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The organisers in Paris are now looking for some hotels they can 
recommend.

More news on this soon on he website.

will the conference location be opened late?

I am wondering if there will be a place for people to meet, show 
off and exchange stuff as a group... later during the evening/night?

I probably won't make it this year :-(, will have to wait for the 
DVD. ;-)

I hope there are MVP awards - I nominate Maxim

though i won't be there

<blush>

Website updated with some hotels data; it seems not possible to get 
a central place for everybody down there, for the reason given earlier.Sorry 
for that...

Carl and I are staying at the Hotel Excelsior on rue Cujas.  It has 
good prices, large rooms, internet access, and a patio.  An other 
good choice for the area is Hotel Desmines.

I'm planning to come to the DevCon (my lovely wife will be joining 
me).


Since I will be in Europe, and I can stay longer, if anyone would 
like to meet (for example about Qtask), this would be a good time 
to speak up.  Feel free to post to me privately….

Hotel Excelsior http://www.hotels-paris-hotels-france.com/2-stars-hotels/_paris-hotel-excelsior/Hotel-paris-index-Eng.htm

I'm looking for a place later this year

Reichart: i'd love to have a long talk about qtask and all the other 
stuff :) but i assume you are planning that already.

Yup.

new session added:  "Rencontre: a Rebol Agent-Oriented Middleware" 
by François Jouen

Useful hint for those preparing a DevCon presentation :-)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/04/powerpoint_bad/

Fairly unhelpful discussion (so far with 8 posts) about DevCon:
http://amigaworld.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3699
Could some Amigans add some substance?

done

Geomol, I see you wrote: "So if you're a programmer, system developer 
or the like, it might be a good idea to visit a REBOL DevCon!"


I hope there will be beginner's sessions? That might attract a few 
more people.

Geomol:see my comments there= AW

DEVCON SITE IS BROKEN  its asking for authentication

I emailed Francois. He says:

<<The server is down. I hope it 'll operational within the day. Sorry>>

Looks like it is back now

ok.  new sessions and speakers added...

Will there be on-line session from DevCon? At least for Carl's keynote 
speach?

Or at least someone active here on AltME, so that we could have few 
comments?

petr, just come to see it live ;)

it's not possible :-( .... just 3 weeks in my new job, no vacation 
.... and I can't claim my boss, that rebol is part of our IT strategy 
.... but maybe once - who knows :-)

I second the request for DevCon reporting. I will not be able to 
make to Europe this year.

some nice videos of presentations, at least?

Yeah, I liked the videos from a couple years ago.

i think i will be bringing my camera, and i can shoot some videos, 
not sure i'll have the time to edit and publish them immediately 
though. i hope the organization didn't forget about creating videos 
:)

gabriele, do you want a smaller timer this year? :-)

i won't be presenting (formally) so i don't need it. i would guess 
the organization has thought about that... or at least i hope so.

(actually, i'd want a much bigger one, that just shuts down the pc 
after the allotted time)

oh, ok :-) I'll just keep working on rugby

I hope someone does some testing first .. check that sound works 
etc.

left channel in english, right in french?

and german in the subwoofer  ?   ;-)

:-)

Seems like I will make it on Friday / Saturday (still not totaly 
sure). :-(

Some pics of Paris (and beyond) to whet the appeite for travel:

http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2007/04/cool-murals-and-painted-buildings.html

Content of Carl's presentation was updated:

Introducing REBOL 3.0
 by Carl Sassenrath

(The content will be spread in probably more than one session)

Opening and a historical note.


What makes a system popular? Is it the language, the platform, or 
the applications? The bigger picture: the virtual OS. Moving beyond 
conventional OS models. Being a latform. The core of modern applications 
- it's not what you think.


The motivation for R3. The guiding theme. Portablity and extensibility 
- the R3 open foundation. Overview of R3 features.


Environments - embedding REBOL. Building your own version of REBOL 
- within a standard. Plugins - extending REBOL. The IO device model 
- how to create a device.


New datatypes. The Module architecture. Tasks, threads, and more. 
The new graphics system. All new port design. New debugging methods. 
New object tricks. DB access nd indexed files. IPv6 discussion. Compatibility 
- taming the lion. What's next? When and where can you get a copy? 
The goal of DevBase and DocBase.

It is really a pity I can't go to  Paris :-(

there is probably a typ? "Being a latform" should probably be "Being 
a platform"?

Petr, you really should take some sick days late next week.  You 
need to go to Paris May 10-11...

typ = typo

Chris - I am 4 weeks at my new job. According to local law I can't 
have vacation first 3 months ....

and I am not brave enough to cheat and to claim my boss we need Rebol, 
so that they should send me over to Paris :-)