[Linux-aus] About a User Conference (was...)]

[Tim Bowden]

On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 19:56 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Tim Bowden wrote:

<snip>

> > There are different linux audiences, and they are large enough and
> > different enough to warrant keeping any non linux developer conf
> > separate from lca.
> >
> 
> Can we have a clarification here? The term "linux developer conf" - do 
> you refer to developers of Linux, or to developers who use Linux?
> 
> There is a substantial difference. People like David Campbell, who 
> developed the parallel port drivers, which were used for the Iomega Zip 
> Drives, are different to people who develop web sites using 
> Perl/PHP/Java and PostgreSQL/MySQL, etc, running on Linux.

Clarification- "linux developer" conference.  Linux
kernel/driver/application/whatever developers can go to lca*, linux
users, small time sys admins, dba's gimp users etc can go to calu or
whatever you want to call it.  

Maybe we could even hold it in NZ every few years <grin>

*At least, that is the way I think it should be focused, you can go
wherever you like...