HOPE Conference this weekend

[Sridhar Ayengar]

C. Sullivan wrote:
>>>> Why is it the last one?
>>> Ostensibly, this is the last one because the Hotel Pennsylvania is 
>>> being converted into a residential property, and the lack of suitable 
>>> venues in New York City makes relocation difficult.
>>> If only there was a similar convention in another city with lots of 
>>> convention space... oh, wait.
>>
>> You're talking about the Javits Center, I presume?  Too expensive.
> 
> Actually, that was more a thinly veiled jab at the supposed 
> "competition" between 2600 and a similar convention (DefCon) that takes 
> place in another city (Las Vegas) with lots of convention space (and 
> keeps building more).

The problem is that 2600 is cheap.  New York has a comparable amount of 
convention space and significantly more hotel space than Las Vegas. 
It's just that a lot of it is expensive, and a good bit of it is not 
hacker-convention-friendly.  Las Vegas is somewhat more tolerant of what 
conservative people call "fringe" groups.

Peace...  Sridhar