RE: OOW presentations

From: Jack C. Applewhite <japplewhite_at_inetprofit.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 07:05:01 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.003868CC.20010907064525@fatcity.com>

Rachel,

Feelings of cynicism with regards to anything Oracle are usually accurate. ;-)

I presented at OOW '98 and found the same situation. The Oracle presentations I got into were pretty much marketing. The non-Oracle presentations were usually (not always) in the smallest rooms and were frequently packed by the time I got there.

I ended up attending the Designer 2.x hands-on workshop 4 times, ignoring the multimedia presentation and playing around with Designer. That was kind of enlightening. Dancing to Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at the "big bash" was fun, except hardly any of the Geek Girls there knew how to Jitterbug.

However, all in all, it wasn't worth the trip. That was my last OOW.

Jack

Jack C. Applewhite
Database Administrator/Developer
OCP Oracle8 DBA
iNetProfit, Inc.
Austin, Texas
www.iNetProfit.com
japplewhite_at_inetprofit.com
(512)327-9068

-----Original Message-----
Carmichael
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 9:07 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Oracle's got the list of presenters and presentations up on the site....

of 287 presentations, 85 are by non-Oracle employees.

Of the 202 presentations by Oracle, I wonder how many are just marketing hype?

Ya know, if the company wasn't paying, and if one of my dearest friends didn't live in San Jose, I don't think I'd bother going.....

Rachel (feeling very cynical this morning)

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