J. Kleske summs up day one of Web 2.0 Expo Europe:
This is how I summed up the atmosphere after the first few days of the Web 2.0 Expo Europe last year. “They are just doing their usual show” was a complain I heard from many, “We have heard it all many times before. Do they think w’re dumb?”
What a difference a year makes. Following the communication of Techweb and O’Reilly in the last weeks you could really hear them making a huge effort of doing it right this time. I mean they could have easily said “Screw you, guys, we’re going to another city where people actually appreciate what we’re doing”. But instead they came back and asked for a second chance. And this time they are not bringing us “the gospel of Web 2.0″ but are doing a lot to empower the European web community.
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