Re: [LIG] Open Source Community Hall of shame?
Suresh Ramasubramanian <[email protected]>
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Kingsly John wrote: > > And yet you feel pbx.in deserves a mention in a hall of shame, but not so in > the case of a formally registered not-for-profit society being clandestinely > hijacked without any notification to the public ? > The man's got a quite "interesting" take on the whole thing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atul_Chitnis > Controversies > > Following his own motto of "You aren't remembered for doing what is expected of you", Atul often finds himself as the center of controversies. > > His German accent, and sometimes extremely direct way of addressing issues, often get him into trouble with people who mistake this as rudeness or dismissal of their ideas. > > His relentless promotion of FOSS has earned him a reputation of a "Microsoft hater", though he denies being one, stating that being a supporter of one thing does not mean that one is a hater of something else. However, he is no great favourite among parts of IT industry that depend on Microsoft technologies for their IT needs and revenues. > > Being extremely visible to the public, he often finds himself a target of personal attacks. In 2001, this led to his falling out with what was then the largest Indian FOSS community -- Linux India -- who disagreed with his pushing the community towards more action and less self-involvement. Disheartened by the personal attacks and accusations of self-serving activities, he left that community, but continued his FOSS-related work. It is generally believed that had this not happened, the Linux Bangalore conferences would have actually become the Linux India conferences. > > In 2005, he was accused of killing off the LUG he had helped create in 1998 -- the Bangalore Linux User Group -- which had by then become quite inactive. However, months before these accusations surfaced, the BLUG came out of hibernation and, with help from Atul and other oldtimers and a lot of new blood quickly returned to its former levels of activity. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642