Re: DebConf-7 ;)
On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 10:12:59AM +1000, Pascal Hakim wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 06:44:05PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
> > Junichi Uekawa dijo [Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 07:35:18AM +0900]:
> > > > There will always be people who live "on the other side of the world",
> > > > and travel will always be expensive for those. As long as debconf is
> > > > never in the same geographical area for two consecutive years, this is
> > > > not a problem.
> > >
> > > I have been evaluating the feasibility of having debconf in
> > > Japan, but I would need some input;
> > > how many people are prepared to pay full for the trip to Japan?
> > >
> > > To sponsor everybody coming from the other continents to come to Japan
> > > will cost a significant amount of money; and I don't want a debconf
> > > that only a few people come.
> >
> > To my surprise, buying a ticket MEX-NRT-MEX for the exact same dates I
> > bought it to Helsinki would be almost US$1000 cheaper - And I always
> > wanted to go through the day-change line to Asia ;-) So... For one, I
> > would be interested.
> >
> > Hell, it's almost as cheap as getting to South America!
>
> Going to Japan from Australia is also much cheaper than going to
> Europe...
>
> Realistically, it's always going to be expensive for someone...
... and cheap for someone, like all the Debian developers
that live in Japan. e.g. me.
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