Re: [ilugd] Re : New to Linux

2008-01-24 Thread नोरत
On 24/01/2008, Sahil Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/23/08, Mehul Ved [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 23, 2008 11:26 AM, नोरत [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: which is best red hat or fedora Just about found that you had added a line somewhere. By Red Hat you mean RHEL? if you

Re: [ilugd] fossconf update

2008-01-24 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
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.

Re: [ilugd] fossconf update

2008-01-24 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
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

Re: [ilugd] fossconf update

2008-01-24 Thread Anant Narayanan
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

Re: [ilugd] fossconf update

2008-01-24 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
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 -

[ilugd] Fwd: OLPC Crisis: Customer Data Lost

2008-01-24 Thread Kristian Erik Hermansen
-- Forwarded message -- From: Kristian Erik Hermansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Jan 24, 2008 1:05 PM Subject: OLPC Crisis: Customer Data Lost To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have posted some info about the situation to Linux Journal, where I am on the advisory panel...

Re: [ilugd] Fwd: OLPC Crisis: Customer Data Lost

2008-01-24 Thread Karanbir Singh
Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote: I have posted some info about the situation to Linux Journal, where I am on the advisory panel... http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/olpc-crisis-customer-data-lost Perhaps this is a sign, LiveJournal standards in staff have fallen enough to stop consider it

Re: [ilugd] Fwd: OLPC Crisis: Customer Data Lost

2008-01-24 Thread Kristian Erik Hermansen
On Jan 24, 2008 4:01 PM, Karanbir Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having spoken to people at the OLPC - noone is aware of any Data being lost anywhere. That is very interesting. I would like to inform you of the following information which seems to corroborate what I was told over the phone...

Re: [ilugd] OLPC Crisis: Customer Data Lost

2008-01-24 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:16:36 -0800, Kristian Erik Hermansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I am not evil. I told you this already, and I am merely trying to help out those customers that ordered on the first day. I have met many people who have expressed their concerns. Please be civil and

Re: [ilugd] OLPC Crisis: Customer Data Lost

2008-01-24 Thread Kristian Erik Hermansen
On Jan 24, 2008 4:21 PM, Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, for a program that was US only (GOGO was not available outside the US); and only a subset of those customers are affected, you troll on an Indian LUG list? Sorry, I find it very hard to buy your excuses.

Re: [ilugd] OLPC Crisis: Customer Data Lost

2008-01-24 Thread Karanbir Singh
Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote: Additionally, yes, it does only affect a subset of customers. But how many know of the issue? I don't understand the hostility from this group in response to my posting... we dont like spammers who are going around posting FUD all over the internet. If you

Re: [ilugd] Fwd: OLPC Crisis: Customer Data Lost

2008-01-24 Thread Karanbir Singh
Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote: You keep changing your story. First, it was only USA. Now it is North America. You keep trying to approximate your answer. umm... you seem confused, it wasent me who said USA. you do realise this is a list and there might be more than one person on here ?

Re: [ilugd] OLPC Crisis: Customer Data Lost

2008-01-24 Thread Kristian Erik Hermansen
On Jan 24, 2008 5:24 PM, Karanbir Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Had you emailed me with your OLPC issue, I would have been happy to chat with you on email, however I just wanted to make the point that your case is prolly a minor issue, no where near the sort of mountain that you seem to be

Re: [ilugd] Fwd: OLPC Crisis: Customer Data Lost

2008-01-24 Thread Kristian Erik Hermansen
On Jan 24, 2008 5:01 PM, Karanbir Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nowhere on that thread does it say that Customer data was lost. The issue about truncated line of address has been known for a long time and it only had implications ( afaik ) to people who paid by paypal. AFAIK? So you must not

Re: [ilugd] Fwd: OLPC Crisis: Customer Data Lost

2008-01-24 Thread Karanbir Singh
Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote: That is very interesting. I would like to inform you of the following information which seems to corroborate what I was told over the phone... snip Some interesting threads on this: http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=1052.0 (the address problem)

Re: [ilugd] Fwd: OLPC Crisis: Customer Data Lost

2008-01-24 Thread Kristian Erik Hermansen
On Jan 24, 2008 5:29 PM, Karanbir Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: umm... you seem confused, it wasent me who said USA. you do realise this is a list and there might be more than one person on here ? I seem to recall you saying the thread was merely between me and you... -- Kristian Erik

Re: [ilugd] OLPC Crisis: Customer Data Lost

2008-01-24 Thread Kristian Erik Hermansen
On Jan 24, 2008 4:59 PM, Karanbir Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: we dont like spammers who are going around posting FUD all over the internet. If you want to really make people aware of a situation that you have suffered - do so in a relevant forum. Its highly unlikely all the OLPC donors are

Re: [ilugd] OLPC Crisis: Customer Data Lost

2008-01-24 Thread Karanbir Singh
Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote: If anyone is a spammer, it is you. You continue a thread which is now unrelated to anything about Linux. I told you to email me. Had you emailed me with your OLPC issue, I would have been happy to chat with you on email, however I just wanted to make the point

Re: [ilugd] OLPC Crisis: Customer Data Lost

2008-01-24 Thread Karanbir Singh
Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote: On Jan 24, 2008 5:24 PM, Karanbir Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Had you emailed me with your OLPC issue, I would have been happy to chat with you on email, however I just wanted to make the point that your case is prolly a minor issue, no where near the sort of

Re: [ilugd] Fwd: OLPC Crisis: Customer Data Lost

2008-01-24 Thread Karanbir Singh
Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote: On Jan 24, 2008 5:29 PM, Karanbir Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: umm... you seem confused, it wasent me who said USA. you do realise this is a list and there might be more than one person on here ? I seem to recall you saying the thread was merely between me

Re: [ilugd] Fwd: OLPC Crisis: Customer Data Lost

2008-01-24 Thread Karanbir Singh
Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote: On Jan 24, 2008 5:29 PM, Karanbir Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: umm... you seem confused, it wasent me who said USA. you do realise this is a list and there might be more than one person on here ? I seem to recall you saying the thread was merely between me

Re: [ilugd] Fwd: OLPC Crisis: Customer Data Lost

2008-01-24 Thread Kristian Erik Hermansen
On Jan 24, 2008 5:49 PM, Karanbir Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I apologise for the person comments that were made. Totally out of line on my part. Agreed. I apologize that it escalated to this point. I am also offering to buy anyone a beer who was involved in this thread should we find each

[ilugd] ILUG-D activity in last 7 days

2008-01-24 Thread nkapoor
Fri 25-Jan-2008: ILUG-D activity in last 7 days: = New/recent events: 0 Total events: 71 = New Discussion forum postings: 1 Total postings: 975

[ilugd] [request for help] A social movement wants to build a dynamic website

2008-01-24 Thread Sudhir Gandotra
Hello List, A social movement wants to build a dynamic website with the following features : 1. The site designing will be done once and will remain the same for quiet some time; Further on, there will be a lot of content added/modified on regular basia and the need is for any of their members

Re: [ilugd] [request for help] A social movement wants to build a dynamic website

2008-01-24 Thread Kristian Erik Hermansen
On Jan 24, 2008 8:48 PM, Sudhir Gandotra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yours suggestions from your experience will help enrich their work. Thanks a lot. Joomla should be OK. If you need custom code, have a Django expert create it. If they did it correctly, it will have automatically creates the