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| DATE | 2015-03-24 |
| FROM | Rick Moen
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] LIU Proposed Space
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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.
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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