Dan Mead on 4 Jun 2010 08:56:16 -0700


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Re: Philly Lambda Charter / Splintering, was Re: Scala in Philly?


kyle: hundreds of people coming out for java stuff makes me sad inside


either way, PL needs a website


On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Brian Clapper <bmc@clapper.org> wrote:
> On 6/4/10 8:40 AM, Kyle R. Burton wrote:
>
>> Anything that increases the amount of tech activity in this region is
>> a good thing IMO.
>
> Or, at least, draws it out. I've made my living in tech in the Philly area for
> 27 years. There's plenty of tech here, but it tends to be (for lack of a better
> word) quiet and under the radar, unlike Silicon Valley, Boston's Route 128, or
> even NYC. Events like ETE draw attention to tech in this area, but I often wish
> it were more uniformly vibrant.
>
> PHASE is an experiment. If it fails, so be it. But I see no harm in trying.
> --
> -Brian
>
> Brian Clapper, http://www.clapper.org/bmc/
> Alexander Graham Bell is alive and well in New York, and still waiting for a
> dial tone.
>