I could do this, potentially. I'd have to do this privately, rather than as a Forrester employee (which is fine).
Unfortunately, I'm not too sure what we could propose that would fit in with the "cloud" theme. Would a generic wiki/JSR-170 presentation be ok? Andrew On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:33 AM, Janne Jalkanen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Interest, yes. But for me that involves travel to the US, which is too much > pain these days. Would so much rather go to ApacheCon EU... > > Andrew? Your country ;-) > > /Janne > > On Apr 30, 2010, at 09:27 , Siegfried Goeschl wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> anyone interested out there? I'm pretty sure that JSPWiki and its future >> development are of general interest and having an ApacheCon presentation on >> the resume might be of your personal interest ... :-) >> >> Cheers, >> >> Siegfried Goeschl >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Call for Participation: Technical Talks -- ApacheCon North >> America 2010 >> Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:48:57 -0700 (PDT) >> From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> >> ApacheCon North America 2010 >> 1-5 November 2010 -- Westin Peachtree in Atlanta >> >> Technical Tracks: Call For Participation >> All submissions must be received by Friday, 28 May 2010 at midnight >> Pacific Time. >> The official conference, trainings, and expo of The Apache Software >> Foundation (ASF) returns to Atlanta this November, with dozens of technical, >> business, and community-focused sessions at the beginner, intermediate, and >> advanced levels. >> >> Over the past decade, the ASF has gone from strength to strength, >> developing and shepherding nearly 150 Top-Level Projects and new initiatives >> in the Apache Incubator and Labs. 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