Re: Rich Niemiec live at ODTUG!

"Jonathan Lewis" <jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:<ba2qca$qpo$1$8300dec7_at_news.demon.co.uk>...
> I'm delighted you picked out Mike Ault from the list.
> He's a jolly nice chap, and comes across as a
> careful, thoughtful, and dependable sort of person.
> I've only heard him speak a couple of times -
> but he didn't spout rubbish, and he often
> explained why he had reached a conclusion
> and why that conclusion seemed to make sense.
>
> I think you've allowed yourself to be a little
> over-enthusiastic in your estimation however.

He's good when he does his own stuff. I saw him parrot Niemec's stuff one time and he seemed almost embarassed about it. But he certainly did better than most would have done. They are well-trained and knowledgeable, they do demo stuff, and they fulfill a market niche. When they goof, it is very public and people call them on it. I say, more power to them. They've certainly helped me enough, and for free, or close to it.

TUSC is certainly self-promoting, as is Open World. But they put on a good show, and I think it is worth it for most DBA's. In contrast, some of the other Open World stuff is just plain marketing. There is enough to choose from I think careful planning of what to attend can make Open World much more cost-effective than the training classes - of course, some of the OW courses _are_ the training classes, with all the good and bad that implies.

And I think the TUSC posters have been quite useful.

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> "Geomancer" <pharfromhome_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Mike Ault possesses more knowledge than everyone else in this forum
> > together, and he does grace us here with most considerable
> knowledge.
> >

jg

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