RE: OpenWorld vs IOUG-A Live

> That being said, I'm going to both of them this year.

See? Those are the benefits of full-time employment. :)

Jared

On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Adams, Matthew (GEA, 088130) wrote:

> 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.
Received on Fri Aug 11 2000 - 17:45:02 CDT