EuroPython vs PyconUK
EuGeNe Van den Bulke
eugene.vandenbulke at gmail.com
Thu Apr 26 19:00:59 EDT 2007
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?).
Cheers,
EuGeNe -- http://www.3kwa.com
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