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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><br>Hey, I dont agree with you guys. even i know about FOSS and I am 23 Years old.<br>Moreover I knew it when i was 20.<br>So that means if you dont work in company you can know about FOSS. <br><font style="font-size:8pt;" size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;"><font style="font-size:8pt;" size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">Thanks and Regards,<br>Saurabh Kukade.</span></font></font><br><br>"A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human". - </span>Alan Turing.</font><i><br></i></font><br><br><div>> From: plug-mail-request@plug.org.in<br>> Subject: plug-mail Digest, Vol 9, Issue 3<br>> To: plug-mail@plug.org.in<br>> Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 12:00:01 +0530<br>> <br>> Send plug-mail mailing list submissions to<br>> plug-mail@plug.org.in<br>> <br>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br>> http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail<br>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br>> plug-mail-request@plug.org.in<br>> <br>> You can reach the person managing the list at<br>> plug-mail-owner@plug.org.in<br>> <br>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>> than "Re: Contents of plug-mail digest..."<br>> <br>> <br>> Today's Topics:<br>> <br>> 1. PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains (shirish)<br>> 2. Re: PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains (G Karunakar)<br>> 3. Re: PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains (shirish)<br>> 4. Re: PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains (Mayuresh)<br>> 5. Re: PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains (Gaurav Pant)<br>> 6. Re: PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains<br>> (Kaustubh Gadkari)<br>> 7. Re: PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains<br>> (Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay)<br>> <br>> <br>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 1<br>> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 19:20:29 +0530<br>> From: shirish <shirish@hamaralinux.org><br>> To: plug <plug-mail@plug.org.in><br>> Subject: [PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains<br>> Message-ID: <561917A5.9020006@hamaralinux.org><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed<br>> <br>> Hi all,<br>> <br>> The meeting/meet-up was canceled as unseasonal rains made it hard for <br>> people to reach the venue. Only I, Raju, Manjusha, Karunakar and Akshat <br>> were present and we discussed about the immense knowledge gap about FOSS <br>> in India among other things.<br>> <br>> Hopefully we would be share about Hamara next month or something (i.e. <br>> if the rain gods don't disrupt our schedule) . Can't say anything bad <br>> about rains as Pune and Maharashtra as a whole is reeling under a water <br>> crisis so any and all rains are welcome even if the costs are events <br>> such as these, water being a necessity for one and all.<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Regards,<br>> Shirish Agarwal,<br>> Community Lead,<br>> Hamaralinux.org<br>> <br>> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 2<br>> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 21:37:37 +0530<br>> From: G Karunakar <karunakar@fontserv.in><br>> To: plug-mail@plug.org.in<br>> Subject: Re: [PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains<br>> Message-ID: <20151010213737.db5c74cf2105bd986906dec9@fontserv.in><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII<br>> <br>> On Sat, 10 Oct 2015 19:20:29 +0530<br>> shirish wrote:<br>> <br>> > Hi all,<br>> > <br>> > The meeting/meet-up was canceled as unseasonal rains made it hard<br>> > for people to reach the venue. Only I, Raju, Manjusha, Karunakar<br>> > and Akshat were present and we discussed about the immense<br>> > knowledge gap about FOSS in India among other things.<br>> > <br>> <br>> Well I don't agree that it is a gap.. just that FOSS have become<br>> big and broad to grasp in one hand. So in the FOSS ocean we are all<br>> on different islands/boats.. occasionally (or usually) hopping around.<br>> <br>> Karunakar<br>> <br>> ------------------------<br>> Powered by BigRock.com<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 3<br>> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 21:44:26 +0530<br>> From: shirish <shirish@hamaralinux.org><br>> To: plug-mail@plug.org.in<br>> Subject: Re: [PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains<br>> Message-ID: <56193962.7080607@hamaralinux.org><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed<br>> <br>> in-line :-<br>> <br>> On Saturday 10 October 2015 09:37 PM, G Karunakar wrote:<br>> <br>> <snipped><br>> <br>> > Well I don't agree that it is a gap.. just that FOSS have become<br>> > big and broad to grasp in one hand. So in the FOSS ocean we are all<br>> > on different islands/boats.. occasionally (or usually) hopping around.<br>> <br>> This was something that was being shared between Manjusha and me. What <br>> I/We meant was that even today whether you look at 40 years old people <br>> or early 20's youth they still do not know that something like FOSS exists.<br>> <br>> I have also been under the impression as most of us are that people know <br>> about FOSS generally but the truth is, it's only when you work in <br>> companies which use FOSS then you come to know about it.<br>> <br>> And for the 40 year olds, most of them have a stable job/life so they <br>> are not much enthusiastic to learn these 'new-fangled' ideas as I have <br>> been told/shared by people over time and in different workshops.<br>> <br>> > Karunakar<br>> ><br>> > ------------------------<br>> > Powered by BigRock.com<br>> ><br>> <br>> -- <br>> Regards,<br>> Shirish Agarwal,<br>> Community Lead,<br>> Hamaralinux.org<br>> <br>> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 4<br>> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 22:11:09 +0530<br>> From: Mayuresh <mayuresh@acm.org><br>> To: plug-mail@plug.org.in<br>> Subject: Re: [PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains<br>> Message-ID: <20151010164109.GA1557@odin><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii<br>> <br>> On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 09:44:26PM +0530, shirish wrote:<br>> > This was something that was being shared between Manjusha and me. What I/We<br>> > meant was that even today whether you look at 40 years old people or early<br>> > 20's youth they still do not know that something like FOSS exists.<br>> <br>> Nothing to do with age really. More to do with exposure and enthusiasm.<br>> <br>> > I have also been under the impression as most of us are that people know<br>> > about FOSS generally but the truth is, it's only when you work in companies<br>> > which use FOSS then you come to know about it.<br>> <br>> Not really. There would be many on PLUG list who virtually educated their<br>> employers about FOSS.<br>> <br>> > And for the 40 year olds, most of them have a stable job/life so they are<br>> > not much enthusiastic to learn these 'new-fangled' ideas as I have been<br>> > told/shared by people over time and in different workshops.<br>> <br>> Again nothing to do with age.<br>> <br>> FOSS is not that new. Several of 40+ (that includes the most celebrated<br>> OSS developer in the world, no points for guessing) and even 60+ (<br>> considering the big R's age now, guess the big R of open source if you<br>> don't know) and several lesser mortals who were early adopters on whose<br>> effort we stand wherever we do today.<br>> <br>> [I do not know a suitable title for this thread. Request to modify the<br>> subject suitably.]<br>> <br>> Mayuresh<br>> <br>> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 5<br>> Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 09:00:36 +0530<br>> From: Gaurav Pant <gauravggs@gmail.com><br>> To: "Pune GNU/Linux Users Group" <plug-mail@plug.org.in><br>> Subject: Re: [PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains<br>> Message-ID:<br>> <CAGpwm8ePvG06Mnd6X=sKxUZs8ffYS-MA2tay3piaM87HX8=Q-w@mail.gmail.com><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br>> <br>> Interestingly I and few others did not receive the mails of PLUG meet<br>> announcement. If others have not recieved the same please notify about the<br>> same here.<br>> --<br>> Dexter<br>> <br>> On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Mayuresh <mayuresh@acm.org> wrote:<br>> <br>> > On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 09:44:26PM +0530, shirish wrote:<br>> > > This was something that was being shared between Manjusha and me. What<br>> > I/We<br>> > > meant was that even today whether you look at 40 years old people or<br>> > early<br>> > > 20's youth they still do not know that something like FOSS exists.<br>> ><br>> > Nothing to do with age really. More to do with exposure and enthusiasm.<br>> ><br>> > > I have also been under the impression as most of us are that people know<br>> > > about FOSS generally but the truth is, it's only when you work in<br>> > companies<br>> > > which use FOSS then you come to know about it.<br>> ><br>> > Not really. There would be many on PLUG list who virtually educated their<br>> > employers about FOSS.<br>> ><br>> > > And for the 40 year olds, most of them have a stable job/life so they are<br>> > > not much enthusiastic to learn these 'new-fangled' ideas as I have been<br>> > > told/shared by people over time and in different workshops.<br>> ><br>> > Again nothing to do with age.<br>> ><br>> > FOSS is not that new. Several of 40+ (that includes the most celebrated<br>> > OSS developer in the world, no points for guessing) and even 60+ (<br>> > considering the big R's age now, guess the big R of open source if you<br>> > don't know) and several lesser mortals who were early adopters on whose<br>> > effort we stand wherever we do today.<br>> ><br>> > [I do not know a suitable title for this thread. Request to modify the<br>> > subject suitably.]<br>> ><br>> > Mayuresh<br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > plug-mail mailing list<br>> > plug-mail@plug.org.in<br>> > http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail<br>> ><br>> -------------- next part --------------<br>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> URL: <http://list.plug.org.in/pipermail/plug-mail/attachments/20151011/fefc622d/attachment-0001.html><br>> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 6<br>> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 22:34:39 -0700<br>> From: Kaustubh Gadkari <kaustubh.gadkari@gmail.com><br>> To: "Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List" <plug-mail@plug.org.in><br>> Subject: Re: [PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains<br>> Message-ID:<br>> <CAFWMGSCh83REfSLs+B=GrGpwX+W4YaXxo4nYvL+ytEr0SX1Y4A@mail.gmail.com><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br>> <br>> On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Gaurav Pant <gauravggs@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> <br>> > Interestingly I and few others did not receive the mails of PLUG meet<br>> > announcement. If others have not recieved the same please notify about the<br>> > same here.<br>> ><br>> <br>> ?I received the meet notification, but not the cancellation email.<br>> <br>> ?Kaustubh<br>> ?<br>> <br>> > --<br>> > Dexter<br>> ><br>> > On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Mayuresh <mayuresh@acm.org> wrote:<br>> ><br>> >> On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 09:44:26PM +0530, shirish wrote:<br>> >> > This was something that was being shared between Manjusha and me. What<br>> >> I/We<br>> >> > meant was that even today whether you look at 40 years old people or<br>> >> early<br>> >> > 20's youth they still do not know that something like FOSS exists.<br>> >><br>> >> Nothing to do with age really. More to do with exposure and enthusiasm.<br>> >><br>> >> > I have also been under the impression as most of us are that people know<br>> >> > about FOSS generally but the truth is, it's only when you work in<br>> >> companies<br>> >> > which use FOSS then you come to know about it.<br>> >><br>> >> Not really. There would be many on PLUG list who virtually educated their<br>> >> employers about FOSS.<br>> >><br>> >> > And for the 40 year olds, most of them have a stable job/life so they<br>> >> are<br>> >> > not much enthusiastic to learn these 'new-fangled' ideas as I have been<br>> >> > told/shared by people over time and in different workshops.<br>> >><br>> >> Again nothing to do with age.<br>> >><br>> >> FOSS is not that new. Several of 40+ (that includes the most celebrated<br>> >> OSS developer in the world, no points for guessing) and even 60+ (<br>> >> considering the big R's age now, guess the big R of open source if you<br>> >> don't know) and several lesser mortals who were early adopters on whose<br>> >> effort we stand wherever we do today.<br>> >><br>> >> [I do not know a suitable title for this thread. Request to modify the<br>> >> subject suitably.]<br>> >><br>> >> Mayuresh<br>> >> _______________________________________________<br>> >> plug-mail mailing list<br>> >> plug-mail@plug.org.in<br>> >> http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail<br>> >><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > plug-mail mailing list<br>> > plug-mail@plug.org.in<br>> > http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail<br>> ><br>> ><br>> -------------- next part --------------<br>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> URL: <http://list.plug.org.in/pipermail/plug-mail/attachments/20151010/e3c3411d/attachment-0001.html><br>> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 7<br>> Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 11:12:49 +0530<br>> From: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <sankarshan.mukhopadhyay@gmail.com><br>> To: "Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List" <plug-mail@plug.org.in><br>> Subject: Re: [PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains<br>> Message-ID:<br>> <CAJWA-5ZGg9b-_QGUtCbiFjLt3wL-61iQJ0qBUZQAeAEhFp5u8Q@mail.gmail.com><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8<br>> <br>> On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 7:20 PM, shirish <shirish@hamaralinux.org> wrote:<br>> > we discussed about the immense knowledge gap about FOSS in India among other<br>> > things.<br>> <br>> What were the salient points of the discussion?<br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> sankarshan mukhopadhyay<br>> <https://about.me/sankarshan.mukhopadhyay><br>> <br>> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> Subject: Digest Footer<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> plug-mail mailing list<br>> plug-mail@plug.org.in<br>> http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail<br>> <br>> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> End of plug-mail Digest, Vol 9, Issue 3<br>> ***************************************<br></div> </div></body>
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