I've been looking at the Cassandra, Couch DB, Hadoop offerings at Apache Con in Atlanta http://na.apachecon.com/c/acna2010/schedule/grid.
Aside from the social aspect does anyone have an idea of how valuable these events are? I've got a reasonable view of Cassandra from the outside, and a very rough idea of the internals. I've not attended before, and am keen to learn as much as I can about cassandra. But flying in from New Zealand will cost more than twice the price of the event. So I want to make sure I'm spending my pennies well. Cheers Aaron
