On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-02-23 at 11:34 +0530, satyaakam goswami wrote: > > > it is a foss event? > > > > > > > this is my take on http://satyaakam.net/?p=338 comments welcome... > > python is a programming language. It is opensource and most definitely > foss. But. It is platform neutral and also neutral with respect to open > source vs closed source. Hence a python users group will have people > from all over - linux guys, windows guys, mac guys IMHO - we must concentrate over FOSS platform only. Writing software for Windows is an indirect support to Windows. Supporting GNU/Linux and unSupporting M$ platform are two different task and one should follow both. At the same time even If Software is FOSS, one must boycott it it work on non-standards OR close standards because importance of open standards is more then open source. > etc. It will also > have people who are doing open source programming (a small minority) and > the vast majority who are writing proprietary software. By classifying > it under fossevents, you are not being entirely accurate. And also you > risk having scenes where people who think it is a foss event questioning > guys who turn up with windows laptops. > -- > regards > KG > http://lawgon.livejournal.com > Coimbatore LUG rox > http://ilugcbe.techstud.org/ > > -- > LUG@IITD - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya │ http://narendrasisodiya.com └─────────────────────────┘ -- LUG@IITD - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
