[Fiware-fiops-filab] image / message: need to react ASAP

[Federico Michele Facca]

I took some small time to reply to the guy, who confuse hackathons and
acceleration programmes ... besides this, talk bad or good, the important
thing is that they talk about you :)

regarding clout, is not a "real" rtd project is more eu-japan dissemination
action. andrea manieri (eng) is in it.

federico


On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Monique Calisti | Martel Consulting <
monique.calisti at martel-consulting.ch> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> First point I think here in Athens our FI-WARE/FI-LAB/FI-Ops coordinated
> efforts are running very well and smoothly. But in my opinion VERY
> IMPORTANT to react upon ASAP especially for you FI-WARE guys is an on-line
> article that appeared yesterday on Tech Crunch:
>
> http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/18/why-is-the-european-
> commission-spending-e100m-on-a-pointless-hackathon/
>
> Maybe you guys have already reacted, but I think the core message is to
> make sure there is a clearer understanding overall of how FI-WARE is being
> already deployed in real-world (various cities initiatives for instance) to
> provide the most convincing answer to the kind of "attacks" like this
> article is putting forward.
>
> Then, as briefly discussed with Nuria here in Athens, I noticed that there
> is an ongoing EC project that has very similar graphics / flyers  / poster
> to what I've seen for some FI-WARE/FI-Lab material. You may want to check
> at:
>
> http://clout-project.eu/
>
> Other than that I think here in Athens things are moving on very well.
>
> cheers,
> monique
>
>
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