From will at coleda.com Thu Nov 6 06:21:16 2008 From: will at coleda.com (Will Coleda) Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 09:21:16 -0500 Subject: [albany-pm] Fwd: IMPORTANT - help us estimate the size of the Catalyst user base In-Reply-To: References: <20081106015135.GG19200@mvale-ach-172-30-221-45.wlan.uow.edu.au> Message-ID: Anyone using catalyst? If you want to see a catalyst book, please answer these questions and send it along to Kieren (zarquon at cpan.org). --- From: Kieren Diment Date: November 5, 2008 7:51:35 PM CST Hi All, Apologies for the cross-posting, I'm trying to representatives of as many organisations as possible who use Catalyst as possible to reply to this email. We need your assistance to help estimate the number of users of Catalyst. Matt Trout and I have written a proposal for a Catalyst book, and while we have a well known, credible publisher interested, they want the assurance that the market for the book is large enough to make it worth their while. If you could take the time to provide the following information (I've set reply-to to me for your confidentiality, and so that we don't pollute the list with this stuff) this would be really useful. I'll also let you know the results of this survey when I have them. I will treat this information in confidence, and will only use aggregated data so that you or your organisation will not be identifiable in the report I make on this data. There are about 1000 subscribers on the catalyst mailing list, and I'd hope for a response rate of about 10% (i.e. about 100 replies). The information I'm collecting is likely to result in an outcome that is useful to you in a commercial way, so your participation would be much appreciated. Please try to ensure that only one person from your organisation answers these questions. 1. What country are you in? 2. How many people are on your team? 3. How many of those people are writing code with Catalyst? 3a. If there are non Catalyst coders on your team, how many of the whole team would you like to be writing Catalyst code? 4. How many people using Catalyst on your team are subscribers to the Catalyst mailing list? 5. How many people writing Catalyst code on your team use the #catalyst irc channel on irc.perl.org? 6. These two questions are about the potential for the growth of Catalyst usage in your organisation. 6a. How many people do you think will be using Catalyst in your organisation in 12 months time? 6b. How many people do you think will be using Catalyst in your organisation in 2 years time? Thanks for your cooperation. If you know of any teams who are users of Catalyst but that do not subscribe to the Catalyst mailing list, or are on the IRC channel, please forward this email to them. Thanks. Kieren Diment -- Request pm.org Technical Support via support at pm.org pm_groups mailing list pm_groups at pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/pm_groups -- Will "Coke" Coleda From will at coleda.com Wed Nov 12 04:42:07 2008 From: will at coleda.com (Will Coleda) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:42:07 -0500 Subject: [albany-pm] Perl 5.8.9 RC1 Message-ID: The first release candidate for 5.8.9 is now available. This promises to be the last of the 5.8.x series of perl; future development on 5 is aimed at the 5.10.x branch; so if you are currently unable to upgrade into 5.10, it's in your best interest to try this out the last release of 5.8 and kick the tires: root out any show stoppers it may present for your code base. See the announcement from Nicholas Clark: http://use.perl.org/~nicholas/journal/37858 Regards! -- Will "Coke" Coleda From leonard at umn.edu Wed Nov 12 14:32:09 2008 From: leonard at umn.edu (Leonard Miller) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:32:09 -0600 Subject: [albany-pm] Frozen Perl 2009 announcment and Call for Speakers Message-ID: <491B5969.80706@umn.edu> Hello all, I am writing to advertise to all of you that Frozen Perl 2009 will be on Saturday, February 7th, 2009. on the University of Minnesota campus Please register, come and have some fun with us. We are also offering a hackathon on Sunday, and a class,"Mastering Perl",taught by brian d foy on Friday February 6th. The call for speakers is open and I'd like to see several presenters from outside of our local PM group. Check it out at http://www.frozen-perl.org/mpw2009/cfs.html If you are concerned about the weather in Minnesota in February, there is a hotel that is connected to our venue by underground tunnel: http://www.radisson.com/minneapolismn_metrodome. After you arrive, you won't have to go outside unless you choose. Please pass this information on to your employers/co-workers/fellow students, as they might also like to attend. If you or your business would like to sponsor Frozen Perl 2009, please contact me, or visit http://www.frozen-perl.org/mpw2009/sponsorship.html . Thank you Leonard Miller Frozen Perl 2009 coordinator