martin f krafft <madduck@debconf.org> writes: > also sprach Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <odyx@debconf.org> [2015-07-21 16:10 +0200]: >> (Apparently the workshop.xhtml page has been removed from the >> site, that doesn't help… ) > > Sorry, the idea is off. You can find the text here: > > https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debconf-data/dc15.git/commit/website/workshop.xhtml?id=d37a7bcdb1d2fb1d88666ad21db4f6f8e84754c1 > > Thanks for your mail. I think you hit the nail on the head when you > mentioned trust. We've established I miscommunicated this quite > a bit, but other than that, people seem to immediately focus on the > negative aspects, and individual interests, rather than taking > a step back and assessing the idea more objectively. How utterly depressing (assuming that you mean by "the idea is off" that you've cancelled the whole thing). I do understand that as techies, we're all very highly tuned indeed to look for potential down-sides in every scenario, but perhaps it's worth remembering that in order to be reading this list people need to have fought long and hard to volunteer totally unreasonable amounts of time, effort and quite often money, despite constant aggravation from all sides. Anyone of questionable motives, unless they were astonishingly stupid, would be able to find any number of more pleasurable ways of getting their hands on some unearned bounty. Not that I think it was in this case, but even if something looks to be in part motivated by drumming up future business, that's just fine. More people using Debian is great. More people paying money to Debian Developers to work on Debian is great. More people noticing that Debconf is on, and being persuaded to come and have a look by the reverse psychology of being charged for the privilege ... is great! They might even have told their friends and all turned up for the open day, which might have helped avoid the pathetic spectacle of people addressing an almost empty room that we normally have to witness. Cheers, Phil. -- |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] HANDS.COM Ltd. |-| http://www.hands.com/ http://ftp.uk.debian.org/ |(| Hugo-Klemm-Strasse 34, 21075 Hamburg, GERMANY
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