OSCON vs LinuxWorld
I've never been to Oscon but I've been to different European LinuxWorlds,
We had 2 EurOscon editions the past couple of years but O'Reilly decided to pull back from the Euro market. Dana gives clues why.
The two events are quite distinct:
OSCON is a theater. LinuxWorld is a show floor.
OSCON is intimate conversation. LinuxWorld is hard negotiation
OSCON is beer. LinuxWorld is wine.
OSCON is polo shirts. LinuxWorld is business suits.
OSCON is a code wizard. LinuxWorld is a star salesmen.
Now if you look at the features of OSCON to me that almost sounds like Fosdem with a pricetag. Looks like a pretty saturated market in europe to me , we have Fosdem, Froscon, LinuxTag, T-Dose and numerous smaller local events.