So I had at the time of my life at Wizards of OS 4, just as expected.

Great panel discussions, great conversations, old friends, new friends… this event had it all. I am really glad that I made it here.

The thing that amazes me the most is the fantastic team that puts this event together. It’s an inspiration to me to see these guys at work!

Made a lot of new friends, met a lot of old friends (including Rishab Ghosh, whom I had not met in ages!), and had tons of people asking me about FOSS.IN, and how they look forward to being there. Hey! More people out here seem to know about our little event than people in India do!

The total joker in the pack, however, was this little thingy I carried around with me.

You know how the best way to attract peoples attention park is to carry a small baby or a puppy around? Well, at Wizards of OS, you pull a Simputer out of your pocket and put it on the table – instant crowd! No geek can resist that! TV crews falling over themselves to film it, people battling to play Golgolli on it, experts oohing and aahing over the interface… I loved it!

On the final day, I was part of a panel discussion moderated by Jon Corbet, and along with the irrepressable Fernanda Weiden (who fought a nasty cold and complete loss of voice to make it to the panel and held her own there!) and Federico Heinz (the president of FSF Latin America, and whom I had met back in 2004 at WOS3 as well), we discussed the Future of Free Software. Maybe I imagined it, but the audience was a lot bigger and more interactive at this panel. And it certainly helped having Christoph Hellwig in the audience!

But it was all over much too soon. Saturday evening, I trudged home,making it across one of the largest cities in the world in about 20 minutes (!), with many happy memories.

Thank you, Volker Grassmuck and your team, for creating Wizards of OS!