WSE2007 -- calculate the advantages (unofficial message)

Warpstock Europe 2007 is coming -- http://warpstock.eu/

You are right, the cost of the trip to Valkenswaard (Netherlands)  may be 
very high for you. 300 EURO.. 500 EURO.. 1000 EURO.. or more.

What is the reason to spend the money?

1. Read the list of presentations. Are you ready invest the money to learn 
new technologies and obtain this knowledge? 
http://www.warpstock.eu/en/agenda/presentations.html
(Please visit this page in 7 days again to see updated list)


2. Are you going make a presentation?
The conference is a good chance to
* present success story of eComStation usage;
* share your libraries with other developers;
* learn new eComStation technologies and share the knowledge with other 
developers;
* present own concept of OS development;
* inform developers which software and drivers should be created;


3. Moreover, the visit of the conference gives you:

Intercourse
* You are meeting with other users and developers from different 
countries, different cultures;
* If you are a developer, then you are meeting with your clients. Ask them 
what do they need;
* Meet the users from your city and region. The conference may help you 
create Local User Group;
* Get fresh news and secret information while chatting.

Income
* The visit of the Netherlands is good for your experience, you can see  
how dutch people are working, why they are so productive.
* You are collecting information what is the trend of OS/2 development. 
This helps you safe the efforts and don't spend then time to fake goals 
after return to home.
* If you are a designer then watch the design of dutch houses, clothes, 
banners
* Improve your english(/deutch/dutch), no need to buy tutorials of english 
language
* You are mobilizing while preparing for the conference. You are 
generating more ideas, more code while preparing for D-Day.
* Present your program to sell it

Vacations
* If you don't have a report then use the trip as short summer vacations


Full list of conferences: http://ecomstation.ru/conferences.php