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96 Hours Of Open Source Talks In Bangalore
nileshch writes "The ongoing community-driven Linux Bangalore 2003 is upto a record of sorts. There are, hold your breath, 96 scheduled talks. That's about 96 hours of open-source talk in three days! The first day with 30 talks is already over with star speakers like Nat Friedman, Miguel De Icaza and Sirtaj Singh Kang enthralling the audience with their refreshing perspectives on Linux and Open Source. Rasmus Lerdorf and Jeremy Zawodny of Yahoo! Inc, amongst others, are also scheduled to talk at the event."
I can't tell if the ed is being sarcastic or actually finds this exciting.... either wouldn't be particularly surprising.
It occurs to me that one big problem with American workers, proprietary software, and music CDs is that they are all priced far above their actual values.
In the case of of proprietary software, the product is usually no better than the free version offered by the Open Source community. Linux vs. Windows, Gimp vs. Photoshop, and so on and so on. It makes sense that the world would gravitate towards the cheaper, equivalent option.
Likewise, the same thing is happening with CD music. CDs are far too highly priced for their limited utility. The old lament goes, "We would buy the CDs instead of download them if only they were cheaper!" I believe this to be the case, in fact. There are certain advantages that would make buying an actual CD worthwhile. Glossy covers, liner notes, additional artwork, free gifts, etc. However, the cost of adding those freebies to the CD automatically puts the CD shelf price far above the conceived value (which is little more than zero dollars).
I have been pwned because my
Is this what I'll have to put up with after I graduate college and start working in the computer field? Having to pretend, in front of my boss or bosses, that I'm sooo interested in attending these nonstop conferences of aimless chit-chat just so I won't be on my bosses' shitlist in the future? Serious question.
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GOD damn, I wish I had a mod point. Thanks for making me LOL. Funniest shit I've read all day.
Actually, your Karma bonus gives you two points in total.
All six of them!
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How boring...
Better bring my smokes
I wouldn't be so hasty as calling india a democracy. many voices, like Arundhati Roy for instance, speak out to say that it's more like an oligarchy with a parade of democracy to cover religious intolerance & corporate maxi profits.
Then again i wouldn't call the USA a democracy so maybe i'm giving this word a strongest sense that it actually has nowadays.
-- see me run, now you're gone.
With that aggravating beauty, Lulu Walls.
Well, I for one have never had any problems ordering Super Big Gulps and Slurpees from them.
Don't know em, don't know em, don't know em.
Oh and, don't care, don't care, don't care.
Shut up! get out my mind!!! vile disgusting earth dirt!
Tom
Someday, I'll have a real sig.
You don't really see Bangalore as being the Capital of Open Source, I would have thought a more appropriate place would be Finland.
Hey, nothing like a little elitism, stereotyping, and close-mindednesses in an "inclusive" movement. Kudos to the mod who marked it as "insightful".
Why are you letting these clowns ruin our country?
lol, the troll got trolled. YHBT YHL HAND
Cool! 581 kilo parsec per hour! ;)