[PLUG] plug-mail Digest, Vol 9, Issue 3

saurabh kukade saurabhkukade at live.com
Sun Oct 11 20:10:35 IST 2015


Hey, I dont agree with you guys. even i know about FOSS and I am 23 Years old.
Moreover I knew it when i was 20.
So that means if you dont work in company you can know about FOSS. 
Thanks and Regards,
Saurabh Kukade.

"A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human". - Alan Turing.


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>    1.  PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains (shirish)
>    2. Re:  PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains (G Karunakar)
>    3. Re:  PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains (shirish)
>    4. Re:  PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains (Mayuresh)
>    5. Re:  PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains (Gaurav Pant)
>    6. Re:  PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains
>       (Kaustubh Gadkari)
>    7. Re:  PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains
>       (Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 19:20:29 +0530
> From: shirish <shirish at hamaralinux.org>
> To: plug <plug-mail at plug.org.in>
> Subject: [PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains
> Message-ID: <561917A5.9020006 at hamaralinux.org>
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> Hi all,
> 
> The meeting/meet-up was canceled as unseasonal rains made it hard for 
> people to reach the venue. Only I, Raju, Manjusha, Karunakar and Akshat 
> were present and we discussed about the immense knowledge gap about FOSS 
> in India among other things.
> 
> Hopefully we would be share about Hamara next month or something (i.e. 
> if the rain gods don't disrupt our schedule) . Can't say anything bad 
> about rains as Pune and Maharashtra as a whole is reeling under a water 
> crisis so any and all rains are welcome even if the costs are events 
> such as these, water being a necessity for one and all.
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Shirish Agarwal,
> Community Lead,
> Hamaralinux.org
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 21:37:37 +0530
> From: G Karunakar <karunakar at fontserv.in>
> To: plug-mail at plug.org.in
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains
> Message-ID: <20151010213737.db5c74cf2105bd986906dec9 at fontserv.in>
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> On Sat, 10 Oct 2015 19:20:29 +0530
> shirish wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > The meeting/meet-up was canceled as unseasonal rains made it hard
> > for people to reach the venue. Only I, Raju, Manjusha, Karunakar
> > and Akshat were present and we discussed about the immense
> > knowledge gap about FOSS in India among other things.
> > 
> 
> Well I don't agree that it is a gap.. just that FOSS have become
> big and broad to grasp in one hand. So in the FOSS ocean we are all
> on different islands/boats.. occasionally (or usually) hopping around.
> 
> Karunakar
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 21:44:26 +0530
> From: shirish <shirish at hamaralinux.org>
> To: plug-mail at plug.org.in
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains
> Message-ID: <56193962.7080607 at hamaralinux.org>
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> in-line :-
> 
> On Saturday 10 October 2015 09:37 PM, G Karunakar wrote:
> 
> <snipped>
> 
> > Well I don't agree that it is a gap.. just that FOSS have become
> > big and broad to grasp in one hand. So in the FOSS ocean we are all
> > on different islands/boats.. occasionally (or usually) hopping around.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> > Karunakar
> >
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> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Shirish Agarwal,
> Community Lead,
> Hamaralinux.org
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 22:11:09 +0530
> From: Mayuresh <mayuresh at acm.org>
> To: plug-mail at plug.org.in
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains
> Message-ID: <20151010164109.GA1557 at odin>
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> 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
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 09:00:36 +0530
> From: Gaurav Pant <gauravggs at gmail.com>
> To: "Pune GNU/Linux Users Group" <plug-mail at plug.org.in>
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains
> Message-ID:
> 	<CAGpwm8ePvG06Mnd6X=sKxUZs8ffYS-MA2tay3piaM87HX8=Q-w at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> 
> 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.
> --
> 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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> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 22:34:39 -0700
> From: Kaustubh Gadkari <kaustubh.gadkari at gmail.com>
> To: "Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List" <plug-mail at plug.org.in>
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] PLUG meeting washed out due to unseasonal rains
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> 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
> ?
> 
> > --
> > 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
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> plug-mail mailing list
> >> plug-mail at plug.org.in
> >> http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail
> >>
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> Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 11:12:49 +0530
> From: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <sankarshan.mukhopadhyay at gmail.com>
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> On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 7:20 PM, shirish <shirish at hamaralinux.org> wrote:
> > we discussed about the immense knowledge gap about FOSS in India among other
> > things.
> 
> What were the salient points of the discussion?
> 
> 
> -- 
> sankarshan mukhopadhyay
> <https://about.me/sankarshan.mukhopadhyay>
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