Interested! Will sponsor! -- Re: [LUNI] Re: [ChicagoLinux] Chicago Free and Open Source Conference

[Martin Maney]

On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 03:25:48PM -0500, Kevin Harriss wrote:
> diversification can be done by having various talks not by smashing 2
> conferences together.

Jeff's valid point is that having a gaming "track" would probably bring
more warm bodies to the event.  Whether they'd ever notice there was
anything going on outside of their own interests, and whether the
gaming might actually detract from the "real" conference by distracting
attendees, are of course very good questions.

> at the conference.  I don't think a wine based gaming lan would be
> that good of an idea since it would require people to bring their own
> machines and plus people would be leaving mid-match to go to talks.

Well, we hope they would leave the games.  If they noticed the time...

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