OSCON Ruby tutorials cancelled?

[Phil Tomson]

I just looked on the OSCON website (
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/29/tutorial_ruby.html )
and noticed that the two Ruby tutorials scheduled for Monday July 26th
were cancelled. Any idea why they were cancelled at this late date? A
couple of days ago they were still listed. Was it just lack of people
signing up for them?

Phil

 

[Shashank Date]

Was it just lack of people signing up for them?

Yes !

And I was hoping to meet all you wonderful people there :-(((

 

[Phil Tomson]

Yes !

And I was hoping to meet all you wonderful people there :-(((

That's too bad.

I wonder if they would have had more takers if the tutorials were closer
to the Ruby sessions (on Thursday). Some people may not be able to come
for the whole week.

I hope they won't determine that there just isn't enough interest in Ruby
to include it in OSCON 2005.

Phil

 

[Lothar Scholz]

Hello Shashank,


SD> And I was hoping to meet all you wonderful people there :-(((


Sounds like the EURUKO where only 10 persons announced interest.
Ruby is not very popular - that's the bad reality.

 

[Shashank Date]

I wonder if they would have had more takers if the tutorials were closer
to the Ruby sessions (on Thursday). Some people may not be able to come
for the whole week...

Well, that plus the fact that we were pitched opposite Randal L. Schwartz
and Damian Conway. I had this feeling at the very outset when I saw the
tutorial schedule that ours would be a hard sell.

I hope they won't determine that there just isn't enough interest in Ruby
to include it in OSCON 2005.

I hope not too ... we will see.

Mean while, let us all work hard to get our presentation proposals polished
and worthy of inclusion. I wish I knew what their selection (or rejection)
criteria
are. I'll keep trying harder. What do you say?

-- shanko

 

[Shashank Date]

Sounds like the EURUKO where only 10 persons announced interest.

And some changed their minds ;-)

Ruby is not very popular - that's the bad reality.

I think it is too early to say about EuRuKo ... or about Ruby. Honestly,
by looking at the ruby-talk traffic, I am thinking Ruby is gaining
popularity
day by day. Admittedly, there is more noise now days, but that, IMO,
comes with the territory. In fact, again IMO, it is a unfortunate but
inevitable side effect. Time will tell!

Happy Rubying...
-- shanko

 

[Tom Copeland]

Ruby is not very popular - that's the bad reality.

I think it is too early to say about EuRuKo ... or about
Ruby. Honestly, by looking at the ruby-talk traffic, I am
thinking Ruby is gaining popularity day by day.

If RubyForge stats are any measure, Ruby is certainly continuing to grow
in popularity; the number of downloads off RubyForge have increased by
about 1,000 each month and totalled 10,134 in April (8,341 so far in
June). This may be more of a measure of the way projects are
consolidating onto RubyForge, but still, it's a positive sign...

Yours,

Tom

 

[gabriele renzi]

il 25 Jun 2004 22:47:02 GMT, (e-mail address removed) (Phil Tomson) ha
scritto::

I hope they won't determine that there just isn't enough interest in Ruby
to include it in OSCON 2005.

just make enough noise this year, like we did in the last two, and we
should have that granted.

Lothar is right, ruby is still a little world. But it is growing,
luckily. Oh, and don't forget to register for the ruby sessions

 

[Michael Neumann]

Hello Shashank,


SD> And I was hoping to meet all you wonderful people there :-(((


Sounds like the EURUKO where only 10 persons announced interest.
Ruby is not very popular - that's the bad reality.

Hm, last year we were around 30 people. I guess (or hope) that we'll get
together a similar number of interested people this year in Munich.

Regards,

Michael

 

[Lothar Scholz]

Hello Michael,


MN> Hm, last year we were around 30 people. I guess (or hope) that we'll get
MN> together a similar number of interested people this year in Munich.

Our local (Berlin) python user user group gets around 25 persons each
month for there meeting.

 

[James Britt]

Hm, last year we were around 30 people. I guess (or hope) that we'll get
together a similar number of interested people this year in Munich.

Any updates on the pre-reg response for the 2004 Ruby Conf in Virginia?

James

 

[Joe Klemmer]

Any updates on the pre-reg response for the 2004 Ruby Conf in Virginia?

Where and when in VA? I live here in the northern VA area and
would love to attend. Got any pointers for the conference? Please
email replies to me if you going to follow up on the list because it's
so infrequent that I get a chance to get on the groups.

Thanks,
Joe

 

[Lyle Johnson]

Where and when in VA? I live here in the northern VA area and
would love to attend. Got any pointers for the conference? Please
email replies to me if you going to follow up on the list because it's
so infrequent that I get a chance to get on the groups.

Joe,

Here's a link to the pre-registration page:

http://rubycentral.org/conference/index.cgi/Registration/

Hope it works out that you can attend...

Lyle

 

[Chad Fowler]

Any updates on the pre-reg response for the 2004 Ruby Conf in Virginia?

It's looking pretty much the same as every year (which is good). I'd
say we can expect around the same numbers we've gotten in the past at
RubyConf.

Chad