Matt Darnell wrote:
Jim,
Guess what? The HCC is *cheap*. They want a small percentage of
the gate for us. *C*H*E*A*P*, and its a nice venue to boot.
What about the WIFI situation would have made your blood boil? I'm
curious.
I thought I heard that they would sell an Internet connection for a large
sum and would not let you NAT it (not that they could stop you) so people
were trying to pick up WiFi from across the street.
We set up a brilliant station with Jim's gear from Netgate. Sorry you
missed it and instead are basing your WiFi impression simply on what you
"heard."
Wow. The last thing I want to hear is some CEO pitching his
product. You're unlikely to find one that
will come in and talk about their FOSS transition.
I meant a 'regular' company that has started to make the move from
Microsoft/Novellto OSS. Did they roll it to the desktop first, did they
start with servers, what challenges did they face.
I didn't mean CEO of product xyz ptiching their stuff.
Novell *has* migrated their own stuff. They address this subject well.
Rana Dutt definitely could have taught you a few things about big time
VOIP deployments. I fear, Matt, you are determined to stick to your
opinion in spite of the facts.
However, you *did* miss Rana Dutt, Founder/CEO Softel Solutions, Inc
talk about transitioning a whole city/county government in
Massachusetts to Asteris, something I thought would be right up your
ally.
You missed a great discussion about DUNDi. (How will DUNDi change
your business, Matt? What if Kuokua, (also announced at the
conference) enabled a federated peer-to-peer VoIP system for Hawaii,
with a distributed set of cheap gateways into local POTS lines? How
would that change your business?
I am sure that is a rhetorical question, but in case it isn't, the one time
I really looked and discussed DUNDi, it seemed to have the all the short
comings of RIP.
When was this "one time", Matt? Perhaps your customers and marketplace
need you to give it a second time.
Because the interesting things happen at the edges. The meetings in
the halls, the bizcard exchanges at the end, the lunches, the times
when someone in the audience asks the tough questions.
I agree, (I learned & networked more during our 1 hour lunch last year than
at the conf) but like an nuclear reaction....critical mass needs to be
achieved.
We're looking at a couple themed "days" next year.
I think that will bring more people. I am sure most people that didn't go
looked at the shedule and figured it was the same speakers, different year -
a lot of the names looked familiar.
Most of the names were not even vaguely familiar. Aaron Seigo, Robin
Miller, and John Terpstra were my only repeat visitors.
Thanks for your feedback. Feedback is a gift.
I'm here to help :)
We are definitely interested in informed, pro-active, and *timely* help.
-M
--scott
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The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundation
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