Re: [ossig] FOSSCON 2005

[Poh Yang Ming <pohyg@xxxxxxxxx>]

i can do giam with yahoo at the moment. 

I still cannot get through to irc X-Chat 2.4.0.
May be some port was closed by the admin.

Any alternative?


--- Nur Hussein <nhussein@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Anyway, enough talking and let make it happen. As
> you all are
> > aware we have started the discussion board at
> AsiaOSC
> > http://www.asiaosc.org/enwiki/page/FOSSCON.html
> > and now let design of what should be done next.
> 
> It's a great page, but it's kind of cumbersome to
> have discussions
> there as it's a wiki and not a discussion board.
> There's a "Talk" page
> for it, but it seems only myself and Mr. Thirumal
> are on it. I suggest
> an irc channel on freenode where we can schedule
> realtime discussions.
> Anyone interested? #fosscon2005 at irc.freenode.net
>  
> > Based on our experience organizing the past
> FOSSCON, the most
> > important element is to come out with the theme of
> the
> > conference. This theme will then be the guidance
> of the target
> > audience that we want to focus, call for papers,
> tracks that we
> > want to have, and the type of speakers that we
> want to bring.
> 
> How about "Asia : A Centre For Open Source
> Development And
> Excellence". Or something to that effect, if it
> sounds too cheesy :) I
> think Asia, and especially Malaysia, can grow to
> become *the* place
> for OSS development, and not just "usage". OSS
> represents an excellent
> opportunity for technology transter. Currently we
> just *buy* our
> technology from western countries, and we're
> dependant on them. I see
> many Malaysian IT people waste time and money
> chasing Microsoft's
> tail-lights by certifiying themselves with
> "Management Conned by
> Something Expensive" (MCSE) certs and whatnot. We
> need to stop being
> just users and start being technology innovators and
> *participants* in
> the actual development process. OSS gives you that
> opportunity. So I'm
> expecting people who have participated in or are
> interested in the
> development process of open source.
> 
> -= Nur Hussein =-
> 
> 
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