Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:46:57 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Saifi Khan <saifi.khan@datasynergy.org> Cc: "Rodrigo OSORIO \(ros\)" <rodrigo@bebik.net>, advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: EuroBSDCon 2009 pictures Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909222240530.99885@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909222352400.5270@freebsd> References: <20090921130811.GA5344@hodja.bebik.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909222352400.5270@freebsd>
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On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Saifi Khan wrote: > Thanks, the pictures are awesome. > > Did you write any blog/tweet about your experiences ? > > How was the interaction and enthusiasm level at the conference ? Probably in appropriate to generalize, but this was the largest ever FreeBSD developer summit in .EU (70 or so attendees), and EuroBSDCon came in around 180 attendees, which is up from last year (don't have precise numbers). Our conference dinner, sponsored by iXsystems, (photos of Clare college in the various collections) was sold out at 150 with a waiting list. We did have some trouble fund-raising for the conference, as a number of companies we approached reported that they currently had travel/conference freezes due to the economy. However, it being a poor economic year that didn't seem to prevent people from having a good time (although it likely did limit attendees from further way). Fairly soon, we should have slides, papers, and audio recordings of many of the sessions on the UKUUG web site, and it looks like the Karlsruhe folk are already warming up for EuroBSDCon 2010 :-). For those of us in the UK, I think this is a good moment to remind ourselves that there is a lot of BSD-related work, BSD-based companies, and BSD development in the UK (especially FreeBSD). I know I chatted with many other folk from the UK who all basically said "you know, we should do this more often", so perhaps this will trigger more regular UK-based BSD events! Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge
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