On 25-Jun-08, at 6:20 PM, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote:
> Would it be okay for people to discuss and advocate M$ "Opensource"
> initiative here?
no
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+++ Kenneth Gonsalves [25/06/08 11:15 +0530]:
>> In other words, when the future of the open source efforts of a closed
>> source project is not certain and can possibly end with a less than
>> admirable
>> result, would you still spend years promoting it and ending up like an
>> indignant fool a
On 24-Jun-08, at 2:17 PM, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote:
> In other words, when the future of the open source efforts of a closed
> source project is not certain and can possibly end with a less than
> admirable
> result, would you still spend years promoting it and ending up like an
> indignant fo
+++ Gora Mohanty [23/06/08 22:11 +0530]:
>Thank you for that nice summary. I am far from being a free-software
>purist, and am quite willing to accept discussions of projects that are
>in the process of being open-sourced, or even ones where people are
>trying to convince a project to go open-sourc
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:43:29 +0530
Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> +++ Kenneth Gonsalves [23/06/08 13:13 +0530]:
> >of opensolaris is to be permitted on this list. Obviously advocacy of
> >anything proprietary is a no no. So what is the stand on advocacy of
> >something that i
+++ Kenneth Gonsalves [23/06/08 15:38 +0530]:
>
>I think advocacy of a product in the process of being open sourced is
>ok. In fact should be done as more people trying out and using the
>product because it is being open sourced would
>
>a) encourage them to open source faster
>b) bring to ligh
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> I think advocacy of a product in the process of being open sourced is
> ok. In fact should be done as more people trying out and using the
> product because it is being open sourced would
Officially, is this a FOSS
On 23-Jun-08, at 1:43 PM, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote:
>> of opensolaris is to be permitted on this list. Obviously advocacy of
>> anything proprietary is a no no. So what is the stand on advocacy of
>> something that is in the process of being opensourced?
>
> That is an excellent question, Kennet
+++ Raj Mathur [23/06/08 14:08 +0530]:
>While the name of the list (and the group) continue to remain ``Linux'',
>I believe that's more for historical reasons than because of any
>specific existing bias towards Linux as a FOSS platform. IMO, as long
>as we keep your remaining points in view, we
Excellent summary, Sandip (welcome to the mutual back-scratching
society!). One point though, inline...
On Monday 23 Jun 2008, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote:
> [snip]
> That is an excellent question, Kenneth. My point of view (I am hoping
> others can provide theirs, so that we can reach a consensus
+++ Kenneth Gonsalves [23/06/08 13:13 +0530]:
>of opensolaris is to be permitted on this list. Obviously advocacy of
>anything proprietary is a no no. So what is the stand on advocacy of
>something that is in the process of being opensourced?
That is an excellent question, Kenneth. My point of
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