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Last week I took the 20-minute BART ride from the East Bay over to Moscone West in San Francisco to visit what was once known as LinuxWorld and is now OpenSourceWorld, Next Generation Data Center, and CloudWorld all rolled into one event. Like many others, having been to previous LinuxWorlds, I was curious to see how this re-branding and grouping of events would pan out. LinuxWorld had been getting quite the panning (no pun intended) over the last five years or so, so could the new event cut the mustard and reel back in its once committed group of sightsee
"The exhibition was strangely only open for a limited time . . . but many of us would have preferred to have meandered in the exhibition area more."
So very true, Jono. Many of us would have preferred to meander more than the 90 minutes twice a day that they opened the exhibition area to allow the session inmates their "yard time."
If I'm a vendor, I'm in IDG's offices right now demanding a refund, preferably without taking hostages.
Also, if I'm a vendor (along with already being an attendee), I'm looking much more closely at the regional -- and more effective -- events like Utah Open Source Conference, Atlanta and Ohio Linux fests, not to mention the Southern California Linux Expo, all of which seem to be doing right by vendors, attendees and presenters.
[I didn't mention all the regional events, but exclusion above does not mean your event is not worthwhile. If your event is regional and I didn't mention it above, I apologize -- don't flame me but instead count yourself in]
Up until reading Jono's report I was sad at not being able to go this year..but if the showroom floor was only open for 90 minutes a day, I didn't miss much..
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"The exhibition was strangely only open for a limited time . . . but many of us would have preferred to have meandered in the exhibition area more."
So very true, Jono. Many of us would have preferred to meander more than the 90 minutes twice a day that they opened the exhibition area to allow the session inmates their "yard time."
If I'm a vendor, I'm in IDG's offices right now demanding a refund, preferably without taking hostages.
Also, if I'm a vendor (along with already being an attendee), I'm looking much more closely at the regional -- and more effective -- events like Utah Open Source Conference, Atlanta and Ohio Linux fests, not to mention the Southern California Linux Expo, all of which seem to be doing right by vendors, attendees and presenters.
[I didn't mention all the regional events, but exclusion above does not mean your event is not worthwhile. If your event is regional and I didn't mention it above, I apologize -- don't flame me but instead count yourself in]