Re: OOPSLA BOF scheduling

Tim Rowledge wrote:
> Allen Wirfs-Brock <Allen_Wirfs-Brock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> is claimed by 
> the authorities to have written:
>
>
>  > point ACM will discontinue it. If we want OOPSLA to continue as a 
> venue for
>  > Squeak/Smalltalk activities then we need to support the conference by
>  > paying our way.
> If I could, I would. Though I have to say that even if I were making the
> glorious salary of olden days (rmember, before we got bushwhacked) I
> would have a hard time justifying paying for the selection of talks etc
> offered in recent years. Too much low quality reinvention of wheels that
> even the younger people here know have been invented before.

Totally agreed. I myself am going to OOPSLA this year. I will pay the 
money which supports, er, uh, somebody. OTOH, I know that I pay far less 
to attend a CampSmalltalk and get far more out of it. If ACM/OOPSLA dies 
on the vine, but replacement by cheaper conferences more tailored to 
what people are willing to make happen in place occurs, I don't see this 
as such a bad thing.

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Travis Griggs
Key Technology
10 2 letter words: "If it is to be it is up to me"