[PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains

[Kaustubh Gadkari]

On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Gaurav Pant <gauravggs at gmail.com> wrote:

> Interestingly I and few others did not receive the mails of PLUG meet
> announcement. If others have not recieved the same please notify about the
> same here.
>

​I received the meet notification, but not the cancellation email.

​Kaustubh
​

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> Dexter
>
> On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Mayuresh <mayuresh at acm.org> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> [I do not know a suitable title for this thread. Request to modify the
>> subject suitably.]
>>
>> Mayuresh
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