hi ....<br><br>do we have the .flv for <font face="Arial" size="2">Free Software Talk by Abhas - 7 June
2008 at youtube or google videos ?</font><br><br>shibu<br>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Senthil Sundaram (sensunda) <<a href="mailto:sensunda@cisco.com">sensunda@cisco.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Free Software Talk by Abhas - 7 June
2008<br>------------------------------------------</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">The talk was presented by Abhas Abhinav, CEO,
Deeproot Linux, a free software based<br>Company in Bangalore. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">For a person who is new to free software movement,
the talk may seem philosophical<br>for sometime. However, the very presenter
being a successful entrepreneur already <br>in free software business, that held
the interest levels intact. The initial slides <br>talk about the background of
free software, why free software and what free software<br>is all about. Even
though one of the listeners wanted to jump to knowing about business<br>ideas
using free software, Abhas's commitment to educate on principles of free
software<br>business was appreciable.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">My idea on attending this talk too was about
knowing at least handful of business <br>ideas using free software. But as the
presentation goes by one could realize that <br>the session's objective was to
educate on the model of doing free software business<br>and not about discussing
business ideas as such. May be it was only my expectation<br>that was wrong. The
session helps us realize how we are restricting our freedom and <br>hence our
knowledge in this proprietary software business model. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Abhas was candid about making us realize how much
$$$ he may lose if someone<br>adopts his idea and sells an improved product next
door. But this is what a free<br>software principle is all about. To be a
successful entrepreneur in this, he<br>emphasizes the importance of 'Value' that
you attach to your product which wins. <br>He says the value that you give in
terms of support and services that stands a<br>differentiator between you and
your competitors. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">It may be true that proprietary software business
can make you more rich than your<br>FSB counterpart. But the knowledge you
spread around by distributing your source<br>and helping the community to build
upon that is a greater achievement. This liberation <br>of mind is what is
essential to be a committed free software follower and a FSB <br>Entrepreneur as
well. Hence they say, "Free software is not about price but about <br>freedom.
Think 'Free' as in free speech and not free beer".</font></div>
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