Prezentare LOAD - Prolinux

1. After 20 years
(Pro)Linux in Romania
A Dum’Ass story
By Ovidiu ‘Sod’ Moisanu

2. Early days

3. Linux made me the man I am

4. We thought we were

5. But we looked like

6. Why did we fail
• Obsession with free as a
purpose.
• Solving problems that
nobody else had
• Praising interoperability,
as long as we didn’t have to
apply it ourselves
• No opportunity for others
to make money.
• Obsession with
archenemies (M$)
• Geek pride

7. Present

8. Luckily,
Linux and OpenSource did just fine

9. The future

10. Prolinux
What must be done
•Involvement in public debates regarding
legislation and EU funding guides
•Develop a recognized Linux certification
(curricula, trainers, certificates)
•Establish Opensource/Linux training
facilities in major education institutions
•Prolinux should be a community of highly
skilled IT professionals (not a user
community)
•IT experts that can provide an open and
informed point of view on IT problems (for
example the latest CNAS problems)
•Have an idea? Write me, sod@uniques.ro

11. The new and
Improved IT guy
We’re trying to build
•Has real problem solving
skills.
•Has a deep understanding of
usability concepts.
•Has wide industry know-how.
•Can teach others
•Can speak in public and
spread ideas
•He seeks solutions, not toys
•Uses soap (the stuff you use to
wash that was named after a
protocol)

12. Personal example

13. Linux made me the man I am
In the last 3 years I’ve employed more than 30 people, generated
more than EUR 1.5Mil revenue in Linux related projects only. And
I had a lot of fun. We’ve sold not one license (sorry RedHat)

14. Questions?

15. Thank you,
Ovidiu ‘sod’ Moisanu
sod@uniques.ro