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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. Alternatives by gbulmash · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Why does this article make me think of the old saying: "I wouldn't belong to any club that would have me as a member"?

    Then again, alternative events (not "alternative" in the sense of the label given to certain rock bands, but actually created as an alternative to a more exclusive event) sometimes do develop into something worthwhile. First one that comes to mind is the Sundance Film Festival alternative, Slamdance.

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  2. Headline... by Infinityis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe a catchier headline would've been:

    Foo 2 Bar Bozo

  3. Mr. T by Infinityis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Didn't get an invite to the latest camp? I pity the Foo...

    1. Re:Mr. T by dj245 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I got this in my RSS feed with the headline Does O'Reilly have a smelly crotch?

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  4. Good for everyone, surely? by Paul+Crowley · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's OK for Tim O'Reilly to invite who he likes, and it's a very difficult thing to do. Far from creating a rival camp being a bitter and evil thing to do, it's an extremely constructive and positive response, and it could mean that there are two creative geek hothouse conferences where before there was one. Let a thousand flowers bloom!

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  5. From TFA by Nuclear+Elephant · · Score: 4, Funny

    You have to understand the objectives of the event.

    Well sure with names like Foo Camp and Bar Camp, who wouldn't be able to pick up on that.

  6. Re:Scott Adams should sue... by gandreas · · Score: 5, Informative

    Or maybe not, since when the Macintosh was released, files with their "Bozo bits" (one of a handful of flags a file could have) would be copy protected (and couldn't be copied in the Finder). It was so called because "only a bozo would rely on this for real copy protection" (since nothing prevented them from being turned off)

  7. My task is now clear... by Foobar+of+Borg · · Score: 4, Funny
    Spurned O'Reilly 'Foo' Camp Attendees Create 'Bar'

    My task is now clear. I will have to assimilate them! Their resistance is futile!

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  8. Haha, loser! by Russ+Nelson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Haha, loser! It's speled "spel", not "spell". You need to get a speling checkre.
    -russ

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