[penguicon-general] Wil Wheaton Plugs Penguicon

[Stephan Andre']

On Tuesday 21 August 2007 12:40:43 Jeff Hanson wrote:
> On 8/17/07, Rick Scott <rick at shadowspar.dyndns.org> wrote:
> > My last trip to Penguicon cost better than 400 USD, and I'm within a
> > day's drive.  I don't think that that qualifies as "outrageous",
> > but I imagine that Bo Hansen's cost to attend the con did.
> >
> > As for actual registration costs, though, Penguicon is Super Cheap,
> > especially when you start comparing it to commercial cons, as Matt
> > points out.
>
> Ohio LinuxFest seems to get a lot more attention than Penguicon in
> blogs and podcasts.  There pricing is different (free or $65 ACP
> w/lunch and T-shirt) which may be better for some people.  But I think
> their location in southern Ohio is a bigger factor.  What I don't
> understand is why some people will drive 1000+ miles to attend an
> event that is mostly only one day.  It makes a lot more sense to me to
> have fun for three days considering the overhead.  It's that price vs.
> TCO thing.

Don't forget that Ohio is 600 miles away (or less) to about half of the 
population of the US, so a lot of people think about going to Ohio
for stuff.

--STeve Andre'