Oracle does not think this way.... Oracle OpenWorld 2009 will take place as usual. They have three main events in 2009:
Latin America: March 10-12 Tokyo: April 22-24 San Francisco: October 11-15 http://www.oracle.com/openworld/2008/index.html So my point is, it all depends on what a company and its customers and partners expect from its conference. If you only view this as a cost burden, you may as well cancel it altogether. If you view this as big opportunity to drive business, then you go ahead with it and make sure you meet the expectations. -Guillaume -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) on behalf of Chapin, John Sent: Tue 01/06/09 4:24 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Other shoe just fell, no UserWorld 2009, so on with the ARSlist Awards I doubt that the decision was more complicated than comparing cost of event with projected attendance. The cost of the event probably has not changed significantly, but the projected attendance must be way, way down. Lots of companies have travel restrictions because of the horrible condition of the economy. Spending any amount of money on "conventions" just doesn't fly these days. ________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Howard Richter Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 2:29 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Other shoe just fell, no UserWorld 2009, so on with the ARSlist Awards ** I wonder if the current financial climate is just an excuse not to have it. Howard On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Sanford, Claire <claire.sanf...@memorialhermann.org> wrote: ** Heck... Cisco just shut down it's Houston TAC for Support and sent it to India! ________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Wallace, Kelvin Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:32 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Other shoe just fell, no UserWorld 2009, so on with the ARSlist Awards ** Has anyone else heard rumors of a Cisco buyout of parts or all of BMC Software - resulting from the "California" blade server rollout? ________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Guillaume Rheault Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:54 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Other shoe just fell, no UserWorld 2009, so on with the ARSlist Awards Not only that, but the market had crashed too, and even worse, peregrine acquired Remedy, which initially questioned peregrine's commitment to ARS. That in itself put many implementation projects on hold back then. -Guillaume -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) on behalf of Rick Cook Sent: Tue 01/06/09 12:41 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Other shoe just fell, no UserWorld 2009, so on with the ARSlist Awards As I recall, 1300 people attended the rug after the dot com bust. The market wasn't any worse then than now. Did any BMC customer or partner get asked whether they would attend? Rick Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: "VanSickle, James W" <james.vansic...@contractor.cmc.com> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 11:27:18 To: <arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> Subject: Re: Other shoe just fell, no UserWorld 2009, so on with the ARSlist Awards There is also another side to this as well. How many companies in the current financial climate can or are willing to send some or all of their Remedy teams to such a conference? If I was a manager trying to keep costs down, I might have a difficult time justifying plane tickets, hotel fees, car rental, and other travel expenses for such a conference. BMC could have some very justified fears that attendance would be too low to be worth the effort, and that a number of third-party vendors may also keep their staff away in efforts to save costs. 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