WOW! In my email: "We are pleased to accept the following proposal for O'Reilly Open Source Software Conference in Portland 2020. Death of the Open Web conferences.oreilly.com/osco… Thank you @timoreilly and @oscon for decades of support. I am deeply moved and unspeakably grateful.

Wow, indeed. What do you think, Molly: Hyperbolic headline or genuine observation?

I'm not sure what you mean said the semanticist!

Meaning, this is a cause you've championed for most of your working life. When I'm offered an assignment with a working title of "The Death of..." it's usually more of a warning than an observation. But unlike, say, USB or the GOP for me, the Open Web is something you love.