Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Gfoss] Last chance before cancelling: OSGeo Hacking event in a monastry near Bolsena (Italy)!?
On 2/12/08, Paolo Cavallini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeroen Ticheler ha scritto: > > > Unfortunately only 6 people have signed up for the hacking event until > > now. This means that I'll cancel the event by Thursday, unless > > suddenly at least 12 others confirm their participation :-( Too bad, > > but that's life. > > One more confirmation that develpers are *the* limiting resource in FOSS > ecosystems. I have no idea how you reached that conclusion. I would love to spend a week in monastery in Bolsena communing with fellow developers and FOSS enthusiasts... I would be happy to show that I am not a limiting resource if you can come up with approx. USD 2000 or so to make it possible for me. Hard money is more difficult to come by than time, although to some extent they are translatable bi-directionally. Given a choice to use my money to pay my mortgage or attend a conference, I would choose the former. I hope this event becomes a reality, but the distance * critical mass factor is a very important thing to consider in communities that require physical presence. Bypassing this limitation has been the real power of the internet, but it sure is a poor substitute for the real experience of a monastery or Bolsena. Virtual *anything* is just not as good as the real thing, but it makes do in a pinch. > pc > -- > Paolo Cavallini, see: http://www.faunalia.it/pc > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Puneet Kishor http://punkish.eidesis.org/ Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) http://www.osgeo.org/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Gfoss] Last chance before cancelling: OSGeo Hacking event in a monastry near Bolsena (Italy)!?
Could you please explain what you mean to a "poor" OS developer? Simone. On Feb 12, 2008 4:44 PM, Paolo Cavallini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeroen Ticheler ha scritto: > > > Unfortunately only 6 people have signed up for the hacking event until > > now. This means that I'll cancel the event by Thursday, unless > > suddenly at least 12 others confirm their participation :-( Too bad, > > but that's life. > > One more confirmation that develpers are *the* limiting resource in FOSS > ecosystems. > pc > -- > Paolo Cavallini, see: http://www.faunalia.it/pc > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- --- Eng. Simone Giannecchini President /CEO GeoSolutions S.A.S. Via Carignoni 51 55041 Camaiore (LU) Italy phone: +39 0584983027 fax: +39 0584983027 mob:+39 333 8128928 http://www.geo-solutions.it --- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Gfoss] Last chance before cancelling: OSGeo Hacking event in a monastry near Bolsena (Italy)!?
Jeroen Ticheler ha scritto: > Unfortunately only 6 people have signed up for the hacking event until > now. This means that I'll cancel the event by Thursday, unless > suddenly at least 12 others confirm their participation :-( Too bad, > but that's life. One more confirmation that develpers are *the* limiting resource in FOSS ecosystems. pc -- Paolo Cavallini, see: http://www.faunalia.it/pc ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
