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

[Abhijit Bhopatkar]

The point is there are extremes, and one should find the balance,

Banning paper and pen is as extreme as not banning bonded labour. And for
sake of argument no bonded labour is not the same as tool. Gun is a tool
but it hurts lives and so does bonded labour.

Now you could argue the proprietary software is evil hurting lives and i
will agree there so good luck.



Abhijit

On 6 December 2014 at 20:18, Sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa.com at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Dec 6, 2014 2:22 AM, "Abhijit Bhopatkar" <bain at devslashzero.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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?
> >
>
> If anyone is ready to take up a bonded labour job?
> Job is just a tool for making your living.
> A tool is a tool is a tool.
>
> Got the 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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