[lugm.org] Let's organise a conference on Saturday 3 July 2010

[Ronny R.]

a meeting on the 29th of may?

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Didier Rosine <didierr at intnet.mu> wrote:

>  I can provide a 4 Mbs Dedicated ILL for the event
>
> Didier
>
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> *From:* Shaan Nobee <s.nobee at yahoo.com>
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> *Sent:* Thursday, May 20, 2010 12:51 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [lugm.org] Let's organise a conference on Saturday 3 July
> 2010
>
>  Nice idea :D
>
> Given that we'll have some linux pcs on the spot, we could do live
> demonstrations instead of just presentation slides, will be even more
> interesting :)
>
> 1 idea for a speech that can be done:
> "Linux vs Windows as a server system" (benchmarks,performance
> comparisons,etc.) (could be stripped down into subcategories "IIS vs
> nginx/apache", "samba vs windows file sharing","ssh vs telnet", etc. ,well
> the idea is just to show that linux is way better than windows in terms of
> performance/security :D
>
> if we are targeting desktop users we could do the same comparisons, Windows
> UI vs different linux UIs,open office vs ms word,etc.
>
> i don't know if it's appropriate including windows in a topic, just a
> suggestion..
>
> Shaan
>
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> *From:* Avinash Meetoo <avinash at noulakaz.net>
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> *Sent:* Thu, May 20, 2010 10:20:39 AM
> *Subject:* [lugm.org] Let's organise a conference on Saturday 3 July 2010
>
> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 8:45 PM, selven <pcthegreat at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yup. we need to find a way to whip a bit their blood and bring in some
> newer faces.
>
> Dear all,
>
> I've just talked to Dominique Derrier and we both believe that it's
> high time we increase our action in Mauritius. We have been talking of
> organising a conference for a long time so let's do it!
>
> I propose the following:
>
>     Name: "LinuxConf Mauritius" or "OpenSource Conference Mauritius"
>
>     Date: Saturday 3 July 2010 (in 44 days) from 10:00 - 16:00
>
>     Venue: At the University of Mauritius (I have a lot of contacts
> there and the place is, ahem, interesting from a communication point
> of view. To all ex-UoM students: what is the ideal place? The
> Burrenchobay Hall? Lecture Theatre 1 or 2?)
>
>     Format: 6 x 45 minutes presentations on various (not necessarily
> geeky) topics. The presentations will be done by anyone interested but
> I think we need to have a screening panel. In parallel, we could have
> a few (nice looking) PCs with Linux preinstalled so that people can do
> things...
>
>     Sponsors: I think we should have sponsors (in fact, my company
> Knowledge Seven Ltd is willing to be one of them) as this will allow
> us to cover the costs (rent for the venue, payment for the Internet
> connection, posters, ads in newspapers, etc.)
>
>     Organisers: The LUGM Board -- I propose that the Board meets as
> soon as possible (Selven, can you arrange that?) to discuss the
> important matter, to give deadlines and to allocate responsibilities.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Avinash
>
>
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