I've wanted to go to CFUnited but never have, but honestly, the newer conferences that have popped up have been more appealing, like CFObjective and Scotch On The Rocks. Given that both those conferences have started in the last couple years and you've also seen Railo and OpenBD take off in that time, I feel like it isn't so much that enthusiasm has waned but rather redirected. There are a lot of people doing cool stuff and mailing lists, blogs and what not are all very active, but the community has matured in a lot of ways. Still sad to hear about CFUnited though.
Judah On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Matt Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > >>Just saw this on the twittersphere. This is that last year for >>CFUnited. The conference will not happen in 2011. >> >>http://bit.ly/beqV4v >> > > I think the community is still plenty vibrant. Look at the many > mini-conferences that have sprouted up across the country. I would speculate > that the overall price of registration, travel and lodging has become more of > an issue, especially in recent years. This may have nothing to do with > attendance though, but I would also bet that if numbers were strong, it would > not be getting cancelled. It looks like just under 400 attendees are listed > on the CFUnited site. That is definitely off from years past. > > I also have a feeling that the conference could still live on, though maybe > scaled back and maybe not at a resort type setting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322295 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
