EuroPython vs PyconUK

[Steve Holden]

EuGeNe Van den Bulke wrote:
> Steve Holden wrote:
>   > So by this reasoning there should have been no "Python UK" conference
>> for the last four years (in case you didn't know it ran as a track of 
>> the C/C++ conference, but ths track has now broadened to include all 
>> scripting languages). And what about the people who can't get the time 
>> and/or money to attend EuroPython?
> 
> I am afraid there is a misunderstanding. I have no problem with PyCon UK 
> but would like to have elements to help me choose (the official language 
> of PyCon Uno Italy is Italian so that fixes it :P).
> 
>> Diversity is good, so it isn't one vs. the other. And the UK really *is* 
>> part of Europe (no matter how its politicians behave) :P
> 
> I agree that diversity is good (you won't hear me say that there are too 
> many web frameworks in Python :D) but isn't dilution a danger?
> 
> If Guido was a rock star and I was a groupie, I would want to know which 
> festival to attend to see him on stage. I guess there is always Google 
> Video ;)
> 
> More seriously in Geneva there were people from all over the place, 
> speakers and attendees, which is one of the reason why such conferences 
> are interesting (or am I deluded?). It is harder for someone from 
> Australia to come twice to Europe in the space of 2 months than for a 
> pythoneer lambda to spend a couple of days studying another web 
> framework to see if it fits how his brain works and the problem he's got 
> to solve.
> 
> Looking at the reactions to my post, I must be wrong. I didn't mean to 
> offend anyone if I did. I'll go to Vilnius because I have never seen the 
> city and try to go to Birmingham if the program looks interesting (not 
> very rational or is it?).
> 
If you're traveling from Australia or similarly distant locations then 
I'd have to say EuroPython would be the one where you'd see most 
Pythonistas from most places.

regards
  Steve
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