On Friday 21 May 2004 11:27, Joel Isaacson wrote: > > Here is an updated list of the talks I give on Open Source > Software. I give these talks, for the promotional value, gratis (for > free) to companies and groups, so that they understand Open Source > issues and technologies.
I do not know Joel outside the two lectures I invited him for in the past - so I think I can give an objective testimonial. If you work in a medium/large company, call Joel NOW and ask him to come and lecture. I invited him to speak first to a large forum of developers, and then to project managers and pointy-headed bosses. Both times the lecture was entertaining, and passed the idea of what open source is and why the organization should use that model. If you work for a company that embraces open source, invite him for a talk so that your people can understand the general principles and get a fascinating lesson about its history. If your company doesn't know what open source is, or if the managers just returned from Tech-ed thinking that Steve Ballmer is the messiah, let Joel give them some food for thought on why open source kicks ass. In short - take him up on his offer, before he gets a hundred of phone calls and regrets he ever offered to speak :-) -- - Aviram ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
