[kwlug-disc] FSOSS

[CrankyOldBugger]

Glad you cleared that up.  I thought "coring stickers" was some menial
programming task they were going to force me to do all day....



On 9 September 2014 14:46, Darcy Casselman <dscassel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Score.  Score stickers.
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Darcy Casselman <dscassel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I attended back when they were attempting to be as much a LinuxFest as an
>> academic conference.  And Eben Upton (the Raspberry Pi) guy was there.  So
>> that was awesome.
>>
>> They've gone back to their Thursday-Friday schedule and I don't know if
>> there's much of any end-user focus the last couple years.  So I'm not
>> really interested.
>>
>> It's not ComDex.  You can probably core some stickers, though.
>>
>> Darcy.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 12:06 PM, CrankyOldBugger <
>> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for this info, Khalid.
>>>
>>> I suppose part of me misses the old Toronto Computer Shows and ComDex
>>> from the 90's, where they would take the whole SkyDome and fill it with
>>> computer vendors, all screaming for us to take their free bling home with
>>> us...
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9 September 2014 11:56, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I attended FSOSS a few years back. But I was presenting, so perhaps I
>>>> am biased.
>>>>
>>>> There were several good talks there, some by university professors
>>>> from as far as (was it BC or Alberta?).
>>>>
>>>> The early bird of $40 is definitely worth it, but you have to factor
>>>> in transportation (much less if you car pool), and lodging (if you
>>>> want to attend both days). Braving Toronto traffic during weekdays is
>>>> sheer torture!
>>>>
>>>> My recommendation is to check the schedule and speakers to see if
>>>> there are topics that are of interest to you, then decide based on
>>>> that, and the above cost/time.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 11:48 AM, CrankyOldBugger
>>>> <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > Has anybody been to the FSOSS shindigs at Seneca College before
>>>> > (http://fsoss.senecac.on.ca/2014/)?  What goes on? Any good? Worth
>>>> the price
>>>> > of admission?
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
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