On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 09:44:26PM +0530, shirish wrote: > This was something that was being shared between Manjusha and me. What I/We > meant was that even today whether you look at 40 years old people or early > 20's youth they still do not know that something like FOSS exists.
Nothing to do with age really. More to do with exposure and enthusiasm. > I have also been under the impression as most of us are that people know > about FOSS generally but the truth is, it's only when you work in companies > which use FOSS then you come to know about it. Not really. There would be many on PLUG list who virtually educated their employers about FOSS. > And for the 40 year olds, most of them have a stable job/life so they are > not much enthusiastic to learn these 'new-fangled' ideas as I have been > told/shared by people over time and in different workshops. Again nothing to do with age. FOSS is not that new. Several of 40+ (that includes the most celebrated OSS developer in the world, no points for guessing) and even 60+ ( considering the big R's age now, guess the big R of open source if you don't know) and several lesser mortals who were early adopters on whose effort we stand wherever we do today. [I do not know a suitable title for this thread. Request to modify the subject suitably.] Mayuresh _______________________________________________ plug-mail mailing list plug-mail@plug.org.in http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail