I have not received confirmation mail but got other mails in the thread. On Oct 11, 2015 9:01 AM, "Gaurav Pant" <gaurav...@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. > -- > Dexter > > On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Mayuresh <mayur...@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@plug.org.in >> http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail >> > > > _______________________________________________ > plug-mail mailing list > plug-mail@plug.org.in > http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail > >
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