RE: Insider #75: Highlights: IBM Information On Demand 2006, The Next Informix IDS Release...

malcolm weallans said: > > Generally I think the IIUG must look at the issues of how much people can > is going to dilute the attendance at the IDUG/IIUG event as it doesn't > cost > as much to fly to Anaheim and stay in a non-conference hotel as it would > to > fly to Vienna. I know I've checked this out thoroughly. I could have got > a > fly-drive package to Anaheim for less than I could get a similar package > to > Vienna. And I would certainly have preferred to go to the IBM event I've just checked, I can get a flight from London to Vienna for less than 90 quid. Are you telling me you can get a flight from London to LAX AND a car for less than 90 quid? > rather > than an IIUG/IDUG event. Why? All you'd get is DB2 sold at you. > And not all people can get the time away from work either. Hell yes, how inconsiderate of IDUG to run a conference when people can't get off work. -- Bye now, Obnoxio "... no bill is required as no value was provided." -- Christine Normile -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean.

I attended the organising teams post-conference debrief, the US IDUG team and Event organisers reckoned this conference was better organised and run more smoothly than the US conferences. The Informix attendees I spoke to, and yes there wasn't a whole load, claimed it was a more 'technical' conference than the US. The IIUG delivered the content that the Informix community had told us they wanted. Why didn't we have more attendees, was it cost of the conference (maybe), cost of getting there (doubt it), the fact the venue and date kept changing (maybe) or just Informix community apathy (probably) Paul Watson Tel: +44 1414161772 Mob: +44 7818003457 Web: www.oninit.com GO FURTHER with DB2 GET THERE FASTER with Informix. Attend IDUG 2007 San Jose, North America May 6-10, 2006 Visit http://www.iiug.org/conf for more information. > -----Original Message----- > From: Obnoxio The Clown [mailto:obnoxio@serendipita.com] > Posted At: 06 October 2006 13:24 > Posted To: comp.databases.informix > Conversation: Insider #75: Highlights: IBM Information On > Demand 2006,The Next Informix IDS Release... > Subject: RE: Insider #75: Highlights: IBM Information On > Demand 2006,The Next Informix IDS Release... > > > > malcolm weallans said: > > > > Generally I think the IIUG must look at the issues of how > much people > > can is going to dilute the attendance at the IDUG/IIUG event as it > > doesn't cost as much to fly to Anaheim and stay in a non-conference > > hotel as it would to fly to Vienna. I know I've checked this out > > thoroughly. I could have got a fly-drive package to > Anaheim for less > > than I could get a similar package to Vienna. And I would > certainly > > have preferred to go to the IBM event > > I've just checked, I can get a flight from London to Vienna > for less than 90 quid. Are you telling me you can get a > flight from London to LAX AND a car for less than 90 quid? > > > rather > > than an IIUG/IDUG event. > > Why? All you'd get is DB2 sold at you. > > > And not all people can get the time away from work either. > > Hell yes, how inconsiderate of IDUG to run a conference when > people can't get off work. > > > -- > Bye now, > Obnoxio > > "... no bill is required as no value was provided." > -- Christine Normile > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous > content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is > believed to be clean. >