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

[Clint Savage]

On 9/12/07, Thad Van Ry <thad at linuxnetadmin.com> wrote:
> Do I think this conference was worth paying $40 to attend? Yes. I
> thoroughly enjoyed Tom Welch's session about an Online Open Source
> community. Many of the organizers of this event as well as SIG
> leadership could have benefited from attending that session. I also
> enjoyed Michael Place's session on Linux Performance Tuning. I didn't
> learn anything new from Michael's session, but, it was still enjoyable
> to hear his take on Performance Tuning. I'd like to see an "Advanced
> Linux Performance Tuning" which assumes that you know everything that
> he covered this year and digs deeper into the struggles that a major
> ISP deals with in tuning machine performance.

I was also in the Tom Welch session (for most of it anyway) and I
quite enjoyed it.  I plan on taking some of his ideals and using them
to grow this community.  I sure wish I could have seen Michael Place's
presentation.
>
> Do I think this conference was worth paying $199 to attend? No. In my
> opinion, there were not enough advanced level sessions available. I've
> been employed as a Systems Administrator for over 10 years. I would
> have liked more sessions dealing with advanced topics or at least the
> problems I run into daily. Like maybe a session titled "How to talk
> tech to non-techies". This session would be designed for those who may
> struggle with explaining technical issues to customers, upper
> management, and other non-techie types.

I appreciate the constructive criticism.  We're looking toward next
year and how we can bring more value to the conference.  Thanks for
the input here.

> So those are my thoughts. Worth about what you paid for them.

I paid for them?!  When?!  I want my money back!  :-D

Cheers,

Clint