The call to support the Apache Foundation is great; and a very good reminder for us all. In case it was not clarified to others reading this; I thought it should be clarified that Apache does not accept donations for any specific project. However, the Apache Flex project makes use of quite a bit of Apache architecture so any donations to the Apache foundation will, indirectly, help Apache Flex.
That said.. On 4/15/2014 12:17 AM, Alex Harui wrote:
And there is a similar need for a change in the economics for the 360|Flex conference. It will likely continue to be the only Flex-only conference and one of the few times you can discuss things with me in person. If you can't attend, and just want to watch the session videos, you might want to donate some money to the conference organizer to help offset his costs.
I love John to death; and have enjoyed my visits to various 360 conference events. However I think 'donation' is the wrong word here. I would never rally people to donate money to a for-profit business.
It is up to the "For-profit-business" to figure out how to deliver the services that people want at an price point they are willing to pay.
If you want to support 360|Flex / 360|Conferences then buy a ticket. Obligatory link so folks can register if they wish: http://www.360flex.com/
To continue to motivate the conference organizer to host these conferences, it is best to actually attend.
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This year, I'm only doing one session on FlexJS so I should have time to discuss it or any other Flex thing before or after. If you need to justify the cost to your manager, not only will you learn about FlexJS and how it might protect your current investment in Flex, but I am going to reserve some time slots for folks to sign up to have me try to help them with whatever nasty Flex problem you might have.
I will be giving a presentation on AngularJS for Flex Developers; on one of the few "non-Flex" talks at the conference.
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