Re: [Fwd: [Foundations] EuroOSCON .org day]

[Marcus Bauer <marcus bauer gmail com>]

On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 17:44 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Dave Neary">
>
> > EurOSCon is reserving place for free software projects to present in
> > Amsterdam this year - is there any interest in a GNOME stand there?

Amsterdam just sounds cool, but isn't it in Brussels? :^)

> > My initial feeling is "no" - from what I've seen, the OSCons aren't
> > particularly desktop oriented, or necessarily free *nix oriented.
>
> In the past, I would have agreed, but having just returned from OSCON in the
> USA, and seen the massive shift in OS X vs. Ubuntu there, I think it would
> have made a lot of sense to have a GNOME presence. EuroOSCON is different
> again in that it has a much more European slant - there are a lot more Linux
> users in the crowd than at OSCON in the USA. I think it would be worthwhile
> showing off what we're doing at EuroOSCON.

I have time and could take care of the Organisation. I checked on
live.gnome.org for the Eventbox and it is available during the event. Is
there a LUG in Brussels to get more people to man the stand?

What are the further proceedings? Shall I contact O'Reilly on behalf of
GNOME?

Marcus