Personally I see it as a big sign of disrespect. Although the tshirt banner wasn't as bad. Seems I missed out a lot on the thread. Some people live at their desks it seems. I would like to voice a couple of things on the top of my head.
First of all, I see a big difficulty in HR scene regarding Linux and or other system programing experience on the island. Based on the CVs that I see on my desk, yes we find it extremely difficult to find the right people to join our company. Yes we have products which are based on Linux let alone core infrastructure. So its crucial for us (2X) to find local talent which we could surely use. Second of all, Anton you forgot world domination somewhere in your list. :) The workshop is on the top of our list. Well it was before we lost our mirror and the world collapsed. Angelo, we would really like to help out if there is the need for OSS awareness. Even from the academic point of view since OSS reflects most values in academia of publishing your work. I am not talking about MS vs Linux here. Regarding other arguments, yes conversion starts from the applications which we use daily on our linux desktops and then to the actual linux distribution. I know that after Firefox and OOo, Amarok will be a big pusher in the propaganda of OSS and free (as in speech) online music stores. On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Anton Xuereb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > that egging video was hilarious > > On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Jean Azzopardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> Yes..or some hungarian students will get creative with some dairy >> products. >> >> On Sat, 2008-05-24 at 13:48 +0200, Anton Xuereb wrote: >> >> > Something tells me that Ballmer wouldn't accept and for the love of >> > God don't expect me to stand still while so many chairs would be >> > waiting to be broken against his back :( >> > >> > ;) >> > >> > M >> > >> > On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Jean Azzopardi >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > I vote for Stallman, Torvalds, Shuttleworth and Ballmer as >> > guest >> > speakers. >> > >> > >> > On Sat, 2008-05-24 at 13:30 +0200, Sebastian Cachia wrote: >> > > Regards OOo, I used to teach ECDL a few years back, and can >> > back up >> > > what Anton said, that a number of students had bought PCs >> > with OOo >> > > pre-installed, and either just stuck with it, or didn't even >> > know they >> > > were using a different product. Getting people to switch to >> > Linux >> > > would be great, but as Jean said, a number of other open >> > source >> > > applications exist, and getting people to switch would be a >> > great step >> > > forward. Also once people are used to using products like >> > Firefox, >> > > OOo, Gimp, etc, the prospect of using Linux is no longer so >> > bad. >> > > Afterall, for average user, the concept of the OS is purely >> > at an >> > > Application layer, and has little to do with what kernel is >> > running >> > > underneath. >> > > >> > > Last year at Uni, we had an Introduction to Operating >> > Systems course >> > > (or something like that) by the CIS department. It is >> > however >> > > generally accepted to have been quite a disapointment. >> > > >> > > A good place to start might be some sort of Open Source >> > seminar, >> > > organized by MLUG for Uni ICT students. A list of guest >> > speakers could >> > > be identified, both from within MLUG, as well as the Uni >> > staff. Also, >> > > it is generally better to get people interested through >> > seeing and >> > > doing. Some sort of workshop, in a linux lab perhaps, where >> > anybody >> > > can bring along a laptop and be led through a given topic by >> > somebody. >> > > Perhaps these could all be joined together to form some sort >> > of day >> > > long event. >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > MLUG-list mailing list >> > > [email protected] >> > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > MLUG-list mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > MLUG-list mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MLUG-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list
