Re: [ossig] FOSSCON 2005

[Poh Yang Ming <pohyg@xxxxxxxxx>]

how about yahoo group? or use one of the meetup
(myoss?) to record and discuss things?

once there are more solid stuff, put up on the wiki?


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

> 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
> =-
> >
>
---------------------------------------------------------
> 
> >  To unsubscribe: send mail to
> ossig-request@mncc.com.my with "unsubscribe
> > ossig" in the body of the message
> __________________________________ Do you
> > Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more.
> Manage less.
> > http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
> >
>
---------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe:
> > send mail to ossig-request@mncc.com.my with
> "unsubscribe ossig" in the body
> > of the message
>
---------------------------------------------------------
> To
> > unsubscribe: send mail to
> ossig-request@mncc.com.my with "unsubscribe ossig"
> > in the body of the message
> 
> 
>
---------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe: send mail to
> ossig-request@mncc.com.my
> with "unsubscribe ossig" in the body of the message
> 
> 



		
__________________________________ 
Do you Yahoo!? 
Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. 
http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail


---------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe: send mail to ossig-request@mncc.com.my
with "unsubscribe ossig" in the body of the message