[PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains

[Mayuresh]

On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 09:44:26PM +0530, shirish wrote:
> This was something that was being shared between Manjusha and me. What I/We
> meant was that even today whether you look at 40 years old people or early
> 20's youth they still do not know that something like FOSS exists.

Nothing to do with age really. More to do with exposure and enthusiasm.

> I have also been under the impression as most of us are that people know
> about FOSS generally but the truth is, it's only when you work in companies
> which use FOSS then you come to know about it.

Not really. There would be many on PLUG list who virtually educated their
employers about FOSS.

> And for the 40 year olds, most of them have a stable job/life so they are
> not much enthusiastic to learn these 'new-fangled' ideas as I have been
> told/shared by people over time and in different workshops.

Again nothing to do with age.

FOSS is not that new. Several of 40+ (that includes the most celebrated
OSS developer in the world, no points for guessing) and even 60+ (
considering the big R's age now, guess the big R of open source if you
don't know) and several lesser mortals who were early adopters on whose
effort we stand wherever we do today.

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Mayuresh