TNC2009 in Málaga - thursday 11/6-2009

Scooters are popular
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Computing and networking seems not to be the only fields where some consolidation and virtualization could be appropriate.
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Thomas Brunner looks happy, which is hard to understand as he can not connect to eduroam.
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Here, on the other hand, Thomas Brunner looks worried, which is just as hard to understand, because now he is connected.
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Real students in a real university to remind us of the people we are making network and services for every day.
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And real participants in the internet cafe area.
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Participants at TNC: Gerben van Malenstein from SURFnet and Tangui Coulouarn from UNI-C.
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Four minutes of "fresh air" is a popular thing among a fraction of the participants. Also a good place to meet people: At the ash trays.
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The closing session, presented by a very familiar face, Miroslav Milinovic from CARNet.
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The closing plenary speech was given by this guy who called himself European evangelist for Amazon Technologies, which sounds exciting, ...
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... but it turned out that he mostly preached...
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... about himself
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...and the rest turned out to be a sales pitch more than anything else.
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Nevertheless, I don't blame the programme committee, because it certainly looked good in the programme.
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The traditional commercial for next year's TNC in Vilnius, prsented by Laimutis Telksnys from LITNET.
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Time for a bit of evaluation...
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...and packing
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Farewell to the campus
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The amphitheatre used for the plenaries
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After being mentally recharged at TNC, it is always a contrast to face the real world with all it's challenges and delayed planes.
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A personal thank you for this conference, which I will characterize with at quotation of Shirley Wood as "the best conference ever".

Martin Bech