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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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On 03/24/2015 08:29 PM, eminker-at-gmail.com wrote:
> Good luck Rob!
> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
Shani just sent me a message that she is 6 months pregnant and having
Passover with the inlaws ...
Ruben
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> Hey guys sorry I'm not at the meeting there is an emergency at work and I'm stuck in the office.
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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.
>>>>
>
> His name is Evan.
>
>
>>>> 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.
>>
>> 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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