Dang, and I know how to jitterbug :)
there are some presentations I want to be at... Steve Adams, Cary Milsap,
Craig Shallahamer, Gaja, Jeremiah... and others I can't remember.
but I look at it this way. 85 is a lot easier to find time to get to than
287 :)
>From: "Jack C. Applewhite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: RE: OOW presentations
>Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 06:45:25 -0800
>
>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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