greg@turnstep.com wrote:
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> The time and place for the Open Source Convention (OSCON) 2004 has
> just been announced:
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> 2004 O'Reilly Open Source Convention
> July 26-30, 2004
> Portland Marriott Downtown, Portland, OR
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> Last year had a good PostgreSQL showing (including our own track) but I
> would like to see a lot more. I encourage everyone to think about doing
> a presentation, even if just a short one on a very specific PostgreSQL
> topic. The advocacy list is a good place to brainstorm about topic ideas.
> (I am CCing this initial one to general, please post any followups only
> to advocacy).
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> I do not know what the "theme" of the convention is yet (they like
> to have themes) but some quick possible topic areas may be:
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> PostgreSQL on Windows
> Replication
> Backups and Restores
> Converting from Oracle (or others)
> How I solved XXX using PostgreSQL
> PostgreSQL for "enterprise" computing
> Integrating PostgreSQL with PHP
> Handling large objects
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We here at Command Prompt, Inc. (seeing as how we're in downtown
Portland) would be happy to assist with organizing anything local for
this. We're also involved (at least I am) with Portland Linux User Group
(http://www.pdxlug.org) and I'm sure they'd assist with tending the
booth as well. As far as presentations, the more we can get the better
and I think these are some great topics to cover. It's never too early
to begin planning these things.
MySQL had a booth this year, and PostgreSQL didn't. :-/
-Robby
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