Spurned O'Reilly 'Foo' Camp Attendees Create 'Bar'

theodp writes "CNET reports on this weekend's Bar Camp, an open-source alternative to O'Reilly Media's A-List Foo Camp, which CEO Tim O'Reilly explains employs a "Bozo filter" to exclude undesirable attendees.

Headline...

[Infinityis]

Maybe a catchier headline would've been:

Foo 2 Bar Bozo

Mr. T

[Infinityis]

Didn't get an invite to the latest camp? I pity the Foo...

Bozo Filters

[thewiz]

employs a "Bozo filter"

I don't understand why people are upset about this. This filter should only apply to clowns, not IT folks.

Bill?

[SupaKoopa]

my first thought was, "What the hell is Bill O'Reily doing with a camp called 'foo?'"

From TFA

[Nuclear Elephant]

You have to understand the objectives of the event.

Well sure with names like Foo Camp and Bar Camp, who wouldn't be able to pick up on that.

I take it...

[Paul Crowley]

I take it any code produced there will be called "Bar Code"?

IGMC.

I'm here! Say hi!

[burtonator]

Hey. I'm here!

Make sure to stop and say hi!

http://www.feedblog.org/2005/08/see_you_at_barc.ht ml [feedblog.org]

Re:Mr. T

[dj245]

I got this in my RSS feed with the headline Does O'Reilly have a smelly crotch? [theinquirer.net]

My task is now clear...

[Foobar of Borg]

Spurned O'Reilly 'Foo' Camp Attendees Create 'Bar'

My task is now clear. I will have to assimilate them! Their resistance is futile!

Ob Futurama

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, I'll organize my own conference! With blackjack! And hookers! In fact, forget the conference!

BozoFilter was directed at Winer.

[Anonymous Coward]

Everyone knows it.

Re:The sword cuts both ways.

[Anonymous Coward]

Dave Winer was also invited to an open source summit once.

Once.

Haha, loser!

[Russ Nelson]

Haha, loser! It's speled "spel", not "spell". You need to get a speling checkre.
-russ

Re:While they are at it

[biglig2]

Only on Slashdot would someone feel it necessary to define the word stripper.

Re:While they are at it

[Stickerboy]

Only on Slashdot would someone feel it necessary to define the word stripper.

Or at the Home Depot/Tool Time Conference For Better Floor Finishes - but maybe for different reasons. ;)

Go bar camp!

[Anonymous Coward]

I can hardly wait for the chance to attend a conference where Richard Stallman handles the PR, Eric Raymond is in charge of safety, Dave Winer is group facilitator, CowboyNeal edits together the agenda, and David Siegel designs the web site.