On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Stas Bekman wrote:
> First of all, why holding yet another conference, the answer is
> simple, we want mod_perl to be in the center of the event and not a
> side project. Think about Perl Conference -- mod_perl is just a little
> part of the Apache track. Think about ApacheCon -- mod_perl is again
> just a drop in a ocean.
>
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> The rest are full tracks dedicated for each technology, so if I want
> to learn mod_perl I'd spend all the days listening to mod_perl
> speakers so when the conference is over I'll go back with a bag full
> of tricks and a very good push to get me going when I'll start coding
> myself. Having a dedicated track will allow to provide all the
> information that generally being skipped due to the lack of time.
>
I like the idea of mod_perl being the center of attention. There are
aspects of mod_perl in which I am very weak. I'm wondering if this will
fit the bill, though.
In this scenario, we will have a conference with only partial interest in
mod_perl. With all of these other technologies, we will be able to bring
in funding and support from some big names (possibly Sun, Allaire, etc),
but we still only have a small piece of the pie. We will have, in effect,
a cluster of conferences. Also, we will need space for each and every
faction attending (a mod_perl conference room, a Cold Fusion conference
room, a Java area, etc).
Is this feasible? Will this solve the problem? I don't imagine a large
amount of cooperation from competing vendors.
Rebuttal?
J. J. Horner
Linux, Apache, Perl, Unix, Stronghold
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