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Spurned O'Reilly 'Foo' Camp Attendees Create 'Bar'

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the foo-vs-bar-gets-foobar'd dept.

theodp writes "CNET reports on this weekend's Bar Camp, an open-source alternative to O'Reilly Media's A-List Foo Camp, which CEO Tim O'Reilly explains employs a "Bozo filter" to exclude undesirable attendees.

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  1. Re:Alternatives by Seumas · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think this is hilarious.

    How bad does it have to make all these dorks feel that they were outcast by a conference full of outcasts?! Not being accepted to attend the Foo camp thing has to be a lot like being shoved into your locker in highschool.... by the captain of the chess team.