2009/10/22 Ross Gardler :
> There has, to date, not been a single use of the academic discount
> code for ApacheCon. If you care about this then come to our BarCamp
> session on community outreach at ApacheCon -
> http://barcamp.org/BarCampApache
I'm at the Google Summer of Code mentor summit. I a
2009/10/22 Jeffery Painter :
>
> Well, the conference is during a week while most of us are in class. That
> may be one of the major factors influencing the lack of academic
> registrations.
That counts for students and some lecturers, I agree. I wouldn't
expect students to
attend at cost anyway.
I received an response privately, which said I could repurpose the
content anonymously, so here it is, unedited:
"I think there's another general reason academics don't participate.
I'll call it "reputation protection." The PI has worked a career to
establish themselves as an "expert" and then fi
Well, the conference is during a week while most of us are in class. That
may be one of the major factors influencing the lack of academic
registrations.
--
Jeffery Painter
> There has, to date, not been a single use of the academic discount
> code for ApacheCon. If you care about this then com
There has, to date, not been a single use of the academic discount
code for ApacheCon. If you care about this then come to our BarCamp
session on community outreach at ApacheCon -
http://barcamp.org/BarCampApache
On the one hand the lack of academic registrations surprises me -
there are many unis
