Re: [eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee] Keynote Ideas

[Wayne Beaton <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

+1 on Mala Devlin

+0 on Dave  Thomas. l  I think Dave Thomas' keynote at ESE was good. I 
could be convinced to have him join us at EclipseCon.

+0 on Martin Fowler. I could be convinced.

-1 on Kent Beck. As much as I hate to say it, I'm cold on Kent Beck. I 
have tremendous respect for the man, but I feel that he's gone a little 
funny over the last few months and am concerned about too much 
negativity in the message.

I'm definitely interested in "Uncle" Bob Martin, but need to think about 
it a little more. I'm a little concerned that Ward Cunningham could 
still be seen as an insider. I'm not sure if that's bad or not.

Some other ideas (not necessarily good, I need to think a little more 
about some of these): Adele Goldberg, Tim Bray, Harry Shearer. Okay that 
last one is just plain silly. Or is it?

Wayne

Doug Schaefer wrote:
> +1 on Mala since enterprise deployment of Eclipse is one of the hot 
> topics of the day and the best source of new investment in Eclipse 
> going forward IMHO.
>
> +1 for Uncle Bob. Been following him on twitter. Definitely a source 
> of spark. It might be nice to bring back Ward Cunningham too.
>
> Might I also suggest Dave Thomas. The Europeans got a good taste of 
> him last year. The NA's could use a good dose too :).
>
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Ketan Padegaonkar 
> <ketanpadegaonkar@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:ketanpadegaonkar@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     I'd like to propose Martin Fowler.
>
>     -- Ketan
>
>     On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Donald Smith
>     <donald.smith@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:donald.smith@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>     > Not sure if we’ve formally kicked off keynote ideas, but one
>     that I have is
>     > Mala Devlin.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > She’s recently published a new book called “Software Soul” which
>     has been
>     > getting some good reviews:
>     >
>     > http://www.amazon.com/Software-Soul-Mala-Devlin/dp/0578032651
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > She is also responsible for the deployment and use of Eclipse to
>     an audience
>     > of 15,000 developers within her organization (Cisco), and not
>     afraid to pull
>     > any punches on the pros and cons of Eclipse as it is today.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > She would provide a great end-user focus and clearly has the scale,
>     > experience and has taken the time to collect and publish her
>     thoughts.
>     > Moreover, I have met Mala several times and can vouch that she
>     definitely
>     > has the presence to deliver a great keynote.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > -          Don
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Donald Smith
>     >
>     > Director of Ecosystem Development
>     >
>     > Eclipse Foundation, Inc.
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