The team just finished our second successful MySQL Con. Many thanks to Marten & Zack and all the folks at O’Reilly that put on such a great conference.
This year definitely had a different feel, and of course that had
a lot to do with Sun’s influence. It felt like it was almost a
new event, a chapter 2 for MySQL, and its ecosystem of vendors
and customers. There were more people - I don’t know exact
numbers, but it felt appeared to be twice as packed. The exhibit
hall was the same, but we took up a bit more space than last year
and certainly there were much fancier booths - ours included! We
even gave away multiple prizes this year - our fun 8-ball
tshirts, and a couple remote control helicopters. Scott Baird and
Mike Hogan were the lucky winners this year.
The one thing that hasn’t changed is our fit with the MySQL customers. This year we met several of our own customers and users face-to-face - including an …
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