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Rethinking linux.conf.au

Rethinking linux.conf.au

Posted Sep 1, 2012 6:15 UTC (Sat) by speedster1 (subscriber, #8143)
In reply to: Rethinking linux.conf.au by dlang
Parent article: Rethinking linux.conf.au

> disclaimer, I am part of the volunteer staff that puts on SCaLE
>
>> Even a city as nice as Ottawa gets a little tiresome after several years in a row
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> are people attending the conference to see the conference content, or to see the city?
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>This seems like the least important reason to pick a location, especially for a FOSS conference.

As an attendee of every SCaLE thus far, that was my first thought as well.

LA is *not* a place I enjoy visiting, but it is a very practical conference location in that there are plenty of nearby LUGs, schools, and universities with interested people plus LAX is a major international airport for convenience of non-local speakers and attendees.


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