Kern Sibbald wrote:
Hello Arno,
This is an interesting proposal. I might be interested in giving such a
presentation if no one else is interested. My concerns are:
- I have never attended such a conference, so it would be very
difficult to give a presentation not having previously attended to
know the style and quality they expect.
- It takes quite a long time for me to prepare for such a presentation,
especially one of 40 minutes. I'm wondering if it would justify the
time taken from programming.
As you can see, I am a bit reluctant to give such a presentation. However, I
think it would be worth while to attend, if not to give a presentation, at
least to inform myself for giving one at a future conference.
On Wednesday 25 May 2005 13:32, Arno Lehmann wrote:
Hello,
I just learned that the Linux-Kongress 2005 will take place in Hamburg:
12th International Linux System Technology Conference
October 11-14, 2005 at University of Hamburg, Germany
They have a call for papers - is anyone interested in presenting bacula
there?
This might be a good opportunity to present our most favoured :-) backup
program to an increasing community...
Arno
If you do prepare a presentation, then please consider presenting it at
FOSDEM (http://www.fosdem.org/2005) in Brussels too. It is organized
every year during a weekend towards the end of February. It is a
conference for developers, altough many people simply interested by free
software come there, of course. There is the potential to reach more
than a thousand people with an interest in free software. There are
usually three tracks, so not everybody will be listening to your story,
but I think it's worthwhile. Maybe it makes more sense to prepare a talk
if you give it at more than one place. As far as time away from
development goes, if Bacula gets known to and used by a wider public,
especially one of developers and long time Linux users and tweakers,
there is a good chance that more people will become interested in
contributing to the development. So, I guess, I'm trying to say that it
would make a good investment.
Concerning the contents of the talk: you're the expert, you can't go
wrong. I think what is needed is to talk about the possibilites and the
features of the software. I don't think a demo is necessary. On a
conference where there are developers a roadmap for what you want to
implement for the future and an invitation to help would be appropriate.
During the summer (second week of July) there is also a meeting in
Dijon, France (http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/sections). I'll
probably be going there as well. Maybe that's a good place to get a feel
for the style and the quality expected... and I don't think it's very
far away from Switzerland. It's also a great place to meet lots of
people with an interest in free software and sometimes to exchange tips,
know-how, or to discuss best practices etc.
If you do the talk at Hamburg, I'll add that conference to the list of
conferences I'm going to attend. :-)
Jo
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