On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 12:17:32PM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote: > As one of the 200+ developers in the USA I don't feel it should be > avoided and I feel quite out in the cold most of the time when these > conferences come around because I don't have the funds to go elsewhere. > I don't see any problem with having conferences in the USA, or other > places for that matter, provided there are enough people who will go to > warrent it and there is someone willing to sponsor it. Lots of people > might not be willing to go to the USA for political reasons, probably > more would find it cost prohibitive. The same is true for conferences > outside the USA, I'm sure quite a few developers find that cost > prohibitive too, and I imagine there are USA developers who dislike the > actions of other countries and would avoid conferences there too. This > doesn't mean we shouldn't have any conferences.
exactly. Michael
