>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin King >Sent: Monday, 20 March 2006 1:41 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [U2] Spectrum conference > >Personally, I'd love to see several different events, like maybe: > >* A BASIC-only competition - compiler and editor only. >* A web solution - whatever it takes to deploy a specific web >scenario. >* A reporting solution - flexibility in getting information out. >* A freestyle competition (for anybody with any configuration) >* A business strategy competition. > >I'm sure given enough thought this community could all come up with a >whole bunch of other events. More importantly, with such an extensive >competition I'm sure we could all learn a great deal to improve our >respective companies and careers. [Ross Ferris]
Quite a few categories there - hopefully not all on at the same time (YOU would be tired :-) The big question remains "would people contest"? May be "interesting" to judge things like "business strategy" - sounds more like a value-add consulting gig. Like you, I've thrown some suggestions to Nathan & Co, but certainly one of the questions that needs to be answered & understood is exactly what IS the desired outcome of the event, and will it help bring people TO the show (which would always have to be a motivator for the organizers I would think) > >Of course, then there's the issue of the prize. I'm sure Spectrum >won't want to be setting buckets of cash on fire with this thing, so >that's certain to be a concern. Frankly, I'd compete without a >payout, because - at least to me - the educational value is a lot more >valuable. What about you? Would you compete if there wasn't a >payout? [Ross Ferris] Absolutely! Personally I think a $2 trophy would last longer - I visited Jamie Murray last year & note he still has his "Programme" trophy for CueBic on display! Of course, we are still playing in a small pond - I was reading today about the guy who put up the money for the challenge to get an Intel MAC to be able to boot WinXP (no virtualization) --> I think it was something like $18K. One "goal" of a competition like this should be to be able to use the results (or the comp) to attract "new blood", beyond what we already have in the jean-pool today (no, it ISN'T a typo!) - but I don't see how this can happen (and that is even assuming my "goal" is legitimate) <snip from another KK post> >frankly I for one am immensely tired of what has turned into a slight of my >abilities, like somehow I couldn't have possibly won without the tools I >used? (Those who have said such things know who you are.) Kevin, perhaps the fact that these people DIDN'T sign up for the comp this year (I hope!?!) says it all. I (obviously?) don't see anything wrong with tools (some may even remember when BASIC was "the tool!"?) - you could give me Picasso's paint brush and I still would paint like crap (hmmm, maybe not the best metaphor, as some would argue he couldn't paint either :-) Hope to see you next year! Ross Ferris Stamina Software Visage > Better by Design! ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
