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 ;)

Comments

Why moving every year is a BAD idea.

[doublem]

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.

Newsflash - Debian does Dallas!

[heironymouscoward]

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.

LinuxWorld moving to from NY to Boston?

[WIAKywbfatw]

Yeah, like that's a fair trade for Babe Ruth and almost a century of pain.