Fosdem 2008: great edition!

What can
say
more than these guys? :-)

FOSDEM 2008 has been a great edition,
for me too. I spent most of my time at the BSD+PostgreSQL
Developer Room. One nice thing I found out is that EnterpriseDB has a development centre
in Islamabad at only a few kilometres from our
office and, apparently, we’re both member of the industry advisory board
of NUST. Nice meeting you,
guys!

It must be said though: the ULB is not the
best location for FOSDEM. At least not any
more. For several talks, I had to sit on the floor or stand up against the
wall at the back of the auditorium. The Mozilla dev room was a named
sauna.fosdem.org. The hallway with the project booths was so crowded, it was
nearly impossible to take your time to visit the individual projects. I know
Brussels has a nice international aura hanging around it, but if you would
just turn Leuven into “Brussels East” or something, I’m sure you won’t see
the difference in the amount of people showing up. But, dear FOSDEM
organisers, at Campus Arenberg
III of the K.U.Leuven, I’m sure you
can provide all of us a nicer geek experience.

And, oh yes, FOSDEM is not free. I spent over € 100 this
weekend on donations only! ;-)