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+1,

Having compatibility plugin supporting spirit of OSS so it is welcome .. So talk should have topic of “Common interest”  and at end mention add on by vendors ..

Deepak

From: Ferry, Courtney (Contractor) [mailto:Courtney_Ferry at comcast.com]
Sent: 13 February 2017 23:15
To: Mark Collier <mark at openstack.org>; Ruben D. Orduz <rubenoz at gmail.com>; SaintRossy, James <James_SaintRossy at comcast.com>
Cc: openstack-track-chairs at lists.openstack.org
Subject: Re: [Openstack-track-chairs] Guidance on Vendor Specific Presentations?

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<mailto:mark at openstack.org>>
Date: Monday, February 13, 2017 at 12:25 PM
To: "Ruben D. Orduz" <rubenoz at gmail.com<mailto:rubenoz at gmail.com>>, "SaintRossy, James" <James_SaintRossy at cable.comcast.com<mailto:James_SaintRossy at cable.comcast.com>>
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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<mailto: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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