| Subject | RE: [Firebird-general] Firebird Conference 2009? |
|---|---|
| Author | Svein Erling Tysvær |
| Post date | 2009-09-17T11:15:30Z |
I'll answer for myself - I would expect FrOSCon to contain much less Firebird related sessions, and Firebird is the only open source product that is very relevant for my work (the other open source stuff that I occasionally use are very simple). Sure, if there were two or more rooms reserved for Firebird sessions the entire conference, then it would just be a bonus to join forces with FrOSCon, but I don't think that would be quite fair to the other open source products. The Firebird Conference is also intended to last three days as opposed to the two days at FrOSCon. I have never seriously considered attending FrOSCon, but have been to all the annual Firebird Conferences so far.
I remember that when the conference was in Prague, there was a special price for Prague students, and I'm not opposed to cheaper pricing for certain groups with limited funds. However, people like me (my employer has paid for the conferences so far) should pay a fair price. Anyway, pricing is up to the organizer, too cheap means deficit and too expensive means too few attendees.
As for whether there will be a conference or not this year, I'll await the site to be more completed and some official announcements on the lists, currently there are some funny inconsistencies that gives me the impression that it is still work in progress (e.g. I never knew that 19 November happened to fall on both Thursday, Friday and Saturday this year or that the click of one button increases the price by 149.80 euro).
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-----Original Message-----
From: Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dimitry Sibiryakov
Sent: 17. september 2009 12:43
To: Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Firebird-general] Firebird Conference 2009?
speakers? There is no free beer. You know numbers of visitors on last
conferences. It is decreasing.
If somebody didn't go to FrOSCon because 250 euros is too much for
him, why he would go to FB Conference where only fees are more than two
times bigger?
SY, SD.
I remember that when the conference was in Prague, there was a special price for Prague students, and I'm not opposed to cheaper pricing for certain groups with limited funds. However, people like me (my employer has paid for the conferences so far) should pay a fair price. Anyway, pricing is up to the organizer, too cheap means deficit and too expensive means too few attendees.
As for whether there will be a conference or not this year, I'll await the site to be more completed and some official announcements on the lists, currently there are some funny inconsistencies that gives me the impression that it is still work in progress (e.g. I never knew that 19 November happened to fall on both Thursday, Friday and Saturday this year or that the click of one button increases the price by 149.80 euro).
Set
-----Original Message-----
From: Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dimitry Sibiryakov
Sent: 17. september 2009 12:43
To: Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Firebird-general] Firebird Conference 2009?
> C'mon Dimitry, speakers never had to pay conference fee or hotel, andBut how many listeners we lost because they weren't able to pay for
> even got paid for presentations, so they had travel expenses (more or
> less) covered. That way we're able to get there those that would have
> problems to come.
speakers? There is no free beer. You know numbers of visitors on last
conferences. It is decreasing.
If somebody didn't go to FrOSCon because 250 euros is too much for
him, why he would go to FB Conference where only fees are more than two
times bigger?
SY, SD.