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LinuxWorld Moving to Boston
DMCBOSTON writes " LinuxWorld will be at the Hynes Auditorium in Boston, moving from NY in 2005." I'll be doing a Slashdot BOF at what I guess will now be the last New York LinuxWorld at the end of January 2004. I'll be sad to see this show move, as I always enjoy NY immensely, and seek any excuse to go there. Boston is a whole different story ;)
You know Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, and La would be places that would really benifit from having it rotate through? or how about simply Las Vegas?
the rest of the country would like to have it closer once in a while...
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
On the other hand, would it be a good idea to rotate the show among a number of cities in the US and elsewhere?
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Sure, Microsoft's based in Washington, but there are other operating systems found here.
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CmdrTaco is really having problems with using "too" rather than "to" today!
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Seeing that it is NY vs Boston again, here goes...
Nomah is bettah!
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And remember, the so-called "Chinatown bus lines" run between Boston and NYC for $10 a seat (one way). Pretty good if you live in NYC and want to go to Boston for LinuxWorld, but you don't have big $. It's a 4 to 5 hour trip depending on traffic.
Any reason not to have it in Canada. Accomodation is way cheaper than most US cities and Toronto is way cooler than most places (literally :))
My girlfriend is involved in event planning, and it's hard enough to plan an event that takes place in the same venue every year. Just changing the facility and keeping the same city is a headache.
Between the venue's contracts, union woes and all the other issues, you really need people local to the area to avoid being gouged on price at every turn.
Moving to a new city every year is a cute idea, the the expense and the pain is not worth it. For large events, you'd want to be lining up the staff a t least a year and a half in advance.
Hell, I remember my girlfriends telling me about the pain from the last time Arisia tried to change the hotel they use!
Not pretty. Not pretty at all.
"Live Free or Die." Don't like it? Then keep out of the USA
Just in, news that LinuxWorld is forking. Following the Debian development model, LinuxWorld will henceforth be produced in three parallel versions.
LinuxWorld Stable ("Boston") will provide only the most tried and tested packages. We can recommend LinuxWorld Stable aka Boston to all those who need reliability and conformity above all.
Linux World Unstable ("Las Vagas") will provide early access to new packages. We can recommend LinuxWorld LV to those seeking the thrill of the unknown.
Finally, LinuxWorld Experimental ("Silicon Valley") hosts primarily vapourware packages that are best tried before the coke kick wears off. We recommend LinuxWorld SV to all regular users.
End of news flash.
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I do not blame them for moving to Boston, even though it means that I will miss LinuxWorld next year. Let NYC rot in its own greed, I say....
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Come on, you can't tell me that wouldn't beat anything you can see in Boston or NY.
And I live in Boston, BTW.
Yeah, like that's a fair trade for Babe Ruth and almost a century of pain.
"Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue." - David Brent, Wernham Hogg
Parking is easier(believe it or not)
Yes, but in NYC, you don't need a car.
Boston drivers may be insane, but they're reasonably polite. NYC drivers are suicidal- and downright mean.
I've driven in both cities. There's really no difference. And, again, you don't need a car in NYC.
It's safer- crime's a fraction of NYC
Proof? Crime is in fact very low through most of NYC ('cept south Bronx). Last time I was in NYC, I stayed in a hotel in Harlem. Felt perfectly safe, even coming back to my hotel after midnight.
By the time Linuxworld gets here, the Big Dig will be totally done and traffic smooth- and you'll be able to get to Boston downtown from the airport in a matter of maybe 5-10 minutes, and out of the city in 15. Try that in NYC.
I'll give you this one. Then again, I hate Logan Airport. I'd much rather deal with Laguardia or JFK.
Boston/eastern MA is the birthplace of the revolution. 30 minutes out from Boston is Concord, MA- the first major battle in the revolution.
This has to do with... If you really want to push a patriotic angle, well, Statue of Liberty, WTC site. Also where the Federalist Papers were published, and the site of the first presidential innauguration.
Boston actually has charm. NYC has nothing but rudeness, dirt, crime, overpopulation...
Umm, you didn't go anywhere in NYC, did you? There are plenty of charming places: Little Italy, Chinatown, etc.
Where else can you take a tour that's half on land, half on water, SAME vehicle? Hmm?
Museum of Science. Museum of Fine Arts. New England Aquarium. Quincy Market. Fanuel Hall. Old Meetinghouse church.
MOMA, The Met, The Museum of Natural History, the Guggenheim, Central Park, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Empire State Building.
MIT. Harvard. Tufts. BC. BU. Northeastern. In fact, MA as a whole has more colleges than any other state- something like 220 total.
True.
Our subway costs HALF yours. The system may be dirty+unpredictable, but did I mention it costs half?
Like you said, it's dirty and unpredictable. You get what you pay for.
Our mayor doesn't suck. In fact, he gets re-elected. Imagine that. He also doesn't support a police department that beats up minorities and officers that get routinely arrested for drunk driving.
Umm, what? Giuliani wasn't voted out of office. He was inelligible to run because of term limits. Bloomberg hasn't been up for reelection, yet. And every police department beats up minorities. It's true in boston, NYC, and where I am currently (Dallas). It's also true of Cinncinnatti, LA, Philadelphia, and any other big city.
Fact of the matter is, I really like boston. My fiance and I will be either living there, NYC, or Austin (depends on where she goes to grad school). However, there is this insane inferiority complex that a lot of bostonians have with regard to new york. But, NYC isn't for everyone. you have to have a certain toughness and attitude. As my fave t-shirt says, "New York: where the weak are killed and eaten."
Oh, yeah: Red Sox suck. Go Yankees!
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Dont want to rain on your parade, but according to the latest FBI stats, NYs crime rate is considerably lower than Bostons. In some cases half.
The raw numbers are much higher, but then there are almost 16X as many more people in NY.
No-one in their right mind wants to drive in Manhattan, but then no-one really has to, the trains busses and cabs do a pretty good job of getting people around. Sadly they don't serve Javits too well.
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Parking is easier when compared to Mahattan. There is more to NYC than just 1 borough.
I'm sorry, but I think Boston driving is worse than NYC driving, and I've done both. Perhaps this is a matter of opinion, but that is what I think. Also, the last time I drove there, there weren't any lane markers on half the roads...that's just silly! Oh, and to make traffic during rush hour faster they turn all the traffic lights to blinking red/orange lights and I got stuck on the wrong end of that light...
According to recent reports (about 1 week ago) NYC crime rate per population is the lowest of cities larger than 100,000 across the nation. In fact it's dropped over the past 2 years. I'm sorry, but now you're just making things up.
skipping down a few, because I don't feel like listing every historical site in NYC...Boston vs NYC rudeness is a matter of your opinion. I've actually found the people here to be very nice, if you attempt to try to talk to more than one person. Sure people are rude, but that's the case in Middletown USA as well.
Museums, you want me to list em? I guarantee you that there are more in NYC that in Boston.
NYC has the most efficient subway system in the country.
Our mayor doesn't suck either. What else are you supposed to do when you're deal the worst hand in poker? He's given a terrible situation with terrble deficits with businesses wanting to leave, and he's been able to tough it out and generate money for the city. He might not be able to win again, but he was able to do more with his situation, than most politicians would have been able to.
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Now, given your first statement "Ahhh, NYC snobbism", your's is worse because it's hypocritic. Pathetic. You should learn to do as your say before you expect others to.
Oh, and just to be a snob...when was the last time Boston won a World Series
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