Isn't this just the market deciding?
I have no idea how good PHP.CE was/is as a conference; but they've organised speakers; and some of those speakers have pulled out.
As a result of those speakers pulling out, ticket sales dried up (which obviously tells us something); and it's no longer viable as an entity.
Thus the market hath spoken... (and the market might be wrong, but it hath spoken).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
