(moving to general@ since this is not a question regarding the usage of the hadoop commons, which I BCC'd)
I moved from Montreal to SF a year and a half ago because I saw two things 1) companies weren't interested (they are still trying to get rid of COBOL or worse) or didn't have the data to use Hadoop (not enough big companies) and 2) the universities were either uninterested or just amused by this "new comer". I know of one company that really does cool stuff with Hadoop in Montreal and it's Hopper (www.hopper.travel, they are still in closed alpha AFAIK) who also organized hackreduce.org last weekend. This is what their CEO has to say to the question "Is there something you would do differently now if you would start it over?": Move to the Valley. (see the rest here http://nextmontreal.com/product-market-fit-hopper-travel-fred-lalonde/) I'm sure there are a lot of other companies that are either considering using or already using Hadoop to some extent in Canada but, like anything else, only a portion of them are interested in talking about it or even organizing an event. I would actually love to see something getting organized and I'd be on the first plane to Y**, but I'm afraid that to achieve any sort of critical mass you'd have to fly in people from all the provinces. Air Canada becomes a SPOF :P Now that I think about it, there's probably enough Canucks around here that use Hadoop that we could have our own little user group. If you want to have a nice vacation and geek out with us, feel free to stop by and say hi. </rant> J-D On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 6:21 AM, James Seigel <ja...@tynt.com> wrote: > Hello, > > You might remember me from a couple of weeks back asking if there were any > Calgary people interested in a “meetup” about #bigdata or using hadoop. > Well, I’ve expanded my search a little to see if any of my Canadian brothers > and sisters are using the elephant for good or for evil. It might be harder > to grab coffee, but it would be fun to see where everyone is. > > Shout out if you’d like or ping me, I think it’d be fun to chat! > > Cheers > James Seigel > Captain Hammer at Tynt.com
