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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


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