Seems I missed out a lot on the thread. Some people live at their desks it seems.
I try to but don't always manage :( On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Personally I see it as a big sign of disrespect. Although the tshirt > banner wasn't as bad. Seems I missed out a lot on the thread. Some > people live at their desks it seems. I would like to voice a couple of > things on the top of my head. > > First of all, I see a big difficulty in HR scene regarding Linux and > or other system programing experience on the island. Based on the CVs > that I see on my desk, yes we find it extremely difficult to find the > right people to join our company. Yes we have products which are based > on Linux let alone core infrastructure. So its crucial for us (2X) to > find local talent which we could surely use. > > Second of all, Anton you forgot world domination somewhere in your list. :) > > The workshop is on the top of our list. Well it was before we lost our > mirror and the world collapsed. Angelo, we would really like to help > out if there is the need for OSS awareness. Even from the academic > point of view since OSS reflects most values in academia of publishing > your work. I am not talking about MS vs Linux here. > > Regarding other arguments, yes conversion starts from the applications > which we use daily on our linux desktops and then to the actual linux > distribution. I know that after Firefox and OOo, Amarok will be a big > pusher in the propaganda of OSS and free (as in speech) online music > stores. > > On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Anton Xuereb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > that egging video was hilarious > > > > On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Jean Azzopardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > wrote: > >> > >> Yes..or some hungarian students will get creative with some dairy > >> products. > >> > >> On Sat, 2008-05-24 at 13:48 +0200, Anton Xuereb wrote: > >> > >> > Something tells me that Ballmer wouldn't accept and for the love of > >> > God don't expect me to stand still while so many chairs would be > >> > waiting to be broken against his back :( > >> > > >> > ;) > >> > > >> > M > >> > > >> > On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Jean Azzopardi > >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> > I vote for Stallman, Torvalds, Shuttleworth and Ballmer as > >> > guest > >> > speakers. > >> > > >> > > >> > On Sat, 2008-05-24 at 13:30 +0200, Sebastian Cachia wrote: > >> > > Regards OOo, I used to teach ECDL a few years back, and can > >> > back up > >> > > what Anton said, that a number of students had bought PCs > >> > with OOo > >> > > pre-installed, and either just stuck with it, or didn't even > >> > know they > >> > > were using a different product. Getting people to switch to > >> > Linux > >> > > would be great, but as Jean said, a number of other open > >> > source > >> > > applications exist, and getting people to switch would be a > >> > great step > >> > > forward. Also once people are used to using products like > >> > Firefox, > >> > > OOo, Gimp, etc, the prospect of using Linux is no longer so > >> > bad. > >> > > Afterall, for average user, the concept of the OS is purely > >> > at an > >> > > Application layer, and has little to do with what kernel is > >> > running > >> > > underneath. > >> > > > >> > > Last year at Uni, we had an Introduction to Operating > >> > Systems course > >> > > (or something like that) by the CIS department. It is > >> > however > >> > > generally accepted to have been quite a disapointment. > >> > > > >> > > A good place to start might be some sort of Open Source > >> > seminar, > >> > > organized by MLUG for Uni ICT students. A list of guest > >> > speakers could > >> > > be identified, both from within MLUG, as well as the Uni > >> > staff. Also, > >> > > it is generally better to get people interested through > >> > seeing and > >> > > doing. Some sort of workshop, in a linux lab perhaps, where > >> > anybody > >> > > can bring along a laptop and be led through a given topic by > >> > somebody. > >> > > Perhaps these could all be joined together to form some sort > >> > of day > >> > > long event. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > >> > > MLUG-list mailing list > >> > > [email protected] > >> > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > MLUG-list mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > MLUG-list mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> MLUG-list mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >
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