A bit late in the month but here it is :-
A few things changed and a few things didn't.
As usual the Delhites @ LB2004 were late in coming. Infact there was no one to represent Linux Delhi for customary lighting of the lamp for the inaugral ceremony in which all (well many of them actually) LUGs are represented. However as the day started to gather momentum one could see the whole venue swamped with Delhites ( both resident and non-resident variety). One almost had more ILUGDites at Bangalore that day than one normally finds in an ILUGD meeting.
The salient feature of Day 1 was "no" crowding at the registration counter, one should be forgiven for thinking that less number of people would be attending the event this time. Infact there was no crowding except in the halls anywhere in the venue.
This has been attributed to two things:-
1. Online registrations and people working in parallel to ensure that delegates don't need to spend more than 5 minutes to register and walkin to attend the talks.
2. The pre-packaged food with delivery times of less than a minute on production of coupon.
Another notable thing was that the IISc.'s benovalent bureaucracy seemed to fall with its full weight on the organizers nerves. There were a small number of SNAFU's due to unexpected reallocation of Halls and re-reallocation of some back to the originals ( thanks to IISc. ) but the organizers and the show endured well with minimal damage.
The stalls this time seemed numerous and most were able to hold their audience.
