I am wrapping up a week in New Orleans where I met the greatest technologists on the planet! I was there to speak about Struts 2 and this was my first time at this conference so I really did not know what to expect! As a regular Java One attendee, I expected hugeness all around. When I discovered only a relatively smallish bunch, I figured I'd give my talk and hit Bourbon Street. As it turned out, this was the sweetest conference I have attended yet! Everyone was top-notch and cool enough to talk to you. I see too many techies with big heads who act like they have been on tour with Aerosmith. Many of the speakers at ApacheCon were the "head Fred's" of the major Apache projects we use every day and they openly visited about the good, bad and ugly. Bertrand Delecretaz was actually more entertaining than Steven Tyler! After his talk on "Open Source Collaboration Tools" I had learned about so many products and trends that I was reaching for more paper to write on. And Brett Porter was a better performer than Joe Perry! Granted, he wasn't wearing a Les Paul, but he made Maven sing
If you have never attended ApacheCon, I would suggest you add this to your New Year's resolutions.
Peace,
Scott
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