Re: Re: Bang!Linux 2001 March 05-07 a rip off ? -The real facts

[archan <devrootp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

thanks John for ur sensible reply and hope that we will have nice
session at bangLinux...

archan
devrootp@xxxxxxxxxxx

Nagendra wrote:
> 
> thanks for the info and filling in all blanks which we were wondering...
> 
> All we were asking was to reduce the price selectively and not that
> everybody should pay less, as paying 9.5K a delegate of a linux company
> is nothing(ex: a guy from linuxsol/exocore/freeos/etc) but it really
> hurts the individual developers and students who are/will be the most
> interested and knowledgeable participants(ex : think of a person getting
> paid around 20K/m giving away 3 days of leave + 50% of his monthly pay
> for the conf and that too he is not a commercial linux developer
> finally).
> 
> Anyway I think I will attend it at this level on one of the three days
> thanks to the cost reduction.
> 
> ----
> Virtually yours,
> Nagendra
> 
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> 
> jf_wroxindia wrote:
> >
> > Wow...Open Source...conferences...stress.
> > I've got to interrupt on this thread just to inject some facts
> > Firstly, BangLinux this year *was* expensive. Last year, I had (correction,
> > my CEO) to write cheque for USD$70k+ to dig out the costs of
> > BangLinux2000. With the plan for this year ...we simply had to put prices
> > up to cover our - -ses. Well, since then, I've had a heap of LUG guys and
> > others saying that it's too steep. So, in the past 10 days I have been
> > around the sponsors once more, and got some new people into the
> > bargain and upset them all by pleading poverty and bombing their mobiles
> > every morning. That, together with more cash from my CEO means I can
> > get the price down to something more digestible. You'll see
> > announcements going out on the newsletter today and changes on the
> > banglinux.com website. Prices are now 2250 for day, 5,400 for the 3
> > days. I don't think there's any juice left in budgets to go further ...if we
> > do
> > make a few paise , at that new rate, then rest assured I'll donate it to the
> > Earthquake fund or to a deserving Open Source project.
> >
> > BangLinux doesn't make profits (that'll be the day :-)  it was started by us
> > to inject a different focus into the nascent Indian Open Source community,
> > get a bit of Wrox publicity and generally get the ball rolling (with help
> > from,
> > the then healthy, Suse) I want everyone to realise that it should be as
> > much about other Open Source efforts (PHP,GNOME etc) as the OS ...
> > and, also, that it starts to address Linux usage in active businesses as
> > well as in Universities etc.
> >
> > As usual, the fees from other Exhibitors means we can give a free booth
> > to LUG(s). BLUG always end up hosting ...so it would be good if
> > Chennai/Mysore and I hope Puna could chock in with some show of
> > bodies this time around.
> >
> > In answer to a few points:
> > 1. If anyone can genuinely get an all-in break in Goa for Rs9500 - give me
> >  the name of the agent. My kids don't get much seaside in Bangalore
> > 2. >STUPID M$ like corporate promo
> >      It's not that, I think that's plain ...if I could get Bill to pay the
> > entry fee for
> > everyone, I would though.
> > 3. >mails from Linux businesses to Linux fans
> >      I don't control the politics of who sends the to best list etc. etc. I
> > just bust
> > my - - - - - trying to get a good thing flying. If anyone wants to encourage
> > attendance in a positive way - and can do it better, then please do so.
> >
> > That's my 2 paise-worth. The gig is on, the arguments will fly, the speakers
> >  will speak, the lunch will be better. I hope some of the people on this
> > thread come along and give me their opinion personally on how I should
> > do things in the future.
> > John Franklin - GM, WroxIndia
> >
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