Dear luggies
FossConf-09 is over. Here are somethings I felt bad
a.Powerpoint and Windows based slide show from NRCFOSS.
b.WiMAX from Bannariamman College. This was on non-free licence. We asked
them to stop demoing and only talk about concept.
c.Online Insurance from SACS Engg college Madurai, which was on Websphere and
DB2.
I didn't want to create a scene by asking the (b) and (c) to get out,
as they were innocent students, who really didn't realise the nuances of FOSS.
We politely told them to talk about the design, concept, alogorithm etc, duly
avoiding the software side.
I apologize for the mistakes. We should have taken more care. We passed on the
responsibility to the students team, as TCE team is well aware of FOSS and its
philosophy. Anyway no point in blame game, the mistake is a mistake.. Let me
accept it. We will be stricter next time.
However, what pained me most was the NRCFOSS slide thing, and unjustifiable
reply on this aspect going on in mailing list. We should learn to come with the
right hat for right show.
Learning to accept our mistakes, introspecting on them will avoid future
mistakes. Justifying them will never help.
Once again I apologize,
Raman.P
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