On Monday 29 January 2007 12:57, Ed Reed wrote: > I just didn't enjoy the location. When it was in Orlando a few years ago, > it was great. There were plenty of things to do and see; different places > to eat every night. I had a really good time. Then the following year I > went to Santa Clara and there was nothing to do. I went to the movies one > night. Had dinner at Sizzler three times. I drove 45 minutes to find a > place I could buy a shirt. The rest of the time I stayed in the hotel and > watched crappy tv. If you folks want me to be away from my family and > friends for five days you've gotta give me a reason to wanna go besides the > great technical information. I didn't go to last years, I'm not going to > this years and I probably won't go to any future ones held in Santa Clara. > When I came home from the last one, my kids asked what I got them from my > trip and I had nothing for them. It was just a boring place to go and I > don't wanna go back. I'd just like to see it held someplace new every year. > > Thanks for replying to my comment
That's funny...when I go to a technical conference, I usually go for the conference, and couldn't care less if there is other stuff to do in the area during the off hours. j -- Joshua Kugler Lead System Admin -- Senior Programmer http://www.eeinternet.com PGP Key: http://pgp.mit.edu/ ID 0xDB26D7CE PO Box 80086 -- Fairbanks, AK 99708 -- Ph: 907-456-5581 Fax: 907-456-3111 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]