[osdevcon-discuss] osdevcon questions

[Dirk Wetter]

Guten Tag Max,

Am 28.02.2008 13:44, max at bruningsystems.com schrieb:
> Hallo Dirk,
> Since I am posting to osdevcon-discuss and Jim Grisanzio, I'll stick to 
> English...
> 
> I have made very good progress on the paper I want to present at 
> osdevcon in Prague (subtitle: where the *#&%! is zfs
> storing my data), and am now thinking about a kernel debugging 
> tutorial.  So, a few questions about the audience.
> 
> How many people attended the conference last year, and how many do you 
> expect this year?

we were between 60 to 80, depended on how you counted them.

> What tutorials were done last year, and how many people attended them?

The first answer you'll find here: 
http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/osdevcon2007/program.html

Fully booked was IIRC 20 people (Wolfgang?)

> If I do a tutorial on kernel debugging, will there be attendees who are 
> not Sun employees in Prague (or elsewhere)?

This is a question which is difficult to answer. :-) In fact I misplaced
my crystal ball ;-)

Martin or Lukas have a better overview about local activities. To an
outsider like me it looks the CZOSUG scene is definitely not small.
Also we expect some local students participating the conference...

> Is it possible from this mailing list to get an idea of whether people 
> are interested in this (i.e., kernel debugging)?

I step back so that others can step forward and raise the hand :-)

(More people will subscribe here once we have the program published.)

> (Based on the underwhelming response to a recent posting I made to 
> zfs-discuss and mdb-discuss, no one is interested
> in the zfs paper,

I try to google for it, you have a link for me?

> so I'm not sure I want to spin my wheels working on a 
> tutorial which no one will attend).

If you're talking about a kernel debugging tutorial: with your knowledge,
experience and the way you interacted w/ the audience at Tech Days I would
say that your room should be cram-full. :-)

If this more founded look into my crystal ball turns out to be utterly
wrong and there are not enough people, you can always cancel it.


> Vielen Dank.

Gerne!



Best / Schöne Grüße,

	Dirk

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