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| MylesBraithwaite | BobJonkman1 not really first I heard about it | 14:48 |
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| aruna_ | Hi, will anyone from Toronto be attending the Open Data Event ? http://wiki.opendataday.org/Toronto | 18:27 |
| MylesBraithwaite | aruna_ I was thinking about it if I can get Friday off. | 18:42 |
| aruna_ | I have the same problem, have a meeting and some outreach+volunteering to do. Both I can get out of but I do not want to be the only person there from the community.. | 18:44 |
| genii | aruna_: The only location listed is Ryerson for Saturday. Is there some other main venue? | 18:45 |
| aruna_ | It's a long session as well, two days from 9 to 5 | 18:45 |
| aruna_ | genii: 1sec lemme check, I believe it is 900 Bay street | 18:45 |
| MylesBraithwaite | Friday looks like talks and Saturday looks like the hackathon at PodCampToronto | 18:45 |
| aruna_ | yuo dats exactly it, Sat is hackathon but Fri there will be city officials who are supportive towards Open source and we do this in a targeted strategic manner we may just get them to listen ? | 18:46 |
| aruna_ | hang on genii am re-chekin ( zillions of windows here ) | 18:47 |
| genii | No worries, I'll make coffee :) | 18:47 |
| aruna_ | lol now your talkin :) | 18:47 |
| aruna_ | This is for Fri: 900 Bay Street | 18:48 |
| aruna_ | Ontario Provincial Building - MacDonald Block (Ontario Room) | 18:48 |
| aruna_ | Toronto, ON | 18:48 |
| aruna_ | Canada | 18:48 |
| aruna_ | Friday, 21 February 2014 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EST) | 18:48 |
| aruna_ | registration is here :http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/open-data-day-toronto-2014-oddto14-tickets-10509334703?aff=efbnen | 18:49 |
| aruna_ | A single person they are highly unlikely to take seriously no matter how well am dressed or how well I present a case for FOSS but as a community group they may think twice ? | 18:55 |
| aruna_ | I hate suits anyway so if am going will be jeans and T | 18:56 |
| aruna_ | genii: where's the koffee ? :) | 18:57 |
| aruna_ | The key session I feel is this : | 19:01 |
| aruna_ | 1015am - 1230pm: Challenges | 19:01 |
| aruna_ | "Problem Owners" present their issues and discuss solutions with the following Open Data & Open Government leaders: | 19:01 |
| aruna_ | ---Ron McKerlie, Ontario Deputy Minister of Open Government | 19:01 |
| aruna_ | ---Rob Meikle, City of Toronto Chief Information Officer | 19:01 |
| aruna_ | ---Heather Leson, Open Knowledge Foundation Community Engagement Director | 19:01 |
| aruna_ | ---Keith Loo, "Make Web Not War" (Microsoft foray into Open Source) Open Platform Lead | 19:01 |
| aruna_ | ---Moderated by Bianca Wylie, Co-Founder, Canadian Open Data Institute | 19:01 |
| * genii slides aruna_ a fresh mug | 19:02 | |
| aruna_ | genii: many thank's ( i made some too :) sip-sip | 19:05 |
| zykotick9 | i'd skip that Keith Loo talk... | 19:07 |
| aruna_ | Well, from what I heard Keith Loo seems to be a good guy am yet to meet in person but my thinking was he represents MS and they have humongous funds ? If we can get Keith to listen and fund us but no strings attached. We code 'open' and GNU General Public License. Think of the possibilities ? If only we had funds to support all our krazy ideas ? | 19:17 |
| * genii ponders MSBuntu | 19:18 | |
| aruna_ | hell no ! | 19:18 |
| aruna_ | neverrrr... die first :) | 19:18 |
| MylesBraithwaite | we had one of the microsoft open source guys at a GTALUG meeting a few years back. | 19:18 |
| MylesBraithwaite | he was nice and bought us beer | 19:19 |
| genii | aruna_: Heh! | 19:19 |
| aruna_ | zykotick9: I also had reservations about the way the site make web not war advocated open source but under terms it was the exact opposite. Hypocrisy at its very best if u ask me.. | 19:20 |
| genii | MylesBraithwaite: Do you know Colin McGregor over there? | 19:20 |
| MylesBraithwaite | ya he's on the executive and pog with me | 19:20 |
| aruna_ | genii: not funee MSBuntu egad what will Bob Jonkman think ? | 19:21 |
| genii | MylesBraithwaite: We're both on Toronto Freenet board together, he's a really good guy | 19:21 |
| genii | aruna_: I think his head might explode.... | 19:22 |
| aruna_ | genii?: well "we" need him so nothing doing with your MSbuntu | 19:22 |
| MylesBraithwaite | MS did do a version of unix in 1989: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenix | 19:23 |
| genii | Reminds me of Microsoft joke site they put up years ago: http://www.mslinux.org/ | 19:23 |
| genii | MylesBraithwaite: I actually used Xenix :) | 19:23 |
| aruna_ | I met Colin at the dufferin park picnic and he is a very nice person, showed me a nuclear powered gizmo | 19:23 |
| MylesBraithwaite | genii: that actually pretty cool | 19:23 |
| aruna_ | genii: you free on fri ? or have to work ? | 19:31 |
| genii | aruna_: I do the Mon-Fri 9-5 deal ( when there's not extra stuff needs doing....) | 19:32 |
| aruna_ | genii: damn ! I belive in colloboration and this is a opportunity that may not come again and we lose nothing by chatting with Keith and others as long as they don ask us to push MS agendas ? | 19:34 |
| genii | 10:15 on a workday isn't possible for me | 19:34 |
| aruna_ | I know bro I know.... | 19:35 |
| aruna_ | Ah well.. I tried :) | 19:36 |
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