Hi Andreas, your two cents are appreciated. For some reason, over the past few months, interest in SVG has shifted substanially from Europe/Asia to the US: I closely monitor calls to SVG-oriented sites. I guess it's the mobile market...whatever. Therefore, it is my typically insensitive, not very humble, but usually correct conclusion, that SVG is going to experience a geometric growth in US interest. If, and when, that occurs, SVG will be launched. No doubt about it. Silicon Valley and its cohorts may take SVG to heights you cannot yet imagine.
Just my million euros, Francis P.S. You guys are doing a good job, sorry for any insults. --- In [email protected], "Andreas Neumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Francis, > > it was the original plan to have the SVG.Open 2006 conference in the US. I approached > Michael Bolger about investigating the possibility to have it somewhere in California. > Finally, we (including Michael), decided that it would be best to have it in Victoria. Besides > Michael Bolger no other US SVG developer stepped up or volunteered for organizing > SVG.Open in the US. Currently, it seems that the US market is not too interested to take a > leadership in the SVG development. It is also a clear fact that the European (and partially > the Asian) market is much more interested in open standards and open source technology. > > The timing of your message is a bit badly chosen, if you are really interested in a 2006 > conference. Usually, we try to have an organizer for an upcoming conference more than > one year in advance. A potential organizer for future conferences should also have > attended at least one of the previous SVG.Open conferences to get involved with the > community, W3C and SVG companies. > > As to 2007: in the past we had the conference rotate around the world: Europe, North- > America, Asia, Europe. 2006 will be North-America. Its not a written law that 2007 has to > be in Asia, but Asia is certainly in the pole-position for 2007. South-Korea or Taiwan or > Australia might be potential candidates. The asian mobile market is traditionally at least a > year ahead of the European mobile market which is usually ahead of the US mobile market. > > Finally, I think the general tone of your mail is a little bit insulting. Certainly, we are aware > of US SVG companies (Adobe started with SVG development) and there a bunch of very > active and fine SVG developers in the US. It is just a matter of volunteering and > approaching the SVG.Open people at the correct time ... > > It is also a bit shortsighted to see the US always as the center of the universe and all > technological development. Certainly, the US plays an important role in technical > development, but there are many other countries who are important and successful as > innovators as well. Some of the US people might well be better off being a bit more open- > minded and learn and collaborate from/with other countries. > > Just my two cents, > Andreas > > > --- In [email protected], "Francis Hemsher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I think it is extremely foolish of the SVG powers-that-are to > > continually ignore the US to host its open. Do you think we are a bunch > > of unaware SVGers? If so, you are much un-informed, and offer an insult > > to your best market. I don't understand this hesitancy on your part? > > Are you afraid the the US market will take away your control of a > > currently weak SVG presentation? You're probably right. Do you want SVG > > to succeed, or would you rather it continue to meander in the limbo of > > its present existence? > > > > Francis ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/1U_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
