Matti and I were discussing SCALE at the ITEXPO. The main point that we'd like to get across is that SCALE is a conference for all. It's one of the best conferences for your money, I think. SCALE tickets are no more than $70, I believe (Probably a lot less, I'm aiming high). The ITEXPO's starting price for a ticket was $500, and it went up to $5000. Linuxworld, I believe, was similar. In my experience, Linuxworld/ITEXPO are more commercial driven, whereas SCALE is more community driven, and the community driven conference provides a better learning experience than Linuxworld/ITEXPO (for your money). Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but that's my two cents.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/11/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">matti</b> <<a href="mailto:mathew_2000@yahoo.com">mathew_2000@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>fyi -<br><br>SCALE is a great conference, for<br>a really good deal folks, so ...<br><br>if you have not attended before,<br>please consider it this year.<br><br>matti<br><br>--- SCALE Announcements <<a href="mailto:scale-announce@maggie.socallinuxexpo.org">
scale-announce@maggie.socallinuxexpo.org</a>><br>wrote:<br><br>> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:23:12 -0700<br>> To: SCALE-announce <<a href="mailto:scale-announce@mail.socallinuxexpo.com">scale-announce@mail.socallinuxexpo.com
</a>><br>> From: SCALE Announcements <<a href="mailto:scale-announce@maggie.socallinuxexpo.org">scale-announce@maggie.socallinuxexpo.org</a>><br>> Subject: [Scale-announce] SCALE Gears Up!<br>><br>> The Sixth Annual SoCal Linux Expo will be February 8th-10th, 2008.
<br>> It<br>> will again be at the Westin LAX. SCALE has reserved more of the<br>> hotel<br>> resources for SCALE 6X which will help address some of the seminar<br>> crowding issues that arose during S5X (success is a nice problem to
<br>> have).<br>><br>> Over the last two SCALEs, the Expo has expanded to included<br>> specialized<br>> conferences on the Friday prior to SCALE. The Expo will "expand upon<br>> the expansion" for SCALE 6x: the Women in Open Source conference will
<br>> return for its second year; the health care conference, now known as<br>> DOHCS – Demonstrating Open Source Health Care Systems, returns for a<br>> second time. Last year DOHCS was a single track. For SCALE 6X,
<br>> DOHCS<br>> splits into two tracks, a technical track and a business track.<br>><br>> And newly added for SCALE 6X is a Friday conference on education:<br>> "Open<br>> Source in Education" which focuses on opportunities for Open Source
<br>> in<br>> the field of education .<br>><br>> If you have any experience in any of the above-mentioned areas,<br>> please<br>> consider sharing it with the Open Source community at SCALE: the<br>> calls
<br>> for papers for SCALE and for the Friday conferences can be found<br>> here:<br>> <a href="http://socallinuxexpo.org/scale6x/conference-info/calls-for-papers/">http://socallinuxexpo.org/scale6x/conference-info/calls-for-papers/
</a><br>> All of the calls are now open for submittals. For SCALE 4X and 5X<br>> the<br>> speaker slots filled rapidly; we anticipate the same for SCALE 6X.<br>> So<br>> if you're considering speaking, don't delay submitting your proposal.
<br>> Submittal info for each conference can be found on their respective<br>> CFP<br>> pages.<br>><br>> If your organization or company is considering a booth on the SCALE<br>> Expo<br>> floor, be advised that we no more booths than last year, and last
<br>> year<br>> they went quickly. If you want to ensure that you have a booth<br>> reserved, apply for one NOW. If you're a commercial entity, apply<br>> at:<br>> <a href="mailto:sponsorship@socallinuxexpo.org">
sponsorship@socallinuxexpo.org</a> . If you're a non-profit, complete<br>> the<br>> application form at<br>><br><a href="http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale6x/documents/scale6x_dotORG_application.pdf">http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale6x/documents/scale6x_dotORG_application.pdf
</a><br>><br>><br>> and send it to <a href="mailto:gareth@socallinuxexpo.org">gareth@socallinuxexpo.org</a><br>><br>> The second SCALE IRC chat will be September 16th, at 7:00 pm PST. It<br>> will be held in the #scale-chat channel of OFTC (
<a href="http://irc.oftc.net">irc.oftc.net</a>). If<br>> you<br>> have questions or comments about SCALE, feel free to join us.<br>><br>> SCALE 6X looks to be even better than S5X; mark your calendar – be in<br>
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