Re: [ossig] FOSSCON 2005

[Nur Hussein <nhussein@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wednesday, 9pm Malaysian time.

irc.freenode.net, channel #fosscon2005

I'm usually online every night, so anyone can always drop by :)

-= Nur Hussein =-

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:05:53 +0800, k.thirumal <k.thirumal@gmail.com> wrote:
>  why not ?? that would be a great idea .. how about sometime wednesday or
> thursday evening??
>  
>  thirumal
>  
>  Nur Hussein wrote: 
>  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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