Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 16:12:42 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> To: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> Cc: Joseph Scott <joseph@randomnetworks.com>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: O'Reilly Open Source Con in Aug 99, BSD? Message-ID: <66490.926550762@zippy.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 12 May 1999 10:35:52 EDT." <Pine.HPP.3.96.990512103536.20468A-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>
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> On Tue, 11 May 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > Unfortunately, we couldn't get the people and so we won't be involved > > in any significant sense. I'd already called in all my markers and > > emptied the speaker barrel for the USENIX technical conference and > > there just wasn't anything left over for O'Reilly. > > Fly me there, and I'll talk about anything you want. :> Did I forget to mention that O'Reilly doesn't pay speaker expenses? That makes it somewhat more difficult to find people. :( Not to pick on O'Reilly - this appears to be something of an emerging trend. About 75% of the invites I get to speak at conferences are "come on your own nickle please, we have no budget for speaker subsidies" and if Walnut Creek CDROM weren't paying the bill, I would speak far less often. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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