[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > But here (LA07) what we sought was 'engagement' and on a > platform where Linux/OSS was on a strong footing. > Rahul at the risk of repeating myself, I appreciate the work being put in by the team for LA. While, I didn't attend the event, would you say that OSS was on a strong footing at all? Or was MS on a strong footing by giving lip service to OSS while pushing their own products? With OSS local community participation down to a trickle? > Plus, if you see the point of the 'customers' a wholistic event builds > more trust than a one sided affair. > This bit I completely disagree with, what wholistic events are we talking about here? Have you heard of a single MS event where OSS biggies have been invited to present their case? How does one build trust with a "customer", when someone is standing on the stage in an event like LA and proclaiming TCO advantages for the products of a sponsor of the event (which coincidently is selling products in a manner not in line with OSS philosophy).
The way I see it there are 3 stands here: 1. The event organizers really believes in the stand they took and are ready to defend it 2. The event organizers is justifying it's stand by sugar coating the basic facts (a CYA tactic) 3. The event organizers had a noble intention however that did not work out as planned and a lesson has been learnt I believe, through this thread, we are only trying to understand which of the 3 above (or maybe a 4th option) is the truth here. Either way, LFY's contribution to OSS is not being questioned and is appreciated. A _______________________________________________ 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/
