I apologize posing it to user. Sorry. Forgot about General
Thanks J-D James. On 2011-03-29, at 11:33 AM, Jean-Daniel Cryans wrote: > (moving to general@ since this is not a question regarding the usage > of the hadoop commons, which I BCC'd) > > I moved from Montreal to SF a year and a half ago because I saw two > things 1) companies weren't interested (they are still trying to get > rid of COBOL or worse) or didn't have the data to use Hadoop (not > enough big companies) and 2) the universities were either uninterested > or just amused by this "new comer". I know of one company that really > does cool stuff with Hadoop in Montreal and it's Hopper > (www.hopper.travel, they are still in closed alpha AFAIK) who also > organized hackreduce.org last weekend. This is what their CEO has to > say to the question "Is there something you would do differently now > if you would start it over?": > > Move to the Valley. > > (see the rest here > http://nextmontreal.com/product-market-fit-hopper-travel-fred-lalonde/) > > I'm sure there are a lot of other companies that are either > considering using or already using Hadoop to some extent in Canada > but, like anything else, only a portion of them are interested in > talking about it or even organizing an event. > > I would actually love to see something getting organized and I'd be on > the first plane to Y**, but I'm afraid that to achieve any sort of > critical mass you'd have to fly in people from all the provinces. Air > Canada becomes a SPOF :P > > Now that I think about it, there's probably enough Canucks around here > that use Hadoop that we could have our own little user group. If you > want to have a nice vacation and geek out with us, feel free to stop > by and say hi. > > </rant> > > J-D > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 6:21 AM, James Seigel <ja...@tynt.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> You might remember me from a couple of weeks back asking if there were any >> Calgary people interested in a “meetup” about #bigdata or using hadoop. >> Well, I’ve expanded my search a little to see if any of my Canadian brothers >> and sisters are using the elephant for good or for evil. It might be harder >> to grab coffee, but it would be fun to see where everyone is. >> >> Shout out if you’d like or ping me, I think it’d be fun to chat! >> >> Cheers >> James Seigel >> Captain Hammer at Tynt.com
