Thread: Success of PG Day France 2013
Guys, Just a few words to let you know that the PG Day France 2013 happened last week in Nantes. With 115 registered attendees, we saw a 50% increase in registration from last year. These numbers are extremely good, especially if you think that on the very same week there was a big train workers strike AND a big air traffic controllers strike (Bienvenue en France!...). Without those 2 major strikes we would have gone even higher. Anyway this success shows that PostgreSQL is making impressive progress in France. Approx. half of the attendees worked for national agencies, while the rest were from private companies. Some big French companies are switching from Oracle to PostgreSQL. I hope I'll be allowed to give more details in the near future. -- Damien
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:08 PM, damien clochard <damien@dalibo.info> wrote: > Guys, > > Just a few words to let you know that the PG Day France 2013 happened > last week in Nantes. > > With 115 registered attendees, we saw a 50% increase in registration > from last year. These numbers are extremely good, especially if you > think that on the very same week there was a big train workers strike > AND a big air traffic controllers strike (Bienvenue en France!...). > Without those 2 major strikes we would have gone even higher. > > Anyway this success shows that PostgreSQL is making impressive progress > in France. Approx. half of the attendees worked for national agencies, > while the rest were from private companies. Some big French companies > are switching from Oracle to PostgreSQL. I hope I'll be allowed to give > more details in the near future. That's really great. Congratulations to all the people of Dalibo and the French community for this success! Regards, -- Michael
Hi Damien, thanks for the update (and for the commitment). On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:08:07 +0200, damien clochard <damien@dalibo.info> wrote: > Anyway this success shows that PostgreSQL is making impressive > progress > in France. Congratulations and well done once again. Ciao, Gabriele -- Gabriele Bartolini - 2ndQuadrant Italia PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support Gabriele.Bartolini@2ndQuadrant.it - www.2ndQuadrant.it
Le mardi 18 juin 2013 14:18:01, Michael Paquier a écrit : > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:08 PM, damien clochard <damien@dalibo.info> wrote: > > Guys, > > > > Just a few words to let you know that the PG Day France 2013 happened > > last week in Nantes. > > > > With 115 registered attendees, we saw a 50% increase in registration > > from last year. These numbers are extremely good, especially if you > > think that on the very same week there was a big train workers strike > > AND a big air traffic controllers strike (Bienvenue en France!...). > > Without those 2 major strikes we would have gone even higher. > > > > Anyway this success shows that PostgreSQL is making impressive progress > > in France. Approx. half of the attendees worked for national agencies, > > while the rest were from private companies. Some big French companies > > are switching from Oracle to PostgreSQL. I hope I'll be allowed to give > > more details in the near future. > > That's really great. Congratulations to all the people of Dalibo and > the French community for this success! PostgreSQLFR claimed and keep claiming french-speaking, not french centric community, here we had registered people also from Switzerland and Belgium. Anyway, yes it was a great success and I also thanks all volunteers who make it real. -- Cédric Villemain +33 (0)6 20 30 22 52 http://2ndQuadrant.fr/ PostgreSQL: Support 24x7 - Développement, Expertise et Formation
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Le 18/06/2013 16:29, Cédric Villemain a écrit : > Le mardi 18 juin 2013 14:18:01, Michael Paquier a écrit : >> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:08 PM, damien clochard >> <damien@dalibo.info> wrote: >>> Guys, >>> >>> Just a few words to let you know that the PG Day France 2013 >>> happened last week in Nantes. >>> >>> With 115 registered attendees, we saw a 50% increase in >>> registration from last year. These numbers are extremely good, >>> especially if you think that on the very same week there was a >>> big train workers strike AND a big air traffic controllers >>> strike (Bienvenue en France!...). Without those 2 major strikes >>> we would have gone even higher. >>> >>> Anyway this success shows that PostgreSQL is making impressive >>> progress in France. Approx. half of the attendees worked for >>> national agencies, while the rest were from private companies. >>> Some big French companies are switching from Oracle to >>> PostgreSQL. I hope I'll be allowed to give more details in the >>> near future. >> >> That's really great. Congratulations to all the people of Dalibo >> and the French community for this success! > > PostgreSQLFR claimed and keep claiming french-speaking, not french > centric community, here we had registered people also from > Switzerland and Belgium. > Hi Cédric, I Think that everyone in the PostgreSQLFr association is very careful regarding that specific point and we spend a lot of time saying that we are a **french speaking** PostgreSQL community. Personnaly I did it again on that list just a month ago http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/5191F8B4.7030302@dalibo.info However the PG Day France (as written in its name) is a french-centric event. The conference is focused on the french user base. AFAIK there were some people from Switzerland, but that's less than 3% of the attendees. The goal of the PostgreSQLFr association is to help and support the people who want to organise PostgreSQL events in a French speaking country. Currently we have serious contacts in Tunisia, Belgium and Switzerland to organize some PostgreSQL events there in the near future. For each country, there are specific hurdles to overcome and I'm not sure we will find success everywhere but we're working on it and you're welcome if you want to help ! -- Damien
Damien, > With 115 registered attendees, we saw a 50% increase in registration > from last year. These numbers are extremely good, especially if you > think that on the very same week there was a big train workers strike > AND a big air traffic controllers strike (Bienvenue en France!...). > Without those 2 major strikes we would have gone even higher. Congratulations! What's "strike" in French? > Currently we have serious contacts in Tunisia, Belgium and Switzerland > to organize some PostgreSQL events there in the near future. For each > country, there are specific hurdles to overcome and I'm not sure we > will find success everywhere but we're working on it and you're > welcome if you want to help ! Wow, is the Tunisia user group back in operation? -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com
Le 18/06/2013 19:35, Josh Berkus a écrit : > Damien, > >> With 115 registered attendees, we saw a 50% increase in registration >> from last year. These numbers are extremely good, especially if you >> think that on the very same week there was a big train workers strike >> AND a big air traffic controllers strike (Bienvenue en France!...). >> Without those 2 major strikes we would have gone even higher. > > Congratulations! What's "strike" in French? > We say "grève" :) Funny thing is that SNCF and DGAC, the two companies that where on strike are both PostgreSQL users. There was even 2 employees of SNCF who skipped the strike to attend the conference :) > > Wow, is the Tunisia user group back in operation? > I'm in contact with Karim Benabdallah (@karim2k) who is active in Tunisia at least since 2005. He contacted me last month but I was busy with the PG Day France at the time. Now that the french conference is over, I intend get in touch with him and see how PostgreSQLFr can help them. From the first messages we've exchanged, my understadning is that TnPUG is back and they're serious about organizing a PG Day in Tunis. Of course I will keep you updated when things move forward. -- Damien
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Cédric Villemain <cedric@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > PostgreSQLFR claimed and keep claiming french-speaking, not french centric > community, here we had registered people also from Switzerland and Belgium. Sorry for that. This is an important point. Thanks for precising. -- Michael
Le 18/06/2013 14:18, Michael Paquier a écrit : > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:08 PM, damien clochard <damien@dalibo.info> wrote: >> Guys, >> >> >> With 115 registered attendees, we saw a 50% increase in registration >> from last year. (...) > That's really great. Congratulations to all the people of Dalibo and > the French community for this success! Hello, We have to thank all the volunteers, outside any commercial entity or outside PostgreSQLFr who made this event a reality. We also have to thank all of the 6 companies that sponsored that event. Best regards, -- Stéphane Schildknecht http://www.Loxodata.com Contact régional PostgreSQL http://bistri.me/sas