Re: Oracle Open World Opinions?

From: Bard <bwskiles_at_adpc.purdue.edu>
Date: 1996/11/13
Message-ID: <01bbd166$99054770$9e65d280_at_freh-nt-007>#1/1


This was my first Oracle Open World, but certainly not my first conference.  I did not come away with an overwhelming sense of, "This was the greatest thing ever." I really expected more. And I certainly didn't expect to be refused seating in several sessions because they were already full. The first session, I had to attend my 3rd choice because the first 2 were already full.

One other session I attended turned out to have nothing to do with what I thought the title indicated. This was one of the major errors of the conference. We really needed to be given a better indication of what the presentation was about. I echo what Larry said--Everything should've been put in html and made accessible from those PCs they had sitting out there.

I also concur with the format of the CD. But the same problem was passed down from the conference. Too commercial. I want information to do my job better and to provide my customers with better access to their data. I will be looking for more technical conferences in the future. (Goodness knows, I've now got enough of those little blue stress balls to keep me relaxed for years!)

There were some good presentations at the conference, and I thank the presenters who took the time to put them together. But I'm not sure that I'll be heading to Los Angeles next year.

--brad

Larry Fishman <larryf_at_teleport.com> wrote in article <56cam8$reu_at_nadine.teleport.com>...
> Douglas Scott (dsscott_at_gte.net) wrote:
> : I just got back from Oracle Open World in San Francisco and would be
> : interested in what other attendees thought of the conference.

<lots snipped>

> I believe that this conference has gotten beyond critical mass. Just
> too many people attend it. If there was some logical way for it to
> happen more often or limit the attendees I think it would be more
> valuable.
Received on Wed Nov 13 1996 - 00:00:00 CET

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