Server Fest Conclusions
The MariaDB Server Fest 2020 is now over! Time for some spontaneous, initial reflections.
The MariaDB Server Fest
To recap, MariaDB Server Fest
was a virtual conferencespread out over three days in September 2020taking place first in Paris, then in New York, and last in Singapore / Beijing (three days in each location)
The Fest was a first for MariaDB Foundation
The Server Fest was a first in many ways, for MariaDB Foundation:
The first time we addressed the users of MariaDB Server – not the developers of MariaDB ServerThe first time we went virtual – so far, we have always met face to faceThe first time we did a conference with Call for Papers and an approval process – earlier, we had what we called unconferences, with a very spontaneous agenda
A roaring success
The numbers speak for themselves:
over 10.000 unique video views on YouTube aloneover 2.000 simultaneous viewers on Bilibili.com35 talks by 30 presenterstwelve live streams, each with six hours of talks over 500 registered attendees (registration was not mandatory)over 1000 chat messages during the conferenceall talks now available as recordings on YouTube and Bilibili
We planned for known virtual advantages ...…
Name our sea-lion!
Two well known sea creatures in Maria's vision
You might have heard the story of how we picked a sea-lion as our logo. Now that this lovely beast has been with us for a while, we think it’s high time to give it a name and of course we turn to our wonderful community for suggestions.
The rules are simple: complete this form, telling us what you think we should name the sea lion and why. Later, Maria Widenius will pick her favorite from the submissions, and the winner will get a collection of MariaDB t-shirts and other swag, an artwork by Maria, and of course eternal fame!…
Name our sea-lion!
You might have heard the story of how we picked a sea-lion as our logo. Now that this lovely beast has been with us for a while, we think it’s high time to give it a name and of course we turn to our wonderful community for suggestions. […]
Server Fest Conclusions
The MariaDB Server Fest 2020 is now over! Time for some spontaneous, initial reflections.
The MariaDB Server Fest
To recap, MariaDB Server Fest
was a virtual conference
spread out over three days in September 2020
taking place first in Paris, then in New York, and last in Singapore / Beijing (three days in each location)
The Fest was a first for MariaDB Foundation
The Server Fest was a first in many ways, for MariaDB Foundation:
The first time we addressed the users of MariaDB Server – […]
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MariaDB 10.5.6, 10.4.15, 10.3.25, 10.2.34 and 10.1.47 now available
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Fest Content: 35 videos by 30 presenters
So you heard about the interesting presentations at the MariaDB Server Fest, but didn’t have time to watch them when we were live? Or you have so far seen only a couple of the presentations, but would like some hints at which other presentations are worthy of taking a look at? […]
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