On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 02:27:17PM +1000, Philip Greggs wrote: > Extreme examples are codefests in Wollongong in recent times. If you > remember or check the Archives, it was announced only Debian installs will > be done.
1) Installfest, not codefest
2) Ubuntu, not Debian
3) It was only for UoW students, it wasn't a general-attendence event
4) It had a very specific intended outcome (which, IMO, contributed
significantly to it's success), which was predicated on using the
distribution that was chosen
5) It wasn't a SLUG-organised event, it was put together by the South Coast
Linux User's Group, with the much-appreciated assistance of
dedicated SLUGgers.
6) If you'd like to find a University local to you that uses your distro of
choice and run a similar event, go nuts. I think that
focused-outcome events like the SCLUG/UoW Installfests are
incredibly valuable for helping to build the community in particular
ways.
I'll add that, right at the outset of planning the first SCLUG/UoW
installfest, the decision was made to use whatever distro the UoW CS
department was using -- this was *before* I found out that the department
had switched from using RedHat to Debian since I had left. Hence, I was
*expecting* to have a RedHat-only installfest.
Would you have made the same comment as that quoted above if the event had
been $YOUR_DISTRO_OF_CHOICE-only?
- Matt
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