Hello, I saw just now that the issue of proprietary vs. open source development (and whether the things being presented are available for public or even source-level perusal or not) had come up with respect to at least one of the talks at PyCon [1], and after various similar comments about at least one EuroPython talk last year, I was wondering if there should be some kind of stipulation that EuroPython talks should advertise the nature of the solutions being presented. Various people noted, after one of the EuroPython talks, that to sit through 30 minutes of what ultimately proved to be advertising virtually amounted to dishonesty on the part of the presenter. If getting involved in some interesting technology is a priority for attendees (and this is a community conference after all) then some more openness about such things is necessary, in my opinion.
Another thing that came to mind was the availability of papers and presentations: given that the conferences are a good way of presenting the state of the community, should more be done to insist that presenters make their materials available to those not attending the conference, and should the availability of materials be more widely promoted? There have been several occasions where I've referred people to EuroPython talks, mostly because those people have been promoting some in-progress solution similar to something more complete that was previously presented at EuroPython. Has anyone any thoughts about improving such matters in advance of this year's conference? Paul [1] http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyCon2006/Feedback _______________________________________________ EuroPython mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython
