Hi all,
LinuxAsia is now morphing into a bigger avatar -- Open Source India Week --
a three city event that will start on a Monday from Bangalore and end on a
Friday at Delhi, with a stop at Mumbai on a Wednesday.
How is it different from LinuxAsia as it was?
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1. OSIW will be held in three cities: Bangalore, Mumbai and New Delhi
2. The tech track will, almost entirely be, 'by the techies, for the
techies' (and that's precisely the reason for this email: to request you to
shape it!)
What is the goal of the event (what sets it apart from other FOSS events in
India)?
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1. OSIW is not focused on specific projects, but on the technologies and
concepts behind these.
For example, workshops on technopreneurship through FOSS models, embedded
systems, developing applns for mobiles, the future of Web programming (hmm,
maybe even more power in the user's hands!), etc. What's more, it is not
just about software but spans the entire gamut of IT solutions that qualify
as free/open source. For example, technologies like the T-Engine also find a
place.
2. Also, OSIW aims to foster entrepreneurship through FOSS models.
If any of you run companies based on FOSS, please come forth and encourage
others. Perhaps it would also be a good idea to bring in venture capitalists
and get to know their views on FOSS companies, how to pitch to them, etc. It
would also be nice to highlight what is hot and what is not in terms of tech
domains so that those with start-up dreams know where to invest their
energy. Also, I always wonder
how some projects like Ubuntu rose to fame much faster than others, maybe
others would like to know that too.
3. Companies can also come forth to conduct customised workshops for techies
and users.
4. The FOSS India awards have also been launched and will be given away at
the event. Entries are invited (http://www.openitis.com/openitis/index1.php)
I am launching a discussion on behalf of the non-profit FOSII
(http://fosii.org) to seek the suggestions of the community on workshop
themes, preferred topics of discussion/talks, suggestions for the event as a
whole, possible help to link up with keynote speakers, etc -- these will be
compiled and discussed with the OSIW/LA team.
The wiki is up at http://www.linuxasia.net/twiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome -- ;
look forward to your suggestions. If you have any nits about the past LA
episodes to dig up, I am not the person to discuss it with. But if you have
any suggestions for the upcoming event, I am all ears. So, even if it is
criticism, disguise it as suggestions please!
I request you to please share your thoughts on the Wiki, and please spread
this message across the community, so we get more suggestions (already
posted on Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi and Goa GNU/Linux user group mailing
lists). Perhaps you can also discuss this at your respective LUG meets and
share your collective suggestions with us.
Cheers!
Janani
http://gjanani.googlepages.com