In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bruce Eckel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If the following seems unnecessarily harsh, it was even more harsh for ..... As a relative noob to the Python world, (and lurker to the list :) ) I can't speak to differences from previous years. However, my impressions as a first-timer are much in alignment with you Bruce. Many lightening talk seemed to me to be more about recruiting than selling though. Whereas I might have been discovering a vendor for the first time in a lightening talk, it wasn't a particularly good use of my time here. I'll FIND the commercial vendor, because, if they have a good product, word will get around, aided by their web presence, and formidable advertising budget. On the other hand, bleeding edge use of Python in a lab on a distant continent (just for example) is going to be much harder to both discover, much less get the added bonus of face-to-face time with the developer! That said, I thank the organizers, and welcome the new friendships made at this event, and hope like hell I can come next year!! Alaric -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
