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

[Abhijit Bhopatkar]

Little late reply but my two cents...

Tools are tools are tools... computers and OS's are tools.
Don't ban paper and pen because they are not strictly FOSS projects ... get
my point?

On 1 August 2014 at 14:27, ThinRhino <thinrhino at gmail.com> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I was scheduled to give a talk at FOSSsumMIT 2104, but I was asked to use
> a Open
> Source License compliant operating system to give the talk. I have blogged
> about
> it in detail here -> http://adityalaghate.in/no-to-symbolism.html
>
> The reason, I invoke this thread / discussion is that this happened to me
> at two
> conferences and the common denominator was PLUG. I used be an active
> member of
> the list in it's heydays.
>
> I have used linux as my primary operating system ever since Redhat 6
> (prior to
> it being split into Fedora & RHEL). Used openSuse, debian & ubuntu over the
> years. About 3 years back I moved to using a macbook pro, running OS X.
> This is
> my primary OS. I regularly work on projects, which utilise Linux based
> servers,
> so even today, I spent a good amount of time working with Linux.
>
> I am not a nerd or nor a geek, but somebody, who loves to play &
> experiment with
> technology.  Having spent a good amount of my time (close to 10-12 years)
> with
> Linux on various hardwares I am fully aware of the challenges the GNU/Linux
> ecosystem can throw at you. I used to love solving those challenges
> earlier. Now
> it just frustrates me.
>
> 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.
>
> I have not been able to understand the insistence by members of PLUG to
> use open
> source licensed OS for my presentation. My talk was titled, 'Data Analysis
> using
> Python & Pandas'.
>
> If PLUG can make clear of it's stand it will be great.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Regards
> Aditya Laghate
>
> PS: This email was composed using VIM, sent via MUTT & MSMTP (all OSS)
>
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