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
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Carmichael
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 9:07 AM
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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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