Re: SHARE v zExpo

2009-01-08 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 1/8/2009 12:27:26 P.M. Central Standard Time, aguto...@ford.com writes: A big plus. I've mined the SHARE proceedings many times for gems - beats having to pull around that wheeled conference bag, unless you like that form of exercise. >> One of the dipstick tuning guy

Re: SHARE v zExpo

2009-01-08 Thread Howard Brazee
On 8 Jan 2009 10:27:57 -0800, aguto...@ford.com (Arthur Gutowski) wrote: >>The sessions are longer and start at all sorts of weird times, which is a bit >>confusing. (It's like living in the US and traveling to a country that uses >>the >>metric system or vice versa. Takes some getting-used-to.

Re: SHARE v zExpo

2009-01-08 Thread Arthur Gutowski
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:37:46 -0800, Edward Jaffe wrote: >zExpo is a good conference. [...] No argument here. >For the extra money, they feed you three squares per day and >give you a conference bag with wheels. [...] Thus the phrase "Information Between Meals" (credit to John Hughes). >The sess

Re: SHARE v zExpo

2009-01-08 Thread Edward Jaffe
Steve Guendert wrote: My experience in attending both several times is that SHARE offers better content, and a wider variety of content from a wider variety of resources. I have also spoken at both, and I can say that IBM appears to try and restrict the content of zExpo, as well as the schedul

Re: SHARE v zExpo

2009-01-07 Thread Steve Guendert
t: Re: SHARE v zExpo On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Jeffrey Deaver wrote: > Anybody know where I can find a list of the sessions held at the 2008 > System z Expo? All the old links seem to point to the generic 2009 page > now. I'm trying to decide if my new Sys. Prog should head to

Re: SHARE v zExpo

2009-01-07 Thread Jeffrey Deaver
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Jeffrey Deaver wrote: > Anybody know where I can find a list of the sessions held at the 2008 > System z Expo? All the old links seem to point to the generic 2009 page > now. I'm trying to decide if my new Sys. Prog should head to SHARE or the > Expo this year.

Re: SHARE v zExpo

2009-01-06 Thread P S
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Jeffrey Deaver wrote: > Anybody know where I can find a list of the sessions held at the 2008 > System z Expo? All the old links seem to point to the generic 2009 page > now. I'm trying to decide if my new Sys. Prog should head to SHARE or the > Expo this year.

SHARE v zExpo

2009-01-06 Thread Jeffrey Deaver
Anybody know where I can find a list of the sessions held at the 2008 System z Expo? All the old links seem to point to the generic 2009 page now. I'm trying to decide if my new Sys. Prog should head to SHARE or the Expo this year. I've only ever been to SHARE. Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer