[ubuntu-us-ut] Utah Open Source Conference thoughts

[Bryan Petty]

On 9/9/07, Christer Edwards <christer.edwards at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> How did you think it went?
> What could be improved?
> How does it compare with other conferences you've attended?
> Do you plan on attending next year again?

I would plan to attend next year if the registration fee is lower than
this year.

I was aware of the early registration price, along with the numerous
local user group discounts that were handed out, but even with those
discounts, the price was higher than what it costs to get into DefCon
which hosts 3 times as many presentations with many internationally
renowned speakers. And DefCon even has a policy against using
sponsorships. I understand the expected attendance isn't even close to
the same, but for a conference about open source software, the
registration fee didn't really fit the theme.

To add to this, I think there must have been some confusion about the
price maybe 6 months ago when I first heard about UTOSC. I seem to
recall completely different (much higher) prices being listed on the
site back then, one of them over $1,000. I remember hearing 3
completely different registration fees between 6 months ago, and last
week. The site doesn't even list how much it is/was right now. Was the
page taken down now that it's over?

Given the above reasons, I did not attend UTOSC for it's opening year
despite my active involvement with development of a few open source
projects myself.

Regards,
Bryan Petty