS or Windows machine or under MacOS is > like trying to learn to dance while wearing a body cast" - ESR > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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
