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| DATE | 2015-03-24 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] LIU Proposed Space
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Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:03:35 -0400
From: Ruben Safir
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Subject: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] LIU Proposed Space
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On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 04:41:14PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
>
> Quoting Ruben Safir (mrbrklyn-at-panix.com):
> > On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 10:31:44AM -0400, einker wrote:
> > > Then tell them what they want.. You are good at that.
> > > You can use the http://nyhackathons.com/ as a reference and even model
> > > LIU Hackathons after those already in place.
> > >
> > > And you are completely right (I don't say that too often to you), this is a
> > > monumental
> > > project management piece that that needs collaboration, event settings,
> > > reaching out to businesses,
> > > software vendors, students etc.... And you will most likely being using
> > > non-open software as well as Free Software.
> > >
> > > Check out this URL
> > >
> > > http://news.mlh.io/your-first-hackathon-10-07-2013
> >
> > Is that what you want to do? I'm passing on the closed software..
> >
> > If I want to get my name in a newspaper, I can jump off a bridge. The
> > object here is to serve the membership and promote Free Software in real
> > life usage.
>
>
> Just as an afterthought, you _could_ have just thanked 'einker' for the
> models and resources, and not growled at him/her: Nothing about the
> situation requires you to use proprietary software, certainly not
> 'einker' having predicted that your hackfest would end up including it.
>
And I doubt he misunderstood me, as you evidently did.
> CABAL in the SF Bay Area ran Linux/BSD installfests from about 1997 to
> 2005, quitting the formal installfests because big computer flea market
> vendor Robert Austin Company folded.[1] The monthly CABAL meetings are
> still considered installfests, except we're at my house (which is nicer)
> instead of public venues. To a degree, we've also been a hackfest all
> along, as well.
>
> And, of course, we have to deal with proprietary software issues,
> because people are perverse and bring their craziness with them. Around
> 1998, I found a guy at the CABAL meeting bootlegging Partition Magic
> for various other attendees because he felt they 'needed' it. I told
> him, no, you don't do that sort of thing here, and also we have better
> open source alternatives anyway.
>
> [1] http://linuxmafia.com/cabal/installfest/#rac
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