On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 05:57, leam wrote: > Not bad for a Wednesday evening. Here's what I can remember at 0530 the > morning after. > > Several illustrious Red Hat folks were there, most of whom I completely > missed their names. Apologies for any misspellings. Notable in his > passionate emphasis on Fedora Team structure, Tom "Spot" Calloway > carried a bit of the time without dominating or preaching. Well, a > little preaching but no Red Hat Bible thumping. Well.... > > Tom seems dedicated to spurring Red Hat into building a solid Fedora > Community Team *without* the complete dominance of Red Hat personell. > Mention this to Tom if you're interested. > > Havoc Pennington shared his thoughts, and for those of us who don't > normally see the personality or hear of the issues that never make a > public appearence it was interesting. Didn't drop any bomb shells nor > slam anyone, but it *is* nice to know the amount of work and challenge > required to keep the ivory tower spiffy. > > Michael Tiemann gave some honest answers to questions raised, even > showing some of the thought processes behind some decisions made by Red > Hat. His words carried the depth of conviction and he was there when Tom > was making his pitch for the Fedora Team. Since Red Hat owns that action > item, we can look for progress to be made. Assuming he doesn't keep > deleting Spots e-mail. Sorry, in joke. Nevermind..... > > Various discussions were held, Eric Raymond showed up for a few minutes, > and we nattered about diverse opinions. It was great to see some people > who identified themselves as newbies or end users--I'm glad they feel > comfortable enough to join and everyone made them welcome. Michael T. > gets the award for 'longest single answer' though the guy behind me won > the 'simple question that stirred up the most debate'. :) > > As the coffee hasn't kicked in I'll end before I blather. Others can > contribute their perceptions and probably give a better overall view. > > And yes, Tammy Fox or someone willing to wear her name tag to a Fedora > meeting was there. She was receptive to prodding about the Fedora list > and should get more done when LWCE settles in the dust. > Yes. That was really me. ;-) Sorry I was only able to answer a few questions before I had to leave. I had another scheduled event at 7:30PM that I couldn't be late for. I was impressed by the number of people who showed up for the BOF. Thanks to everyone who came by my pod so far at LW to talk about Fedora and/or the magazine. For those of you who didn't read the press release, check out http://www.redhatmagazine.com/. Each issue will contain information about Fedora as well as other practical application information about Open Source software. Tammy > ciao! > > leam >
