Re: Small report from ASF Conference
Hello Nicola, Thanks a lot for your feedback. From Bratislava, we currently share at Néréide to organize the travel. We hope to see you face to face :) . Nicolas Le 12/10/2023 à 20:01, Nicola Mazzoni a écrit : Hi OFBiz users, I'm returning from Halifax, where the Apache "community over code" conference just ended. Some negative notes, compared to last year I think there was less participants. One of the causes is probably political, given that many Indian citizens have had problems reaching Canada for the reasons we know. However, the atmosphere is always very familiar and pleasant, it is the third Apachecon for me and I can only confirm that it is a very enriching experience from a human, cultural and not just strictly technological point of view. The speeches were mainly focused on a limited group of projects, so only a small part of the more than 300 Apache projects were "represented". To put it very simply: the focus was on big data. This year there was also visibility for a business-related project (and not just frameworks for other developers), specifically Fineract which received many talks and a fair amount of interest. I think that OFBiz and Fineract are among the few Apache projects not aimed at developers but "concretely" at business users. As a result, it was no surprise to me to find that almost none of the participants I spoke to were familiar with OFBiz; many were unaware of what an ERP was, being focused on developments of another nature. In any case, it is an experience that I recommend everyone to have, even if you cannot have direct feedback on your business. However, it is an experience that I hope to repeat. Even though I worked on ERP/business software and not "frameworks" or "big data", I had the opportunity to learn about new projects and understand the trends of certain technologies. This certainly helps me to "see from above" and to have a different approach to certain problems that I encounter in my professional life. Sorry if my English is poor, but it seemed right to me to give a little feedback to the OFBiz community as I am the only OFBiz committer present (excluding my colleague Giulio Speri). I hope to meet many of you in Bratislava for the 2024 "community over code" EU conference. Best Nicola
Re: Small report from ASF Conference
Hi Nicola, Thanks for your report. Also, I allow myself, as a non English mother tongue speaker, to say that your English is, at least for me, excellent :) Cheers Jacques Le 12/10/2023 à 20:01, Nicola Mazzoni a écrit : Hi OFBiz users, I'm returning from Halifax, where the Apache "community over code" conference just ended. Some negative notes, compared to last year I think there was less participants. One of the causes is probably political, given that many Indian citizens have had problems reaching Canada for the reasons we know. However, the atmosphere is always very familiar and pleasant, it is the third Apachecon for me and I can only confirm that it is a very enriching experience from a human, cultural and not just strictly technological point of view. The speeches were mainly focused on a limited group of projects, so only a small part of the more than 300 Apache projects were "represented". To put it very simply: the focus was on big data. This year there was also visibility for a business-related project (and not just frameworks for other developers), specifically Fineract which received many talks and a fair amount of interest. I think that OFBiz and Fineract are among the few Apache projects not aimed at developers but "concretely" at business users. As a result, it was no surprise to me to find that almost none of the participants I spoke to were familiar with OFBiz; many were unaware of what an ERP was, being focused on developments of another nature. In any case, it is an experience that I recommend everyone to have, even if you cannot have direct feedback on your business. However, it is an experience that I hope to repeat. Even though I worked on ERP/business software and not "frameworks" or "big data", I had the opportunity to learn about new projects and understand the trends of certain technologies. This certainly helps me to "see from above" and to have a different approach to certain problems that I encounter in my professional life. Sorry if my English is poor, but it seemed right to me to give a little feedback to the OFBiz community as I am the only OFBiz committer present (excluding my colleague Giulio Speri). I hope to meet many of you in Bratislava for the 2024 "community over code" EU conference. Best Nicola
Small report from ASF Conference
Hi OFBiz users, I'm returning from Halifax, where the Apache "community over code" conference just ended. Some negative notes, compared to last year I think there was less participants. One of the causes is probably political, given that many Indian citizens have had problems reaching Canada for the reasons we know. However, the atmosphere is always very familiar and pleasant, it is the third Apachecon for me and I can only confirm that it is a very enriching experience from a human, cultural and not just strictly technological point of view. The speeches were mainly focused on a limited group of projects, so only a small part of the more than 300 Apache projects were "represented". To put it very simply: the focus was on big data. This year there was also visibility for a business-related project (and not just frameworks for other developers), specifically Fineract which received many talks and a fair amount of interest. I think that OFBiz and Fineract are among the few Apache projects not aimed at developers but "concretely" at business users. As a result, it was no surprise to me to find that almost none of the participants I spoke to were familiar with OFBiz; many were unaware of what an ERP was, being focused on developments of another nature. In any case, it is an experience that I recommend everyone to have, even if you cannot have direct feedback on your business. However, it is an experience that I hope to repeat. Even though I worked on ERP/business software and not "frameworks" or "big data", I had the opportunity to learn about new projects and understand the trends of certain technologies. This certainly helps me to "see from above" and to have a different approach to certain problems that I encounter in my professional life. Sorry if my English is poor, but it seemed right to me to give a little feedback to the OFBiz community as I am the only OFBiz committer present (excluding my colleague Giulio Speri). I hope to meet many of you in Bratislava for the 2024 "community over code" EU conference. Best Nicola -- *Nicola Mazzoni* | /CEO/CTO/ Mobile: +39 347 990 5529 *Mp Style srl* Via Meucci, 37 | 41019 Limidi di Soliera (MO) p.i / c.f IT03679300362
