Re: [PLUG] Fwd: [Fwd: [Cis-phd] Eric Raymond, "Programming in the Real World", 2/15, 6PM Wu&Chen]

[Alex Launi <socialrevolutionary@comcast.net>]

Stallman's speech was good, but he is a bit of an ass. Attacking your 
audience because they don't understand the semantics of what you're 
saying is not good public speaking. I wish this announcement would have 
been posted earlier and with all the details. It looks like it was a 
good speech.
-Alex Launi

Joshua Karstendick wrote:
> I did, and I enjoyed it.
>
> Much of the material about the business of open source I had read from
> reading Raymond's papers, but I did learn a few new things, such as
> scale-free networks.
>
> He also talked about free software versus open source and software
> patents, and he sounded far more reasonable than Stallman, whose talk
> I attended at Drexel a few weeks ago.
>
> Much of Raymond's talk, though, was about how professional programmers
> need to develop people skills, as most of their time will be spent
> talking with clients gathering specifications.
>
> Overall, I found the talk very informative. I especially liked
> Raymond's point of view, which is influenced by economics,
> anthropology and many other diverse fields.
>
> On 2/19/07, Paul Snyder <pls29@cs.drexel.edu> wrote:
> > On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, plug.20.chth@xoxy.net wrote:
> >
> > > Eric Raymond, open source advocate, will speak on
> > > "Programming in the Real World."
> > >
> > > Thursday, February 15
> > > 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
> > > Wu & Chen Auditorium
> >
> > So, did anyone actually attend this?  If so, how was it?
> >
> > Paul
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