yes and no. I attended OSCON[1] in 2005 and 2006 and, like the linked post, I remember a strong focus on BOF sessions and tech-related activities after the main day sessions were over, with a small amount of partying towards the end. Product specific conferences (Oracle, MS etc.) were always more party and less talk, but the audience was very different - I suspect that was the status quo wherever salespeople and corporate folks outnumbered technical people by any margin.
It may be a side effect of the increased popularity of the dev/OSS/startup industry as a whole over the last few years, but I've certainly seen (purely anecdotal, I know) a decrease in productivity and an increase in hangovers & 'remember when bob fell in the fountain' stories the next day...
It may be a side effect of the increased popularity of the dev/OSS/startup industry as a whole over the last few years, but I've certainly seen (purely anecdotal, I know) a decrease in productivity and an increase in hangovers & 'remember when bob fell in the fountain' stories the next day...
[1] european. not US.