Re: [PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains

[shirish]

in-line :-

On Saturday 10 October 2015 09:37 PM, G Karunakar wrote:




Well I don't agree that it is a gap.. just that FOSS have become
big and broad to grasp in one hand. So in the FOSS ocean we are all
on different islands/boats.. occasionally (or usually) hopping around.


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.


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.


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.



Karunakar


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Re: [PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains

[G Karunakar]

On Sat, 10 Oct 2015 19:20:29 +0530
shirish wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> The meeting/meet-up was canceled as unseasonal rains made it hard
> for people to reach the venue. Only I, Raju, Manjusha, Karunakar
> and Akshat were present and we discussed about the immense
> knowledge gap about FOSS in India among other things.
> 

Well I don't agree that it is a gap.. just that FOSS have become
big and broad to grasp in one hand. So in the FOSS ocean we are all
on different islands/boats.. occasionally (or usually) hopping around.

Karunakar


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Re: [PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains

[Mayuresh]

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
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Re: [PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains

[Kaustubh Gadkari]

On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Gaurav Pant  wrote:

> Interestingly I and few others did not receive the mails of PLUG meet
> announcement. If others have not recieved the same please notify about the
> same here.
>

​I received the meet notification, but not the cancellation email.

​Kaustubh
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>
> On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Mayuresh  wrote:
>
>> 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.]
>>
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Re: [PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains

[Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay]

On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 7:20 PM, shirish  wrote:
> we discussed about the immense knowledge gap about FOSS in India among other
> things.

What were the salient points of the discussion?


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Re: [PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains

[Gaurav Pant]

Interestingly I and few others did not receive the mails of PLUG meet
announcement. If others have not recieved the same please notify about the
same here.
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On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Mayuresh  wrote:

> 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
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[PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains

[shirish]

Hi all,

The meeting/meet-up was canceled as unseasonal rains made it hard for 
people to reach the venue. Only I, Raju, Manjusha, Karunakar and Akshat 
were present and we discussed about the immense knowledge gap about FOSS 
in India among other things.


Hopefully we would be share about Hamara next month or something (i.e. 
if the rain gods don't disrupt our schedule) . Can't say anything bad 
about rains as Pune and Maharashtra as a whole is reeling under a water 
crisis so any and all rains are welcome even if the costs are events 
such as these, water being a necessity for one and all.


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