[FSUG-Bangalore] Abhas - Free Soft @ Cisco - Blr

[jaykumar hs]

Hi Senthil,

Kudos to you for organizing the said event.

regards
Jaykumar


On 8/1/08, Senthil Sundaram (sensunda) <sensunda at cisco.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi All,
>
> We had what is called a 'Nerd Lunch' session at Cisco.  About 40-50
> engineers were there and the session was recorded on video by cisco..also
> folks joined over the phone.  Jotted down some interesting aspects...abhas
> do add stuff about what u felt is interesting and upload the photos if u get
> a chance.
>
> Some of them wrote back wanting to start a interest group at Cisco . We
> will do this soon..
>
> -S
>
>
> Interesting aspects .. which came out in the discussion / What the regular
> software crowd thinks about us
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> - Cisco is a very proprietary software  company - however - is looking at a
> lot of free software for its small and medium routers - for inevitable
> reasons : both technical and cost
>
> - There are lot of folks @ cisco who use a lot of free software - gdb - gcc
> - emacs - firefox - there are many initiatives to use gnu-linux desktops and
> so on - and folks have a lot of respect for free software - for its
> technical qualities - rather than the freedom foundation - which is
> something we were trying to discuss in the session...
>
> - Cisco is very *careful about GPLv3* and this was brought up multiple
> times in the disucssion by the hosts - on how develpers need to be very
> careful when trying to bring in - COOL GPLv3 FREE SOFTWARE
>
> - the aspect of RESPECTING users freedom gives one a lot of respect  -
> however giving away code to build another persons business - is looked at as
> SACRIFICE . The interesting aspect is to have a live business example to
> show that this is COOL and works.
>
> -Abhas said that 95% of folks download their software for free : Some body
> asked - *ARE YOU DOING SOCIAL SERVICE* or BUSINESS - abhas had to explain
> of how - this can be good business - how this can be good ethics - how this
> can be good technically and so on
>
> - One more point which came up at Cisco as well as Chirst : Free software
> is a smart conspiracy to make money !! You make difficult software - Then
> you charge a lot for it like - REDHAT - so you guys speak about all freedom
> - but behind it - it is all MONEY !!
>
> Though  one can understand this comes from a not very clear understanding -
> however people seem to suspect when  BIG CAPITAL and FREE SOFTWARE work
> together - KNOWLEDGE CAN BE FREER THAN NOW with FREE SOFTWARE  - *BUT CAN
> IT BE REALLY FREE* when working with BIG CAPITAL seems to be a question
> folks are asking...
>
> - *GNU/LINUX Desktops* : "GNU/Linux is still not good as Windows"  - I
> thing this comes from user habbits - I see a lot of fresh software engineers
> - unable to change from this addiction
>
> - Free Software vs Open Source : was a question too
>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> *Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 for Nerdlunch on "Free/Open Source Software"*
>
> * **Speaker           -           Mr. Abhas Abhinav, Deeproot Linux*
>
> Date                 -           30th July, 2008 , Time
> -           11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
>
> Location            -           Bangalore Cisco Campus (Cessna Business
> Park)
>
> Abstract            -
>
> The presentation will focus upon the following issues:
>
>   * What is Free / Open Source Software?
>
>  * What are the guiding values of the Free Software movement?
>
>  * Why is Freedom good for software?
>
>  * Who's using Free Software today: A case for users and developer's?
>
>  * The Indian Free / Open Source Software scenario
>
>  * Getting involved with the Free Software movement: as a user, developer,
> contributor, advocate, business
>
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