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it really opened my eyes to a whole new way of looking at the movement Interesting. Can you share more details on the new perspective you got from being there?
by luckystrike 16y ago
it really opened my eyes to a whole new way of looking at the movement
Interesting. Can you share more details on the new perspective you got from being there?
- cdavid 16y agoMost projects I have been involved with were related to my PhD at that time, numerical computing kind of stuff in python. Going to the conferences in Europe or the US, it is already quite exciting because you see a lot of people, in academics and otherwise, using the softwares you contributed to. You make some tasks more enjoyable because the tools are more powerful, etc... Now, in India, the dynamics are really different. You don't just do something that make people life simpler. You really enable people to do things they may not have been able to before. When the de-facto standard software costs one year of a post doc in India, having open source alternatives do make a difference.
- luckystrike 16y agoThanks. Always good to learn new things. I'm an Indian but wasn't aware of this particular advantage OSS is bringing out here. (May be because I have never been involved in a Masters/PhD program.)
- cdavid 16y agoFossee (http://fossee.in/ http://fossee.in/) was one of the association which helped organizing the conference, and you may find more information on their website if you are interested.