Pradeep: given the enthusiasm with which we encourage Wikimedians to proclaim and proselytise this facet of public service (ie, in fora other than this or related ones) it is odd to find you saying that 'these professionals' (as against, presumably, amateur FOSSers) do not talk about their work unnecessarily. I did not think that Sudhanwa was doing this, my own takeaway is that Kartik not only remits public service at Wikimedia, but also as a FOSSer. <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Pradeep Mohandas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com">pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
hi,<br>
<br>
Sudhanwa, Frankly, it is because these professionals do not bandy<br>
their professions/work around unnecessarily when not needed and not<br>
central to the conversation.<br>
<br>
Thanks Kartik, for the translation. I see you had some trouble getting<br>
pics of the station. This is strange since people take pics of CST,<br>
Mumbai without any restriction - even inside it. Strange, that!<br>
<br>
Pradeep<br>
User:Prad2609<br>
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On 04/01/2012, Sudhanwa Jogalekar <<a href="mailto:sudhanwa.com@gmail.com">sudhanwa.com@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hmmm<br>
> I don't know why people are so touchy about FOSS.<br>
> If I mention "photographer" or "security" or "Media" or "engineer" instead<br>
> of "FOSS", will the reaction be same?<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:49 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <<br>
> <a href="mailto:parakara.ghoda@gmail.com">parakara.ghoda@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Can we stop dragging FOSS into every mail unless absolutely necessary?<br>
>> just to clarify.<br>
>> - Roads aren't designed with FOSS.<br>
>> - Camera firmware isn't FOSS.<br>
>> - Our brain doesn't have FOSS.<br>
>> - Bus ticketing isn't FOSS.<br>
>><br>
><br>
> Well, Mediawiki and whole lot of other things used for Wikipedia related<br>
> activities are FOSS.<br>
> And in general, it is about contributing back to the society so that<br>
> everybody gets benefitted. That's what is common in both FOSS as well as<br>
> Wikimedia.<br>
><br>
><br>
>> No offence intended.<br>
>><br>
><br>
> +1<br>
><br>
> -Sudhanwa<br>
><br>
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