RE: OpenWorld vs IOUG-A Live

Oracle was saying something like 18000 at OOW last year...

I think it was closer to 12000. I'm going to both as well :)

I like smaller conferences ... that's why ECO is my favorite

>From: "Adams, Matthew (GEA, 088130)" <MATT.ADAMS_at_APPL.GE.COM>
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>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: RE: OpenWorld vs IOUG-A Live
>Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 13:55:04 -0800
>
>Depends on what you're interested in.
>
>IOUG-A is a much smaller conference (about 4000 at the last
>one I think). It has much better technical content overall
>(because the IOUG picks all the papers presented). You
>will learn much more. The vendor floor is pretty small,
>due to the smaller attendance.
>
>OpenWorld is run by Oracle. Its a much larger conference.
>(anybody have the figures for last years attendance?)
>The IOUG has minimal input in
>how things go. They do select some of the papers, but most
>are selected by Oracle. There is a lot of marketing fluff, but
>you can get a good sense of where Oracle is headed with
>their technology. The parties are much better.
>
>That being said, I'm going to both of them this year.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian Wisniewski [mailto:brian_wisniewski_at_yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 4:27 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: OpenWorld vs IOUG-A Live
> >
> >
> > It's about time for me to hit-up my company for another
> > conference. In
> > 99 I went to IOUG-A and thought it was good. I've never been to
> > OpenWorld and was wondering if there are strong feelings
> > about which is
> > normally considered the better conference.
> >
> > Thanks - Brian
> >
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