Well, remember that the Python conference wasn't a...
Bruce Eckel · 2009-03-31T15:42:00
Well, remember that the Python conference wasn't always this way. In the early days, we had that expensive conference-organizing company that always complained they were losing money and yet were always willing to do it the following year. And the registration fees were so high very few could afford it. Fortunately we stopped doing that and changed to this system, which is vastly better all around.
That was the whole idea behind starting PyCon. I o...
Steve · 2009-03-31T16:28:00
That was the whole idea behind starting PyCon. I only went to one IPC, and it wasn't hard to see that a lot of people from the Python world wouldn't be able to afford it. So I posted on the conferences mailing list saying I thought the community could do better on its own, and it turned out to be true.
Well, remember that the Python conference wasn't a...
Bruce Eckel · 2009-03-31T15:42:00
Well, remember that the Python conference wasn't always this way. In the early days, we had that expensive conference-organizing company that always complained they were losing money and yet were always willing to do it the following year. And the registration fees were so high very few could afford it. Fortunately we stopped doing that and changed to this system, which is vastly better all around.That was the whole idea behind starting PyCon. I o...
Steve · 2009-03-31T16:28:00
That was the whole idea behind starting PyCon. I only went to one IPC, and it wasn't hard to see that a lot of people from the Python world wouldn't be able to afford it. So I posted on the conferences mailing list saying I thought the community could do better on its own, and it turned out to be true.Page 1 of 1
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