Re: [ossig] FOSSCON 2005

[Ditesh <ditesh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> the bosses need to be convinced. in many cases, the choice of dev 
> platform is a given when the bosses strike a partnership deal with the 
> closed source vendor or platform provider. for eg, microsoft has their 
> partner programmes, as do sun and the others. ibm has the same for 
> websphere.

You are absolutely right. But we have to start somewhere, and this place 
is as good as any, IMHO.

> ok, maybe i'm looking at it with a more long term goal in mind. my end 
> objective (X months or years in the future) is to /increase/ the pool 
> of developers working on FOSS architectures, platforms and languages 
> and by extension, increase the software capacity of Malaysia as a 
> nation. as an employer, i can provide the opportunities for work and 
> OTJ training. but we need more employers to make it economically 
> attractive to the developers to consider this as a viable job market.

Yes, that should the end goal but a single conference won't achieve 
those goals. As you pointed out below, it needs to be part of a cohesive 
strategy.

> in that vein, i'm trying to decompose the steps which need to be 
> implemented progressively in order to achieve that goal.
>
> remember my OSSPIP mantra, "people dont buy operating systems or 
> technologies. they buy applications, and these applications will 
> decide what operating systems and technologies they drag with them." ?

 Correct.

> but pure evangelizing will need to be augmented with other stuff if we 
> want to increase the pool of FOSS developers. otherwise, after X 
> FOSSCONs with the evangelizing theme, we'd still be having the same 
> discussion 3 years down the road.

Absolutely right.

>> On a separate note (regardless of the theme we decide to go with), 
>> there has been substantial enthusiasm from the community. On the wiki 
>> page, 
>
>
> i've said it before, organizing a conference takes a lot of leg and 
> grunt work. that enthusiasm has to translate into this for it to succeed.
>
Well put. Mates, shall we get this ball rolling then? MIMOS - would 
appreciate some feedback :-)

Ditesh


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