Hi all,
A couple of people are trying to convince me to come to FOSDEM in
Belgium at the end of February. I''m a bit hesitant because
I''ve been
doing so much travel, but LinuxConf.au was a great experience and
seems to have really helped get exposure to Puppet. There seems to
be a pretty strong European contingent of Puppet users, and it''d be
great to meet many of you in person.
So, should I go to FOSDEM? Is it the best European conference for me
to attend, or is there another better one? (Not that I''m restricted
to only one conference a year, but it is a long trip.)
If there''s enough interest, then I''ll make a point to get
there
(possibly with my wife, if she can take the time away from her PhD),
especially if I can set up a presentation or two.
If there are companies who would like to meet with me while I''m there
and are within a reasonable train ride (FOSDEM is in Brussels), I''d
be interested in that, too, since I don''t get to Europe as often as
I''d like. I could plan on spending a week or two there if there is
enough interest, although I might need some help on lodging if most
of the time is spent meeting with businesses.
The conference is in about a month, so feedback sooner is better.
--
If a dog jumps onto your lap it is because he is fond of you; but if a
cat does the same thing it is because your lap is warmer.
-- Alfred North Whitehead
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On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 03:11:30PM -0600, Luke Kanies wrote :> Hi all, > > A couple of people are trying to convince me to come to FOSDEM in > Belgium at the end of February. I''m a bit hesitant because I''ve been > doing so much travel, but LinuxConf.au was a great experience and > seems to have really helped get exposure to Puppet. There seems to > be a pretty strong European contingent of Puppet users, and it''d be > great to meet many of you in person. > > So, should I go to FOSDEM? Is it the best European conference for me > to attend, or is there another better one? (Not that I''m restricted > to only one conference a year, but it is a long trip.) > > If there''s enough interest, then I''ll make a point to get there > (possibly with my wife, if she can take the time away from her PhD), > especially if I can set up a presentation or two. > > If there are companies who would like to meet with me while I''m there > and are within a reasonable train ride (FOSDEM is in Brussels), I''d > be interested in that, too, since I don''t get to Europe as often as > I''d like. I could plan on spending a week or two there if there is > enough interest, although I might need some help on lodging if most > of the time is spent meeting with businesses. > > The conference is in about a month, so feedback sooner is better. > > -- > If a dog jumps onto your lap it is because he is fond of you; but if a > cat does the same thing it is because your lap is warmer. > -- Alfred North Whitehead > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Luke Kanies | http://reductivelabs.com | http://madstop.com > >Well, from my point of view, there is two meetings this year in Europe. But I can''t say which one will be better for you (and puppet). -FOSDEM -CCC Chaos Communication Camp 2007 (https://events.ccc.de/) (between August 8th lasting until August 12th 2007) best regards, david -- David VERNAZOBRES, PhD student | dv@uni-muenster.de Division of Bioinformatics, University of Muenster | Schlossplatz 4 (+49)(251)8321635 | D48149 Muenster http://www.uni-muenster.de/Evolution.ebb/ | Germany
On 2/1/07, Luke Kanies <luke@madstop.com> wrote:> So, should I go to FOSDEM? Is it the best European conference for me > to attend, or is there another better one? (Not that I''m restricted > to only one conference a year, but it is a long trip.)I think FOSDEM is the best at the moment. I''ve been planning on attending for the last three years now, but every time something comes up (this year, my gf and I will probably be moving to our newly acquired house right around that time). I know many friends and colleagues go, though, and they really like it. Another event that just passed (last December), which is promising but very new, is T-DOSE. It''s in Eindhoven and will probably be held again around december. I hope they update their site by then :| -- Gegroet, Tim
On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 15:11 -0600, Luke Kanies wrote:> So, should I go to FOSDEM? Is it the best European conference for me > to attend, or is there another better one? (Not that I''m restricted > to only one conference a year, but it is a long trip.)I''ll be there, but it is my first time at FOSDEM so I''m not sure what the conference is going to be like. Cheers, Duane. -- Duane Griffin Senior Software Developer Process Systems Enterprise Limited - "The model company" Bridge Studios, 107a Hammersmith Bridge Road, London W6 9DA Call +44 (0)20 8563 0888 or visit us at www.psenterprise.com
On 1 Feb 2007, at 21:11, Luke Kanies wrote:> > So, should I go to FOSDEM? Is it the best European conference for me > to attend, or is there another better one? (Not that I''m restricted > to only one conference a year, but it is a long trip.)No idea if FOSDEM is good or not, but there are relatively few of these kinds of events in Europe. If you do it, remember you’re only a two hour train ride from London on Eurostar... (assuming we don’t send anyone to FOSDEM to buy you a pint or three). Oh, that’s a fact: the Belgians reckon they have the best beer in the world (not a view I share incidentally). But might influence your decision a bit :) Gary PS The release of kermit will be swiftly followed by some packages for Solaris that should meet your needs, and the exacting standards of the Blastwave maintainers... gary.law@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Puppet-users mailing list Puppet-users@madstop.com https://mail.madstop.com/mailman/listinfo/puppet-users
On Feb 2, 2007, at 11:42 AM, Gary Law wrote:> > On 1 Feb 2007, at 21:11, Luke Kanies wrote: > >> >> So, should I go to FOSDEM? Is it the best European conference for me >> to attend, or is there another better one? (Not that I''m restricted >> to only one conference a year, but it is a long trip.) > > No idea if FOSDEM is good or not, but there are relatively few of > these kinds of events in Europe.Ah, that makes a difference.> If you do it, remember you’re only a two hour train ride from > London on Eurostar... (assuming we don’t send anyone to FOSDEM to > buy you a pint or three).Huh; I figured it was longer than that, for some reason.> Oh, that’s a fact: the Belgians reckon they have the best beer in > the world (not a view I share incidentally). But might influence > your decision a bit :)I happen to enjoy Belgian beer quite a bit, although I''m also a bit partial to the American microbrew.> Gary > > PS The release of kermit will be swiftly followed by some packages > for Solaris that should meet your needs, and the exacting standards > of the Blastwave maintainers...I''m assuming you saw that kermit is now out, right? -- There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking. --Thomas A. Edison --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Kanies | http://reductivelabs.com | http://madstop.com
On Feb 2, 2007, at 2:43 AM, Tim Stoop wrote:> > I think FOSDEM is the best at the moment. I''ve been planning on > attending for the last three years now, but every time something comes > up (this year, my gf and I will probably be moving to our newly > acquired house right around that time). I know many friends and > colleagues go, though, and they really like it.Ok, good to get more positive opinions.> Another event that just passed (last December), which is promising but > very new, is T-DOSE. It''s in Eindhoven and will probably be held again > around december. I hope they update their site by then :|I''ll keep an eye on that one; thanks. -- Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics. -- Fletcher Knebel --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Kanies | http://reductivelabs.com | http://madstop.com
On Feb 1, 2007, at 4:50 PM, David Vernazobres wrote:> Well, from my point of view, there is two meetings this year in > Europe. > But I can''t say which one will be better for you (and puppet). > > -FOSDEM > -CCC Chaos Communication Camp 2007 (https://events.ccc.de/) (between > August 8th lasting until August 12th 2007)The CCC isn''t really in the same ballpark as Puppet, although it seems like a great event. -- Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you recognize a mistake when you make it again. -- F. P. Jones --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Kanies | http://reductivelabs.com | http://madstop.com
2007/2/2, Luke Kanies <luke@madstop.com>:> > On Feb 2, 2007, at 11:42 AM, Gary Law wrote: > > > > > On 1 Feb 2007, at 21:11, Luke Kanies wrote: > > > > > Oh, that''s a fact: the Belgians reckon they have the best beer in > > the world (not a view I share incidentally). But might influence > > your decision a bit :) > > I happen to enjoy Belgian beer quite a bit, although I''m also a bit > partial to the American microbrew. > >A bit off track, but... Judas and Grimbergen are among my favorites, closely followed by Franziskaner (although this one is from Germany)... Best regards Jose _______________________________________________ Puppet-users mailing list Puppet-users@madstop.com https://mail.madstop.com/mailman/listinfo/puppet-users
On 2 Feb 2007, at 18:58, Luke Kanies wrote:>> PS The release of kermit will be swiftly followed by some packages >> for Solaris that should meet your needs, and the exacting standards >> of the Blastwave maintainers... > > I''m assuming you saw that kermit is now out, right?Indeed, noticed that about 2 minutes after I sent the email. However, I’m now distracted from the task of producing packages by the arrival of my very beautiful, brand new and as yet untitled new daughter. :) Will get the packages up to blastwave, and you, before the week is out thou’. all the best Gary gary.law@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Puppet-users mailing list Puppet-users@madstop.com https://mail.madstop.com/mailman/listinfo/puppet-users
On Feb 5, 2007, at 6:56 PM, Gary Law wrote:> > > Indeed, noticed that about 2 minutes after I sent the email. > However, I’m now distracted from the task of producing packages by > the arrival of my very beautiful, brand new and as yet untitled new > daughter. :)Congratulations! I just got to spend some time with my 6 month old niece[1] last night, so I''ve got babies on the mind.> Will get the packages up to blastwave, and you, before the week is > out thou’. > all the bestCool. Not that I use Solaris... :) BTW, I think I just got another consulting contract, and if so I think I''ll be trying to go to FOSDEM after all, since I won''t be quite as concerned about money. Should I allot any time to spend with the Guardian? If so, when and where? 1 - http://flickr.com/photos/jeraviv/ -- What is the sound of Perl? Is it not the sound of a wall that people have stopped banging their heads against? --Larry Wall in <1992Aug26.184221.29627@netlabs.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Kanies | http://reductivelabs.com | http://madstop.com
Hi Luke, I will go for the 3th time now, so I thought I could share my experiences. - 2 years ago: O''Reilly, FSF, Debian, Gentoo, FreeBSD,... were there with a stand (T-shirts, books, cd''s, etc). Lots of talks (different concurrent tracks). It also serves as a meeting place for developers of different projects/distributions. The crowd is good and varied. Think that this is a free conference during the weekend, so people are not paid to be there! - Last year: same as year before (different talks of course), only that you see the economic crisis was getting on its last feet. More stands: I remember Google being there giving out gadgets ;). Suse was there with a stand + introducing AppArmor during a talk. Other stands: Mediawiki (Wikipedia), OpenGroupware,... There were also talks about RIFE and the Dojo Toolkit, so it is not just the Linux OS, but Open Source in general. Last year I ran into one of my teachers I had once, so I imagine you certainly reach the academic world (it is in the university of Brussels, one of the 3 main universities in Belgium). The talks are in English, and I know for a fact that there were people from Germany, Poland, and the Netherlands attending the conference, so it isn''t just a local thing. No idea if you can generate a lot of business/revenue in the short run. I hope this gives you a good insight, because I think there would certainly be interest in Puppet (well... I am interested ;)). Anyway, it looks like the rooms are already pretty well filled, but you never know. Best regards, Bram Luke Kanies schreef:> Hi all, > > A couple of people are trying to convince me to come to FOSDEM in > Belgium at the end of February. I''m a bit hesitant because I''ve been > doing so much travel, but LinuxConf.au was a great experience and > seems to have really helped get exposure to Puppet. There seems to > be a pretty strong European contingent of Puppet users, and it''d be > great to meet many of you in person. > > So, should I go to FOSDEM? Is it the best European conference for me > to attend, or is there another better one? (Not that I''m restricted > to only one conference a year, but it is a long trip.) > > If there''s enough interest, then I''ll make a point to get there > (possibly with my wife, if she can take the time away from her PhD), > especially if I can set up a presentation or two. > > If there are companies who would like to meet with me while I''m there > and are within a reasonable train ride (FOSDEM is in Brussels), I''d > be interested in that, too, since I don''t get to Europe as often as > I''d like. I could plan on spending a week or two there if there is > enough interest, although I might need some help on lodging if most > of the time is spent meeting with businesses. > > The conference is in about a month, so feedback sooner is better. > > -- > If a dog jumps onto your lap it is because he is fond of you; but if a > cat does the same thing it is because your lap is warmer. > -- Alfred North Whitehead > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Luke Kanies | http://reductivelabs.com | http://madstop.com
On Feb 6, 2007, at 6:32 PM, Klootemail wrote:> I hope this gives you a good insight, because I think there would > certainly be interest in Puppet (well... I am interested ;)). > Anyway, it > looks like the rooms are already pretty well filled, but you never > know.Thanks for the input. I''m going to try to go, so hopefully I''ll see you there. -- Kai''s Example Dilemma: A good analogy is like a diagonal frog. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Kanies | http://reductivelabs.com | http://madstop.com