Re: Crazy Idea: debian developer conference
On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Joseph Carter wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 09:35:50AM -0700, Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo wrote:
> > > > Is this idea worth pursuing?
> > >
> > > It's a neat idea, and I'd sure like to meet my fellow Debianers, but
> > > I doubt you'll get anybody to pay for it.
> >
> > What about Corel? They're getting a /lot/ from Debian (basing their dist
> > on it), and while I'm sure they're contributing back to Debian, sponsoring
> > such an event would be a wonderful gesture on their part.
>
> If it costs quite as much as it sounds like it's going to, it would
> probably be unreasonable to ask any one source to sponsor the whole thing.
> It might be interesting if they wanted to help sponsor it---and perhaps
> send a couple of their linux people to the thing as well..
Yes, perhaps it would be a bit unreasonable to ask Corel to send *every*
Debian developer somewhere and pay for room and board, etc., I would think
that they would be willing to foot at least part of the bill.
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Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo - jkaivo@ndn.net - http://www.ndn.net/
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