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

[Charles Curley]

On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 08:16:58PM -0600, Bryan Petty wrote:
> 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.

Hmmm, this isn't DefCon, so it may not be useful to compare the two.

I was able to attend on a local user group admission. The "full rate"
is for PHBs who can have the company pay, thus siphoning some of that
corporate money into the open source movement's coffers.

The admission is not the sole cost of attending: transport to and
from, meals, lodging in many cases. There is also the opportunity cost
of doing something else, like earning a living, for two or more days.

Still, if $40 would make or break your attendance, perhaps in future
we can have a scholarship program.

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