Theo Schlossnagle

So there were all of these companies that have sent their people there to say, hey, you run this software that apparently we don't pay for support for, but sending you to this conference is going to make us safe. And there were a lot of people there.

So there were all of these companies that have sent their people there to say, hey, you run this software that apparently we don't pay for support for, but sending you to this conference is going to make us safe. And there were a lot of people there.

I, you know, I think it's a combination. Well, you know, there were very few academics at these conferences, so I think they've resembled them, but I'm not sure that it was a Genesis. I feel like the Genesis was birds of a feather and, and, and user groups, right? You got your, you know, your old car user group and you've got your Apache web server user group and hung out together.

I, you know, I think it's a combination. Well, you know, there were very few academics at these conferences, so I think they've resembled them, but I'm not sure that it was a Genesis. I feel like the Genesis was birds of a feather and, and, and user groups, right? You got your, you know, your old car user group and you've got your Apache web server user group and hung out together.

And then they realized they were spread all around the world and could never meet up. So they, they started creating conferences. to actually get together as user group.

And then they realized they were spread all around the world and could never meet up. So they, they started creating conferences. to actually get together as user group.

That's exactly right. That's correct. Because it's one of my favorite cities. And I was thinking if I went on a rampage looking for horse, I'd be in Ghent.

That's exactly right. That's correct. Because it's one of my favorite cities. And I was thinking if I went on a rampage looking for horse, I'd be in Ghent.

Yeah. I operate a butcher shop. So I'm very familiar with all of these things from the inside.

Yeah. I operate a butcher shop. So I'm very familiar with all of these things from the inside.

No, it was the content. There was content that couldn't be recorded.

No, it was the content. There was content that couldn't be recorded.

I think that the... It's complicated. I was disgruntled with Velocity. They shifted direction and went more like front-end web-oriented. There wasn't a backing. SR Recon had just sort of emerged and you wanted something that actually honestly felt like the original Velocity audience.

I think that the... It's complicated. I was disgruntled with Velocity. They shifted direction and went more like front-end web-oriented. There wasn't a backing. SR Recon had just sort of emerged and you wanted something that actually honestly felt like the original Velocity audience.

And then once we took on that task, it was a lot easier to sort of recraft the desired aesthetic of the event into something that I also liked.

And then once we took on that task, it was a lot easier to sort of recraft the desired aesthetic of the event into something that I also liked.

I had thought about that. You had said that, and I actually had thought about plans for that.

I had thought about that. You had said that, and I actually had thought about plans for that.

Like everyone was testing their, their metal at that point in an ever expanding scale on the internet. So like the horror stories were, um, more, they were fresh. Right. Now it's usually the same old story told at a different company at a different scale or a different tech. But the catastrophic failures that people talked about there were, they felt novel at the time.

Like everyone was testing their, their metal at that point in an ever expanding scale on the internet. So like the horror stories were, um, more, they were fresh. Right. Now it's usually the same old story told at a different company at a different scale or a different tech. But the catastrophic failures that people talked about there were, they felt novel at the time.