Comments on: Why students and open source? http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/why-students-and-open-source/ Conning people into thinking I'm intelligent. Since 1982. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:32:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Swaroop http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/why-students-and-open-source/#comment-2487 Swaroop Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:13:09 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.com/archives/2007/10/02/why-students-and-open-source/#comment-2487 <p>@Bhargava : Thanks for the compliment! :)</p> @Bhargava : Thanks for the compliment! :)

]]> By: Bhargava http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/why-students-and-open-source/#comment-2486 Bhargava Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:09:38 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.com/archives/2007/10/02/why-students-and-open-source/#comment-2486 <p>Hey Swaroop, I started learning Python immediately after I came home from BMS. That shows how effective ur seminar was(Considering the fact that I'm the laziest person on earth).</p> Hey Swaroop, I started learning Python immediately after I came home from BMS. That shows how effective ur seminar was(Considering the fact that I’m the laziest person on earth).

]]> By: Vahid(zentux) http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/why-students-and-open-source/#comment-2492 Vahid(zentux) Sat, 06 Oct 2007 09:34:01 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.com/archives/2007/10/02/why-students-and-open-source/#comment-2492 <p>Hi Swaroop :) I've just seen your post ! Great Idea. your mind is getting more mature and mature ... Keep going in Open Source . Regards, Vahid</p> Hi Swaroop :) I’ve just seen your post ! Great Idea. your mind is getting more mature and mature … Keep going in Open Source . Regards, Vahid

]]> By: Swaroop http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/why-students-and-open-source/#comment-2488 Swaroop Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:56:05 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.com/archives/2007/10/02/why-students-and-open-source/#comment-2488 <p>@Madhusudan : Glad to hear that the response has been good! How to talk? Lots of practice :) Do encourage the students to attend foss.in (yes, that means bunking). Will work with you over email on the python session.</p> <p>@Santosh : Thanks Santosh, good to hear that the students were enthused :)</p> <p>@John : Thanks John. I have many regrets, many things I've not lived up to, so there's still a long way to go for me and open source.</p> @Madhusudan : Glad to hear that the response has been good! How to talk? Lots of practice :) Do encourage the students to attend foss.in (yes, that means bunking). Will work with you over email on the python session.

@Santosh : Thanks Santosh, good to hear that the students were enthused :)

@John : Thanks John. I have many regrets, many things I’ve not lived up to, so there’s still a long way to go for me and open source.

]]> By: John Samuel http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/why-students-and-open-source/#comment-2490 John Samuel Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:44:04 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.com/archives/2007/10/02/why-students-and-open-source/#comment-2490 <p>Though I did not attend your seminar, by the presentation and the way you have described about your class gives a good idea about it. Especially after reading your work in open source (especially your sixth sem proj and about your website), I really feel that you have done quite well and I really agree with what Atul says: 'contribute now when you are a student or when you retire'</p> Though I did not attend your seminar, by the presentation and the way you have described about your class gives a good idea about it. Especially after reading your work in open source (especially your sixth sem proj and about your website), I really feel that you have done quite well and I really agree with what Atul says: ‘contribute now when you are a student or when you retire’

]]> By: Santosh G Vattam http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/why-students-and-open-source/#comment-2489 Santosh G Vattam Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:23:09 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.com/archives/2007/10/02/why-students-and-open-source/#comment-2489 <p>Well Madhusudan has said nearly everything. The response that we got for the workshop was simply overwhelming, to see so much of enthu in people was very heartening. And it would surely have been impossible if not for your session. Thank you.</p> Well Madhusudan has said nearly everything. The response that we got for the workshop was simply overwhelming, to see so much of enthu in people was very heartening. And it would surely have been impossible if not for your session. Thank you.

]]> By: Madhusudan.C.S http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/why-students-and-open-source/#comment-2491 Madhusudan.C.S Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:40:19 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.com/archives/2007/10/02/why-students-and-open-source/#comment-2491 <p>Hey Swaroop,</p> <p>This is a great write up. If you don't mind I will flick few points from here to give my write up on the event to the fest co-ordinators. It was nice that you gave the session. Though I was not present for the entire session, people who were there for the entire session told me that it was an amazing session. It was very lively. </p> <p>Now you have to teach us one thing, how to speak continously for one full hour and not to make even a single person boring!!! The presentation you prepared was apt, though it was not flashy, the way you spoke outweighed the presentation you had prepared(Sorry for this, because you have said that you prepared it last midnight).</p> <p></p></p> <p>I think not all of them were inspired by the Freedom and all such stuff many of them were inspired by Yahoo! story and many of them told me that they want to learn Python by seeing its power.</p> <p>But few guys became really interested in FOSS. They told me that it would improve our communication with the society so well. They told me that they happened to meet many Hi-Fi developers like developers from Mozilla, which is not possible with Proprietary Softwares. They told me that this event gave them a great start and want to continue contributing to FOSS in the future. We also asked them to join bms-lug google groups so that we can work in co-ordination.</p> <p>We will make sure that we will be present for FOSS.in this time not as delegates or participants but as voluteers. We missed it last time because of reasons we only don't know. I hope we can meet you there again.</p> <p>P.S: Also many of them requested you to give sessions on Python, on weekends or whenever you are free. I hope you will agree. Finally excuse us if at all some mistake has happened from our side.</p> Hey Swaroop,

This is a great write up. If you don’t mind I will flick few points from here to give my write up on the event to the fest co-ordinators. It was nice that you gave the session. Though I was not present for the entire session, people who were there for the entire session told me that it was an amazing session. It was very lively.

Now you have to teach us one thing, how to speak continously for one full hour and not to make even a single person boring!!! The presentation you prepared was apt, though it was not flashy, the way you spoke outweighed the presentation you had prepared(Sorry for this, because you have said that you prepared it last midnight).

I think not all of them were inspired by the Freedom and all such stuff many of them were inspired by Yahoo! story and many of them told me that they want to learn Python by seeing its power.

But few guys became really interested in FOSS. They told me that it would improve our communication with the society so well. They told me that they happened to meet many Hi-Fi developers like developers from Mozilla, which is not possible with Proprietary Softwares. They told me that this event gave them a great start and want to continue contributing to FOSS in the future. We also asked them to join bms-lug google groups so that we can work in co-ordination.

We will make sure that we will be present for FOSS.in this time not as delegates or participants but as voluteers. We missed it last time because of reasons we only don’t know. I hope we can meet you there again.

P.S: Also many of them requested you to give sessions on Python, on weekends or whenever you are free. I hope you will agree. Finally excuse us if at all some mistake has happened from our side.

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