Back from beautiful Trento in Italy where the 5th EPTS Symposium was held. Marvelous location, and we even managed to find a really beautiful Michelin-star rated restaurant.
While it was great to meet up with some friends and colleagues, and there were some very interesting nuggets at the conference, my overall impression was one of disappointment and frustration. We are still struggling with basic concepts, arguing about the definition of Event Processing (and there are some very … different … views), and still haven’t managed to produce anything that either identifies the major components you’d find in a reference architecture, or found commonality in any of the use cases. Actually .. working groups aside, that’s kinda what we ended up with last year. And the year before…
And before I offend the very people I wish to praise and give credit to, let me be clear. It’s most definitely not the fault of the people collaborating on the working groups. They’re contributing. Giving up their precious time. In order to make progress, we really need to get more people involved, and we need to set clearer mandates on the deliverables for these working groups.
A new working group was proposed to promote the EPTS. This will also involve publishing the public deliverables from the working groups, and encouraging new members to join and contribute.
Here’s hoping that this time next year, I won’t feel another Bill Murray moment coming on!
