[LUAU] Am I going to TPOSSCON - If not why?

[R. Scott Belford]

Matt Darnell wrote:
> Jim,
> 
>> Guess what?  The HCC is *cheap*.   They want a small percentage of
>> the gate for us.  *C*H*E*A*P*, and its a nice venue to boot.
> 
>> What about the WIFI situation would have made your blood boil?  I'm
>> curious.
> 
> I thought I heard that they would sell an Internet connection for a large
> sum and would not let you NAT it (not that they could stop you) so people
> were trying to pick up WiFi from across the street.

We set up a brilliant station with Jim's gear from Netgate.  Sorry you 
missed it and instead are basing your WiFi impression simply on what you 
"heard."

> 
> 
> 
> Wow.  The last thing I want to hear is some CEO pitching his
>> product.   You're unlikely to find one that
>> will come in and talk about their FOSS transition.
> 
> 
> I meant a 'regular' company that has started to make the move from
> Microsoft/Novellto OSS.  Did they roll it to the desktop first, did they
> start with servers, what challenges did they face.
> 
> I didn't mean CEO of  product xyz ptiching their stuff.

Novell *has* migrated their own stuff.  They address this subject well. 
  Rana Dutt definitely could have taught you a few things about big time 
VOIP deployments.  I fear, Matt, you are determined to stick to your 
opinion in spite of the facts.

> 
> 
> 
> However, you *did* miss Rana Dutt,  Founder/CEO Softel Solutions, Inc
>> talk about transitioning a whole city/county government in
>> Massachusetts to Asteris, something I thought would be right up your
>> ally.
>>
>> You missed a great discussion about DUNDi.   (How will DUNDi change
>> your business, Matt?   What if Kuokua, (also announced at the
>> conference) enabled a federated peer-to-peer VoIP system for Hawaii,
>> with a distributed set of cheap gateways into local POTS lines?  How
>> would that change your business?
> 
> 
> I am sure that is a rhetorical question, but in case it isn't, the one time
> I really looked and discussed DUNDi, it seemed to have the all the short
> comings of RIP.

When was this "one time", Matt?  Perhaps your customers and marketplace 
need you to give it a second time.

> 
> 
>> Because the interesting things happen at the edges.   The meetings in
>> the halls, the bizcard exchanges at the end, the lunches, the times
>> when someone in the audience asks the tough questions.
> 
> 
> I agree, (I learned & networked more during our 1 hour lunch last year than
> at the conf) but like an nuclear reaction....critical mass needs to be
> achieved.
> 
> 
>> We're looking at a couple themed "days" next year.
> 
> 
> I think that will bring more people.  I am sure most people that didn't go
> looked at the shedule and figured it was the same speakers, different year -
> a lot of the names looked familiar.

Most of the names were not even vaguely familiar.  Aaron Seigo, Robin 
Miller, and John Terpstra were my only repeat visitors.

> 
> 
> Thanks for your feedback.   Feedback is a gift.
> 
> I'm here to help  :)

We are definitely interested in informed, pro-active, and *timely* help.

> 
> -M

--scott

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R. Scott Belford
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The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundation
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