On 13/02/2008, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fossconf took place in Chennai on Feb 1 - 3 2008. There were around
100 talks, 40 demo stalls with student projects done in FOSS and
tutorial sessions. The attendance was around 700 on the first day,
1500-2000 on the second day and
Hi,
Fossconf took place in Chennai on Feb 1 - 3 2008. There were around
100 talks, 40 demo stalls with student projects done in FOSS and
tutorial sessions. The attendance was around 700 on the first day,
1500-2000 on the second day and around 600 on the third day. About
80% of the
On 24-Jan-08, at 12:10 AM, Gora Mohanty wrote:
At least to me, there is a clear distinction between community
events, and others that use the word community as some sort
of branding to sell themselves. I am happy to let everyone
decide for themselves which events falls into what category.
On 24-Jan-08, at 4:32 PM, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote:
Also, since not all of them are being held at the same place, it is
difficult for the audience to visit each of them. If you spread it
around the year, you might have the same people getting to visit
all of
them.
which is not desirable
Also, since not all of them are being held at the same place, it is
difficult for the audience to visit each of them. If you spread it
around the year, you might have the same people getting to visit
all of
them.
which is not desirable - that is what is happening now
Why is it not
On 24-Jan-08, at 5:26 PM, Anant Narayanan wrote:
Also, since not all of them are being held at the same place, it is
difficult for the audience to visit each of them. If you spread it
around the year, you might have the same people getting to visit
all of
them.
which is not desirable -
[snip]
A silly idea: next year, let's brand Feb as open source india month and
create it to the be top season for international speakers, media, indian
firms, customers, community, etc to get together and help plan the next
(financial) year's mile-stones and agenda.[snip]
rahul chopra,
(Note: Follow-ups only to the ilugd list)
On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 20:33 +0530, Linux Lingam wrote:
[...]
good idea, but two major issues to be resolved:
a) we will all spend the rest 11 months arguing over 'open' versus
'free' versus 'commercial events' versus 'our own thing' versus
On 23-Jan-08, at 8:33 PM, Linux Lingam wrote:
b) each addresses a different bunch of people, perhaps a thin overlap
of those who attend all 3 or 4.
c) who would allow their staff to spend a whole month visiting all
four events?
you have misunderstood his mail - what he meant was that if
b) each addresses a different bunch of people, perhaps a thin overlap
of those who attend all 3 or 4.
c) who would allow their staff to spend a whole month visiting all
four events?
you have misunderstood his mail - what he meant was that if the dates
were coordinated well in advance, big
hi,
just an update on fossconf chennai - we have a good list of speakers
- most of them new and speaking for the first time. We have also been
able to attract quite a few people from academia. Also a few student
groups doing their projects in foss. So we have around 70 good talks
- now
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hi,
just an update on fossconf chennai - we have a good list of speakers
- most of them new
On Jan 23, 2008 11:41 AM, Rahul Chopra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hi,
This is amazing. We have three major events in Feb alone that are focussed
on free software and open source: freed.in (delhi), fossconf (chennai) and
open source india week (Blore, Delhi and Mumbai).
And then there's one
hi,
things are progressing well for fossconf. You can see the talks
proposed so far here
http://registration.fossconf.in/web/talks/ - and not a *single* junk
talk so far. This is a good opportunity for first time speakers to
share their work and get experience in talking. Keep em coming
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