Hmm. +1 to Allan, I think. In judging the worthiness of a talk or workshop, a consideration might be "Would this talk be able to find an equally good home at a 'regular' tradeshow or conference?"
If the answer is "yes", then perhaps that FOSS4G slot might better be given to someone else. Shouldn't be the only consideration, mind you, but a good one nonetheless. -mpg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paulo Marcondes > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 11:37 AM > To: OSGeo Discussions > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] "Free" > > 2007/3/2, Allan Doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > There are plenty of places Oracle can demo or hold a workshop. There > > are not so many places developers of Free and Open Source Software > > can do the same. > > > > Let the non-free companies come and learn about FOSS. I'm > not sure we > > have to teach the FOSS developers about non-free software. > > > > I think I agree with Allan here. > > If Oracle people want to come, they are welcome. > But I think the time available to them might be better used even for a > BoFH-like event...(assuming they wilL advertise their own products) > > As for Dave's point, my the whole issue of a foss4g (never been to > any, wanted to attend last year's) is to put together people that work > together _AND_ have a strong preference for Free/OpenSource software. > > Paul, as for RMS, while I do not agree all the time with him, we need > to have the speech/beer issue quite clear at all times. And we have to > take a stand (at least on a personal basis - mine is speech) > -- > Paulo Marcondes = PU1/PU2PIX > -22.915 -42.224 = GG86jc > Debian GNU/Linux = http://rj.debianbrasil.org = http://www.debian.org > http://www.kombato.org - Seja seu próprio guarda-costas > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
