OSCON 2012 Registration Discount

[Benjamin Kerensa]

On 04/11/2012 01:43 PM, Ryein C. Goddard wrote:
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> Just curious if they have all those sponsors why do they need us to
> pay $2 grand? :D ..jk but seriously
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> There are a lot of conventions happening soon.  Has anyone been to
> Linux Con or Ubuntu's convention?
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> If you had to pick one which would you go to if your into software
> development?
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In the grand scheme of things they dont make a huge amount of profit...
Sponsors only pay between $10k and $90k and if you consider the cost of
renting a convention center and all the logistics it gets spendy.

Plus they pay seasoned speakers... I would pick OSCON.

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