{"id":779,"date":"2008-04-14T00:17:29","date_gmt":"2008-04-14T05:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/04\/14\/mysql-community-dinner-a-great-success"},"modified":"2008-04-14T00:28:22","modified_gmt":"2008-04-14T05:28:22","slug":"mysql-community-dinner-a-great-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/04\/14\/mysql-community-dinner-a-great-success","title":{"rendered":"MySQL Community Dinner a great success"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sunday before the MySQL Conference and Expo usually means the party at Marten’s house. This year, some of us arrived there rather early, and also made a beeline for the exit, rather quickly. This despite all the good alcohol, amazing food being served, and the great company of colleagues we hardly ever see. Why?<\/p>\n

Some of us wanted to crash<\/span>attend the MySQL Conf 2008 Community Dinner<\/a>. And we did! The entire MySQL Community Team<\/a> was there, as was Brian Aker, Mark Atwood, Monty Widenius, Timour Katchaounov, Eric Herman. We also naturally brought Barton George<\/a> along (he gave us a ride! Thanks Barton). Oh, and did I mention, Rich Green<\/a> and Jonathan Schwartz<\/a> were there too? Jonathan picked up the tab, naturally :)<\/p>\n

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\nMonty and Brian chat, while Jonathan is in the background<\/em><\/div>\n

A big thank you to Jonathan and Rich. All the conversation, all the people I met (old and new), it was just simply fabulous. Now of course, comes the great fun of following up, and getting things done!<\/p>\n

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\nJonathan Schwartz with the MySQL\/Sun plush dolphins<\/em><\/div>\n

Did I mention that Santa Giuseppe also brought along little plush dolphins? Great party favours!<\/p>\n

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\nGiuseppe with some Sun\/MySQL dolphins… Monty egging him on<\/em><\/div>\n

All in all, a great start to the conference. Pictures (that I took anyway – all Creative Commons licensed by Attribution, non-commercial, share-alike) are at my MySQL Conference and Expo 2008 set<\/a>. They’ve all been added to the 2008 MySQL Users Conference and Expo group<\/strong><\/a> on Flickr as well. I know Ronald Bradford<\/a> was running around with a camera (a 40D, like I have at home :P), and Barton George took some snapshots, as did Lenz Grimmer<\/a>. Watch their photo feeds soon…<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong>: Giuseppe has blogged it too at Community dinner with Jonathan Schwartz and Rich Green<\/a> as has Kaj, at Jonathan Schwartz and Rich Green at the MySQL Community Pre-Conference Dinner party<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Technorati Tags: mysql<\/a>, community dinner<\/a>, santa clara<\/a>, mysqluc08<\/a>, mysqluc2008<\/a>, mysqluc<\/a>, jonathan schwartz<\/a>, rich green<\/a>, barton george<\/a>, sun<\/a><\/p>\n

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