Re: IBM Data Management Technical Conference, Las Vegas, w/c 26th October

I am late answering because I brought bronchitis back from the conference. "Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> described his personal impressions of the conference in message news:<bobc4v$1c4ovo$1@ID-162943.news.uni-berlin.de>... > - A decent amount of Informix content, relatively well scheduled. I disliked the fact that the Informix sessions were stuck in the small conference rooms in the back corner. It was especially obvious at some of Mark Scranton's sessions, where people showed up 30 minutes in advance and 20 people were standing outside trying to listen. I also disliked the fact that there were time slots with no Informix topics and others with four technical sessions at the same time. > - I would say, from the Informix sessions I attended, that there was little > new, ie little that could not have been said last year... > - Having said that, there was one session on IDS 9.40 success stories Madison and Neil have covered this well, though I enjoyed being able to hear 9.4 success stories from customers. Having viewed the 9.3 release and the difference between the promises and the reality, I was a little leery of 9.4. > The Meet the Executives session was fairly lively, although with little of > the acrimony of last year, with IBM execs talking about the quality of > Informix support, marketing of Informix (!) and other topics. Right, but Alan Grady at least talked to me afterwards, so I feel special. Sincerely, Christopher