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<p style="margin: 0 0 1em 0; color: black;">I'm my opinion, straight up
sales pitches are bad. </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 1em 0; color: black;">That said, if a particular
technology is widely adopted as part of Openstack clouds out in the world
(like a plug in), I could see how an expert on the technology could provide
value for attendees by talking about it at the summit, even if that
technology is closed source. People who'd never consider a closed source
plug in would simply not attend that session. </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 1em 0; color: black;">So I guess I'd say it's not
black and white, more about whether there's a significant audience for the
topic and if the speaker has the expertise to convey it. </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 1em 0; color: black;">My 2 cents <br></p>
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February 13, 2017 10:48:21 AM "Ruben D. Orduz"
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<div dir="ltr">Yes, it absolutely should have bearing. I vaguely remember
in the initial guidance email it specifies that we should not select
proposals that are perceived as sales pitches or vendor
specific.<div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Ruben</div></div><div
class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at
11:29 AM, SaintRossy, James <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div>Hi Everyone,</div>
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<div>I’m a 1st time track chair so pardon my ignorance if this question
seems obvious. In my initial review for the storage track I see several
presentations that are vendor specific and possibly closed source. Should
that have any bearing on our evaluations?</div>
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<div>Thanks, James.</div>
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