Yes, I was at ApacheCon once in 2006 coincidentally also held in
Dublin. Apache conference format was the same as any big technology
conference, held in a big hotel, with some open source "celebrity"
keynote speaker, corporate sponsors (Google, Sun, etc.) having stands
in the common area. And then a few days of sessions, with each session
held by the Apache committers talking about their projects (e.g. a
sample schedule http://us.apachecon.com/c/acus2009/schedule/
2009/11/04 ). I am not sure what percentage of attendees are
committers vs. non-Apache developers, but I think it is more than 50%.
So it is a good albeit fairly expensive way to meet people from
various projects (I didn't use this opportunity to the full extent in
2006 as I was still very new to Apache).
This year there will be still a traditional conference in US in
November (which I am tentatively going to attend and maybe give a
Cayenne presentation), but Apache is experimenting with "non-
conference" formats (e.g. BarCamp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
BarCamp ) - smaller cheaper informal gatherings that focus on more
face-to-face meeting and doesn't cost a fortune for attendees.
A retreat in Ireland is one such attempt. I think another announcement
with more details is coming out soon, as currently the event
organizers are using the registration on the eventbrite site as a
questionnaire on people's preferences about the event details (e.g.
catering vs. cooking, etc.).
Andrus
On Jan 26, 2010, at 12:37 AM, Andrey Razumovsky wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I first got a notification couple months ago, that seemed
> interesting.
> I sent some questions to those responsible for the organization, but
> never
> got an answer. Have you ever been on Apache Cons? So can you share
> some
> experience of what's going on there?
>
> 2010/1/22 Andrus Adamchik <andru..bjectstyle.org>
>
>> http://apache.eventbrite.com/
>>
>> I am seriously considering going there. I like the fact that ASF is
>> trying
>> to move from official expensive conference to a number of smaller
>> informal
>> events. If others want to join we can share a car (although the
>> place is
>> pretty close to Dublin, so public transportation seems like a
>> reasonable
>> option).
>>
>> Andrus
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Andrey
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0.0 : Tue Jan 26 2010 - 02:31:32 EST