btwn lines below : ----- Original Message ----- From: Sayamindu Dasgupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] Re: [FLAMEBAIT] open source or free
> On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 11:08, pksharma wrote: > > may i point out that WE are NOT in charge .. so whatever we > > believe individually..we can continue to do so .. Compass will do > > what its exec comm thinks right..posturing may land us out of > > Compass altogether .. take care to not send wrong signals..this > > list is also read by the very company which has assured us of > > space in their stall .. and they DO support open source very very > > strongly ! for the entire eastern india ! > > > > I have never said anything against the COMPASS execs that's true .. its not that you have to SAY things against them its that wrong signals may jeopardise our space in that stall .. i'm talking about 'signals' .. not about saying. > I have stated my philosophy, and that I do not agree with the Open > Source one, in the context of ilug participation in compass, it would be needed to put our own individual ideas on 2nd priority .. i HAVE already informed IT Secretary Mr DPPatra about efforts of our members .. particulary about the bangla font work which has been so actively taken up by you and others supporting. > and that I refuse to stand under an Open Source banner. this 'refusal' tantamounts to a clear NO to your being present in OnTrack's stall .. where we were getting 50% or more or less .. depends .. of space for no charge .. if that be so .. then it will be so .. que sera sera .. i guess we'll have to take a collective stand on this and inform compass and ontrack about our inability to demo that project..would be sad though. > I have spoken as an individual, and there has been no wrong signal > whatsoever. i hope not .. but frankly, i don't know .. i'll have to find out from the way they talk at the next meeting .. but i do advise restraint .. one can't be very sure of such things .. you might think that you are doing nothing .. it might turn out that not only a wrong signal was sent .. but also a little more damage has already been done .. sometimes, unintentionally wrong things do happen .. and no one is to blame .. just the general kind of misunderstandings. > The COMPASS execs may have whatever philosophy they might wish to have. this DOES make it a bit skewed .. for laisoning with them .. Mr. Hari was approached by me thru a common friend Mr.Jayanth (immediate past secretary of compass) .. and he responded very positively .. i guess i won't be able to pass this signal to them .. about their being free to 'have whatever philosophy they might wish to have' .. we were thinking of doing something by using some person/company's help and using their stall prefrebly without paying for it .. i guess that goes down the drain .. sad .. but that's how it may turn up .. ..pk > i dunno abt linus, but rms might be even more approachable repeating .. its not OUR idea .. its something that compass intends to do .. you want ilug-cal to oppose and suggest alternative ? > send him a mail on a topic that is relevant, and he is sure to answer > back within the next 24 hrs (unless he is travelling or anything like > that:) > in fact, i have around 30 *personal* mails from rms lying around in my > mailbox - so you get an idea abt how much approachable he is this may be ok .. but i dunno whether we should start suggesting to compass .. i dunno if we have that kind of influence over them yet. > if you really want to enliven your audience, from Linus and RMS, i would > very very very humbly choose rms and if i was in charge, i would happily and proudly not only listen to you, but also see to it that it happened .. sadly it not OUR show .. we're just one of sooo many things that will happen that's why we need a meeting ! ..pk -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html
