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I'm my opinion, straight up sales pitches are bad.

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.

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.

My 2 cents





On February 13, 2017 10:48:21 AM "Ruben D. Orduz" <rubenoz at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Best,
> Ruben
>
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:29 AM, SaintRossy, James <
> James_SaintRossy at comcast.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> Thanks, James.
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