Hello from The Netherlands. Registration opened today at the Krasnapolsky for tutorial attendees. From the looks of it thus far, this is going to be a quieter, more intimate event than our Northwestern U.S. conferences.

Many of today's attendees appear to be still recovering from jet-lag (I think), although approximately 12% of registrants are from The Netherlands so they wouldn't have that problem. Neither would the approximately 30% who hail from neighboring European nations. Although smaller in size, it looks to be a great opportunity to bring ideas and people together for many who might not ever attend U.S. OSCON.

For example, earlier today I met a faculty member from the University of Amsterdam School of Information Science. He brought along 15 students to whom he is teaching a variety of open source topics. Even better, he explains that this morning's Ruby on Rails tutorial was required for them to attend, as it's relevant to their current coursework. After that, the students are free to pick and choose their EuroOSCON path. These kinds of effects are great.

I'm in the registration dugout currently. Hopefully, I can attend some sessions when time permits.