[osol-mktg] OpenSolaris Developers Conf

[Laura Ramsey]

Hi All:

There is tremendous interest in hosting a developer conference!  In 
addition to this thread and all the great ideas here, I've also heard 
the Solaris group is interested (and of course would be essential to 
making it happen with us...) and the Sun Developer Network team is 
interested.

One key theme that *.* agrees with is that 24 months is much too long to 
go between developer conferences in the US. The last SunNetWork was held 
in SF 2 years ago last Sept. And while there have been several 
successful developer oriented events internationally, they have had a 
Java Focus, or an implementation level focus (e.g. web services 
deployment as opposed to solid kernel or Solaris platform development). 
It's agreed we are overdue for an event specifically aimed at Solaris 
Developers, and timing is good to start the ball with OpenSolaris 
momentum being so strong. 

Our challenge will be to keep the format in line with You guy's (bad 
grammar!) line of thought, or that fantastic Linux agenda Glynn 
forwarded around...and resisting the overwhelming urge to reincarnate 
the SunNetWork extravaganza.

Couple of interesting ways to go--what's your reaction?

1--Solaris/OpenSolaris  Developer Conference--BLEEDING EDGE Solaris 
based technologies from developers, venue aimed at the higher end 
advanced developer, focus on Solaris / OpenSolaris development issues.   
2-3-days--keynotes at a minimum...Tutorials, hands on sessions, and BoFs 
would be the sweetspot of the agenda. (Like Glynn's example from 
australia...so cool!)  With this scope, we could expect to draw at least 
2,500 attendees, and if we opened the event up to sponsorships and 
coordinated promotions, we could get as many as 5,000.  Registration 
fees would be minimal (Cost of event/production)

1a--Hosting the above format as a feature track at JavaOne, or ETech, or 
OSCON (Note--that means waiting a long time to hold this event!)

2--"Open Mic" Developer Conference--venue aimed at Open Source 
developers only. Showcase all Sun's open source projects, featuring 
OpenSolaris and Solaris development issues. 2-days--keynotes at a 
minimum...tutorials, hands on sessions and BoFs would be sweetspot of 
the agenda. (Like Glynn's example from australia...) With this scope, we 
could probably expect to draw 1,500 attendees, and if we opened the 
event up to sponsorships and coordinated promotions, we could get as 
many as 2,000. NOTE--THIS COULD BE A FREE EVENT TO BE REALLY COMPELLING!

2a--hosting the above format as a Solaris kernel "pure oxygen" approach 
like Jim has suggested  (No Signs, lots of code!)


Timing:  Early March 2006 (so we don't collide with  JavaOne juggernaut...)

What do we think?

LKR



Claire Giordano wrote:

> I'm sure Laura Ramsey will chime in once she sees this thread tomorrow 
> morning - it's nighttime where she is!
>
> I've just asked Laura to spend time in August talking with folks in 
> the community and around Sun to collect input and ideas for an 
> OpenSolaris conference.  There's lots to figure out - is it just for 
> developers or for both developers and users, for example? It is 
> strictly OpenSolaris or does it embrace the many Solaris developers 
> (who perhaps haven't mosied over to opensolaris.org yet, but will/may 
> later)?
>
> I think having a conference is a *great* idea.  Especially one that is 
> "open" - where anybody interested can register and attend the 
> conference.  And it's definitely time to start the planning and 
> logistics, which is why I've asked Laura to get the conversation 
> rolling...
>
> Claire
>
> Rich Teer wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, Glynn Foster wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I'm just wondering - is there any plans in the pipeline for an
>>> OpenSolaris Developers Conference? I seem to remember an annual 
>>> internal
>>
>>
>>
>> I've had plans to try to arrange one on back burner for a while
>> now (since last NOvember's ApacheCon, to be precise), and I think
>> it would be a GREAT idea.  I even registered a domain that I think
>> would be suitable: SolarisCon.com.
>>
>>
>>> Software Developer Conference which seems like the ideal opportunity 
>>> for
>>> getting people together to brainstorm for the next couple of months -
>>> along with the added bonus of being able to open it up to everyone
>>> interested in opensolaris.org. Rocking! :)
>>
>>
>>
>> Agreed, although I would also include "Solaris" in addition to 
>> OpenSOlaris.
>>


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