In reference to:
http://www.mainardistefano.org/blog/2006/05/19/linux-world-summit-2006-il-resoconto/
thank Stephen for the long post, which I like a good lazy thus avoided writing a text identical in content.
There is little to add in reality: no meeting point between communities and companies, no first step toward communion, speeach cooked and stale from old economy riddled with neologisms and new rhetoric.
An event definitely unnecessary.
If communities want to meet you somewhere to meet and build new projects to improve the free software, and especially to compare the ideas of free software has gone a little more or less space of one's life certainly did not need to stand in event-star luxury hotel 48 (kitsch?), jacket and tie, and coffee breaks to the sound of coffee unsuccessful and little substantial finger food. There is consistent and full of will and good intentions (which are not lacking imho) and a sports club with few frills, a circle arch, a field view of the summer is to meet (after the program of talks and forums) to build something
pleasant and constructive.
I do not believe that an important event will serve to build funds (many), are few enough that in July and associations can make available just to cover the minimum costs of logistics, a bit 'organization and a lot of initiative on the part of individuals.
From what I have seen the wonderful boys and javaportal valtellinux, through the geckos, wikimedia and some 'other all the enthusiasm and desire to build a better world is not lacking.
At this point I am making a silly thought but I think it jumped in the heads of everyone.
How important is the contribution of our community businesses?
How, conversely, it is important for their development of free software (which of course never call it ...).
Investing in free software or at worst with open source can only be an economical choice and business, I can share by the owner that I am, but the fact of not wanting to get out of their Altar to talk to us community (also composed of professionals) does not make them particularly attractive to the communities themselves.
I will not instigate revolution I spit on the plate where I eat but I have not seen interest on their part towards us and I deeply regret this one hit the other side and I expected (naively I suppose) communion and not refractory, wants to know and not to steal, no, not _only_ money to make me (and believe us) throat, but the ideas, the desire to know and understand.
does not turn necessarily go against, I want to find a nice way for dialogue. Red Hat, IBM, Bull, Microsoft!? come and talk to us, maybe they will learn, maybe you'll find brilliant minds, exceptional professionals, managers for their projects that respect the lines of the same company and can bring benefits to the community they come from.
may not find anything the first time, maybe even the second ...
but it will happen ...
are we there yet? They already have close relationships with the Community interest and for further investment in this communication are not necessary? Okay, I share the business plan ... So why invite to the Summit?
useless, stupid, constructed a truly wasted effort. Now I
and I'll put in the middle.
organize a major event for the spring, we invite the companies (with or without stand) and build _noi_ of talks and forums for discussion and see if we are good enough to get involved in a better and more useful for the business community and the free software world. We children of the community who write for magazines, maybe even newspaper journalists, we ILDN, of course, radio linux, we fsfe gnuvox with the new project, which is certainly ZioBudda read by many professionals, computer point, zeus, easy-pc, LUGs, associations ... many voices that can promote and make people feel that even in Italy the desire to change, but also of communion with the company, is present, it is not parallel tracks but can cross roads.
repeat.
If advertising is that businesses are looking for and not the communion of ideas for the community is not important, cut out, it's convenient.
If the purpose is nicely opposite try to give the opportunity to take the first step and to show them that the "solidarity" to projects within _veramente_ open in their business model, who want to understand and fit into the logic of the community (whether by fundamental they want to draw), and campaigns are not just cosmetic "face good and bad game" as they demonstrated during the summit linux.
My cell phone available as well as my email and I also believe ILDN portals ... I try this step by reversing the driving force, the summit would take such a beautiful setting! front and make some proposal to ask businesses _soldi_ (I repeat that I do not serve) that _finanzino_ a summit of community, but by inviting companies to participate in the self _summit_ communities.
