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On February 13, 2017 11:44:40 AM "Ferry, Courtney (Contractor)" 
<Courtney_Ferry at comcast.com> wrote:

> Agreed on sales pitches passed off as presentations being a bad thing – 
> I’ve walked out on a few.
>
> I have attended presentations from vendors that were good, however, when 
> the sales pitch was kept to the last 5 minutes of the talk.  The ones that 
> worked for me were given by vendors that provided a supported version of an 
> OpenStack project and gave a talk or lab on that project.  If they keep the 
> bulk of the presentation to the open source technology, then give their 
> product a plug at the end, I think it’s cool.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Courtney
>
>
> From: Mark Collier <mark at openstack.org>
> Date: Monday, February 13, 2017 at 12:25 PM
> To: "Ruben D. Orduz" <rubenoz at gmail.com>, "SaintRossy, James" 
> <James_SaintRossy at cable.comcast.com>
> Cc: "openstack-track-chairs at lists.openstack.org" 
> <openstack-track-chairs at lists.openstack.org>
> Subject: Re: [Openstack-track-chairs] Guidance on Vendor Specific 
> Presentations?
>
>
> 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<mailto: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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