PG East was an unqualified success, as others have already
blogged
about. This conference might signal a change in the style for dedicated Postgres conferences. Postgres-specific conferences started only
a few years ago, mostly at universities. I was one of the early proponents of having conferences at universities after seeing the success
of FOSDEM. I felt the low admission cost made possible with inexpensive university facilities was
critical in attracting the mostly-volunteer Postgres developers to the conference.
I am ready to rethink that suggestion having attended PG East. The conference cost only USD $125, and many things were definitely easier
having the event in a hotel:
- Informal conversations
- Attracting business users to the show
- Group excursions
- Laptop and bag storage
