Hello Nicola,
Thanks a lot for your feedback.
From Bratislava, we currently share at Néréide to organize the travel.
We hope to see you face to face :) .
Nicolas
Le 12/10/2023 à 20:01, Nicola Mazzoni a écrit :
Hi OFBiz users,
I'm returning from Halifax, where the Apache "community over code"
conference just ended.
Some negative notes, compared to last year I think there was less
participants. One of the causes is probably political, given that many
Indian citizens have had problems reaching Canada for the reasons we
know.
However, the atmosphere is always very familiar and pleasant, it is
the third Apachecon for me and I can only confirm that it is a very
enriching experience from a human, cultural and not just strictly
technological point of view.
The speeches were mainly focused on a limited group of projects, so
only a small part of the more than 300 Apache projects were
"represented". To put it very simply: the focus was on big data. This
year there was also visibility for a business-related project (and not
just frameworks for other developers), specifically Fineract which
received many talks and a fair amount of interest. I think that OFBiz
and Fineract are among the few Apache projects not aimed at developers
but "concretely" at business users.
As a result, it was no surprise to me to find that almost none of the
participants I spoke to were familiar with OFBiz; many were unaware of
what an ERP was, being focused on developments of another nature.
In any case, it is an experience that I recommend everyone to have,
even if you cannot have direct feedback on your business. However, it
is an experience that I hope to repeat. Even though I worked on
ERP/business software and not "frameworks" or "big data", I had the
opportunity to learn about new projects and understand the trends of
certain technologies. This certainly helps me to "see from above" and
to have a different approach to certain problems that I encounter in
my professional life. Sorry if my English is poor, but it seemed right
to me to give a little feedback to the OFBiz community as I am the
only OFBiz committer present (excluding my colleague Giulio Speri).
I hope to meet many of you in Bratislava for the 2024 "community over
code" EU conference.
Best
Nicola
