“The big change this year was that the Conference included a
number of tracks (Linux, Python, Tcl, Sendmail, Apache, and Open
Source business development) in addition to Perl, although Perl
remained the largest track by far. The availability of these tracks
allowed everyone the chance to follow their main interest and
sample some other technologies from time to time…”
“The new technology that seemed to interest everyone was XML….
If you can figure out a way to buy stock in XML, I recommend you do
so. Otherwise, consider doing what the folks are the conference
were doing: learn about the potential of XML and how to use
it.”
“Another topic that crossed tracks was bringing Open Source
software out of the corporate closet.”
“The most interesting discussions at the Conference, from my
point of view, were the panels and presentations on the creation
and nurturing of communities.”