Re: [ossig] FOSSCON 2005

[Nur Hussein <nhussein@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah that's typical. Admins always block IRC. It's funny, because I
think 99% of my MSc education came from talking to real experts on
IRC... :)

How about scheduling online meetings after office hours?

-= Nur Hussein =-

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:40:46 -0800 (PST), Poh Yang Ming <pohyg@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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