Wow. Looks like Slashdot is wrong after all! This should probably be quoted on Slashdot at some point.. And apparently, ILUG-d hasn't lost all its charming people ;)
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/25/0433243&tid=215&tid=106 Cheers, Viksit --- Subu_G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hmmmm... am sure the list could tolerate this first > timers (to > ilugd-meet i.e - have been on the list for nearly a > year - > unpardonable, i know) brief (brief coz ' Makuchaku > will bring out > *officially* the goings on at todays ilud meet - > hopefully) experience > at ilugd today. > > To begin with, the first motivation to go for the > ilugd-meet was that, > i confess, it was near my home - (know many have > trudged miles to > reach the venue - bless you all) at NOIDA in the > excellent conference > room facilties at M/s LIQVID (thanks guys!). > Secondly, being from the > 70's-college-crowd (sorry Raj - borrowed you words) > - actually the > 80's - was wondering whether would be able to fit in > the crowd. Yup, > am aware many of the 70's-80's do drive many a major > Linux initiatives > ;-) - but then these were my honest thots. > > The meet experience - well, here's my honest > confessions - sitting in > the corner seat - much like a list lurker - i had a > great time just > getting to know the amazing bohomine, camaraderie > and plain-speak of > the members of the ilugd - and was amazed at the > depth of thinking, > passion and committment of the group for FLOSS. It > seemed like a great > big (wise and honest) family get-togather - which I > knew, and am now > sure, that ilugd is all about. Most importantly, > it was great > fun-time too with the good natured banter among the > group members - I > did have a great smiley time - which was intermixed > with > serious-agenda talks of Supreet Gora Aarti (which of > course were > enlightening). The only disappointment of the meet > was that the > magical *pizzas* that Mary cherished for never did > materialize (should > we blame Santa?? :-) > > well, I know what resolution i gonna make this New > Year - to be at all > the ilugd meets in future (will be a fool to miss > having such a good > time with Linux/FLOSS knowledge thrown in in large > measures!). And am > sure many more first-timers-to-ilugd-meet (are there > any? or am I the > last one?) would make it to the next meet. It was a > privilege meeting > up with the old-ilugd-war-horses (nooo, I dont mean > age - mean > experience at ilugd :-) > > Thus special thanks to all who made it to todays > meet. > > - Subu > (Subashis) > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Archives at: > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ > > -- Viksit Gaur viksit[dot]gaur[at]yale[dot]edu http://viksit.com Just because you have a mind like a hammer doesn't mean you should treat everyone else like a nail - Terry Pratchett __________________________________ Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
