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

Fri May 21 06:13:41 UTC 2010

ok i'll get a notice and stuffs.

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:00 AM, Avinash Meetoo <avinash at noulakaz.net>wrote:

> Hi Selven,
>
> I'm ok for the 29 at (around) 10:00.
>
> Avinash
>
> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:58 AM, selven <pcthegreat at gmail.com> wrote:
> > up for a meeting for the 29th? need to talk about papers also.
> >
> > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Ronny R. <redoverlord at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: Shaan Nobee
> >>> To: LUGM Discuss Mailing List
> >>> 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
> >>>
> >>> ________________________________
> >>> From: Avinash Meetoo <avinash at noulakaz.net>
> >>> To: LUGM Discuss Mailing List <discuss at lugm.org>
> >>> 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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> >>>
> >>> Those who fail to understand C++ are doomed to reimplement it. Better.
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> >>
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> >
> >
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> avinash at noulakaz.net - http://www.noulakaz.net/ - (230) 493-9394
>
> Those who fail to understand C++ are doomed to reimplement it. Better.
> [Jez]
>
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