On 12/10/2012 05:14 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:
Hey,
On 07.12.2012 19:50, Robert Schweikert wrote:
On 12/06/2012 10:19 AM, Vincent Untz wrote:
our openSUSE presence should happen during SUSECon (as part of it?) to decrease the amount of work needed for the organization.
Yes, I think we should have an openSUSE Summit in a similar format to this years event. Having a booth at SUSECon would be great, but I would not intermingle the content, i.e. have an openSUSE track at SUSECon. I think we would be well served to have a "separate" event even if it does immediately follow SUSECon.
Can you elaborate why?
I can try, please excuse me if this turns out to be rather lengthy. The focus between SUSECon and the openSUSE Summit was (and probably will be for the next event) very different. SUSECon is/was intensely focused on existing and potentially new customers for SUSE Linux Enterprise and the content and schedule was tailored for this target. The openSUSE Summit was focused around community building and getting the word out about openSUSE. I can see potential drawbacks should the events be "merged": - In a merged event that has paying and non paying participants one is inevitably bound to have separate events, if any for the non paying participants, and thus lines of segregation are drawn. Such lines lead inevitably to mixed feelings that are usually expressed in statements that include "second class", "lesser value" and others. - The different foci of the conferences, as mentioned above, brings about a different atmosphere. Generally the atmosphere is such that the target audience "moves within their comfort zone". Right, wrong, or indifferent, a person having to look after the IT infrastructure for a bank may not necessarily be comfortable talking about product and infrastructure needs while knowing that there are a significant number of people present that are probably "not like minded". - Timing may also be an issue. For many people that volunteer and are interested in an openSUSE event it may be difficult to free up time during the week to attend an event. AT the same time most business people will not be interested in spending their weekend at a conference. Although, IOD is one conference I know off that generally starts on a Sunday and this does not take away from the number of people that are there for day 1. A lot shorter than I thought it might turn out. Later, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rjschwei@suse.com rschweik@ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org