[PLUG] Why I won't be speaking at FOSSsumMIT 2104

[Tirandaaj]

On Saturday 23 Aug 2014 12:01:35 PM aag wrote:
> On 11 August 2014 15:29, Pirate Praveen <pravi.a at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Today, I prefer to work with a system that 'just works' & I can
> > 
> > concentrate on
> > 
> > > utilising Open Source Licensed tool chains and applications to do my
> > 
> > work.
> > 
> > It would be nice if you can come up with a list of things that don't
> > work for you. It would help us to fix those issues for everyone.
> 
> Apologies for jumping in late on this discussion. I have been in the same
> boat a couple of times. Luckily, it was relatively easy for me to migrate
> to a machine made available by the organisers.
> I use a Macbook with OSX and do all my development in a headless Ubuntu
> Virtualbox VM. I have to use OSX because I need to use GotoMeeting, Skype
> group video and on really bad days - MS Office.
> With things like virtualisation, the lines become really blur. How far do
> we take these appearances? Is it more important than good quality talks and
> demos? Is it ok to waste 40 minutes of everyone in the audience while the
> speaker scrambles to put a free software facade?
> Important questions for organisers to think about for future conferences.
> 
> -aag
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Perhaps people (organizers) can let the person with a mandatory preamble 
before that talk.  Preamble of the sort, though it is Microsoft it is a "Free 
Core  Font", types...!

Walk on this road is recommended at your own risk...