{"id":1869,"date":"2010-12-13T23:39:40","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T18:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swatisani.net\/blog\/?p=1869"},"modified":"2010-12-14T14:25:02","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T08:55:02","slug":"and-in-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swatisani.net\/blog\/2010\/12\/13\/and-in-the-end\/","title":{"rendered":"And in the end.."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1886\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1886\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swatisani.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ITcom2000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1886\" title=\"ITcom2000\" src=\"http:\/\/swatisani.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ITcom2000-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"ITCom 2000\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swatisani.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ITcom2000-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swatisani.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ITcom2000.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ITCom 2000 -the gang!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We depart for Bangalore tomorrow to attend <a href=\"http:\/\/foss.in\" target=\"_blank\">FOSS.IN<\/a> and as I was finishing\u00a0 to pack\u00a0 a wave of sadness overcame me.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/atulchitnis.net\/2010\/why-i-came-back\/\" target=\"_blank\">This is the last time I will be packing to go for FOSS.IN<\/a>, an event which, since past 10 years has been a part of our annual trip to Bangalore &#8211; a pilgrimage of sorts.<\/p>\n<p>It all began in the year 2000, I along with <a href=\"http:\/\/tariquesani.net\/blog\/2010\/12\/06\/an-amazing-journey-aasim-at-foss-in\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tarique and my three year old<\/a> (who was just as excited as we were) became a part of what later came to be known as FOSS.IN. A conference which has been more than a conference not just to us but for several others I know. It is here that I made some very good friends, laughed and danced, agreed and argued and learned more about FOSS.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As the years passed Team FOSS.IN, of which I was a part, became much more than just an &#8220;organizing committee&#8221;. For, each one of us was passionate about the tasks we took upon ourselves\u00a0 working to make the next FOSS.IN better\u00a0 became an of obsession. I&#8217;d be lying if I say we worked in complete harmony and with clockwork precision; we argued, we fought, we sulked but in the end, we sorted out and most importantly while we did all those things to each other, our common goal was to organize a better event and yes, we never stopped being a friend to each other.<\/p>\n<p>So in 2009, when Atul out of the blue declared that this is his last FOSS.IN, I was not alone in feeling &#8220;this can&#8217;t be&#8221; &#8220;this just can&#8217;t be&#8221; and as you can see, the result is this last edition of FOSS.IN.<\/p>\n<p>I do hope to meet all my FOSS community friends in Bangalore this year and have a time of my life.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/7a_8F6gflxQ?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_End_%28The_Beatles_song%29\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The End&#8221; by Beatles.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And in the end<br \/>\nThe love you take<br \/>\nIs equal to the love you make.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We depart for Bangalore tomorrow to attend FOSS.IN and as I was finishing\u00a0 to pack\u00a0 a wave of sadness overcame me.\u00a0 This is the last time I will be packing to go for FOSS.IN, an event which, since past 10 years has been a part of our annual trip to Bangalore &#8211; a pilgrimage of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/swatisani.net\/blog\/2010\/12\/13\/and-in-the-end\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">And in the end..<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronicles","category-writings-i-get-inspired-from"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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