DConf 2020 Canceled

[Murilo]

On Monday, 16 March 2020 at 11:43:58 UTC, SashaGreat wrote:
> First I totally agree with Online Conference, but on the other 
> hand I don't think this will fly in this community, because for 
> what I see unfortunately Walter is trapped in the past and for 
> him it's: in-person meeting or NOTHING.
>
> I came to this conclusion after seeing his responses in this 
> thread, like:
>
>> I'm pretty upset about it, I was really looking forward to it. 
>> But we really had no choice.
>
> Well we have a choice, online meeting.
>
>> Next year, we're going to have it even if a meteor strike is 
>> imminent :-)
>
> I know it's a sarcasm, but by this response he prefer to put 
> people's life in risk instead of trying an online version and 
> see how it goes.
>
>> There's just nothing like an in-person meeting, and hefting a 
>> pint with friends and colleagues that makes our differences 
>> melt away.
>
> Of course, but in this case an online version would be better 
> than nothing.
>
> In the end Walter could have said let's try something online 
> and see how it works, but there were no incentive, and this is 
> strange in the period of time where meeting online is pretty 
> standard and cheaper for many of us.
>
> Sasha.

That was such an ignorant interpretation, Sasha, you're simply 
accusing the guy of being this and that just because he didn't 
use the words you'd like. Grow up please.