VIrtual conference (was Re: Lua Workshop 2008 Announcements)

[Matt Campbell <mattcampbell@...>]

I like the idea of a virtual conference; it would eliminate the expense 
and, for some, the difficulty of travel.  However, is video really worth 
the bandwidth it consumes?  I think audio plus slides (ideally delivered 
as HTML) would be quite enough, except perhaps for a few presentations 
which involve a live demo.  Eliminating video would probably make it 
possible to host more participants.  Eliminating video would also reduce 
hardware and software requirements; we wouldn't all have to be running 
Leopard and iChat AV.  I think it would be quite enough to hear the 
participants' voices, but then my perspective is probably different than 
most, since I'm legally blind.

Anyway, I'd love to try it, so long as I don't have to get a Mac.

Matt