From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2006-10-26T00:51:18+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyConf2006 Retrospective

On 10/25/06, Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/25/06, Timothy Hunter <TimHunter@nc.rr.com> wrote:
> > Where is this "RDU" you speak of? Are you suggesting that RubyConf be
> > held at an airport? RDU is the code for an airport that serves  Durham
> > and Raleigh, NC. Or are you suggesting that RubyConf be held at JFK or ATL?
> Well we techie types (and others) who live around here tend to call it one of:
>
> RTP
> The Triangle
> The Research Triangle
>
> RTP is actually a little narrow since it stands for Research Triangle
> Park. The Triangle refers to the general Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill
> area whose three Universities (NC State, Duke and UNC) were the
> impetus and draw for building RTP some decades back.

Fair enough. As I said, I lived in Greensboro, not in the Raleigh-Durham area.

-austin
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