Refocusing LinuxWorld
It may seem a bit weird to start a discussion about the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo (LWCE) so early in the year. After all, it doesn't run until the first week of August.
But the topic came up because a friend of mine in the "biz" IM'ed me yesterday and asked if I was going to attend the Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) coming up towards the end of March out in San Francisco this year. Unfortunately, no such luck, because I really enjoy attend the OSBC. (I'm even in one of their publicity photos; I'm the fat shoulder in the pale green shirt immediately behind the guy standing.)
To me, the OSBC epitomizes what LWCE would be like without the developers and user community in attendance. Now, for sure, there are users and developers that do go to OSBC, but in a far less percentages than attend LWCE. And way, way less than the ratio of developers/users to corporate suit types than a show like the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE). At SCALE, the ratio is flipped, and it's the suits who are in the minority.
For attendees of these conferences, or any follower of the Linux community, these observations are nothing new. What is new is the rest of the conversation with my friend, a guy who's in a pretty good position to advise a lot of open source companies how and where to do business. Surprising me a bit, he said that he was starting to advise several clients and acquaintances that LWCE may no longer be worth their while.
His reason was simple: LWCE is no longer the best place to do face-to-face business. It's a good place still, but not the best place.
Looking back at my recent experiences, I can kind of see his point.
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