RE: Going to Las Vegas in Fall...

Sorry, this went in the bad list... it was intended for linux-informix... Anyway, you can come to Vegas... Jean Georges > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] > On Behalf Of Jean Georges PERRIN > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 07:48 > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Going to Las Vegas in Fall... > > Hi fellows, > > I wanted to update you on the Data Management Technical Conference in Las > Vegas, this fall (precisely at the Las Vegas Hilton, from Oct 27 to Oct > 31). > > First a disclaimer: > See past my sig. > > Second, the very serious stuff: > I guess that US, Canadian and probably Mexican members know Las Vegas > quite > well, in Europe and probably the rest of the world, Las Vegas is synonym > of > Sin City... Although this ought to be true, it changes and Las Vegas is a > great town for entertainment. I often compare Las Vegas to a Disneyland > for > grown ups. Of course, no visitor really wins some money over there, but > there are a lot of places for entertainment, such as Siegfried and Roy > (book > now if you plan to go) or while you may stay at the Hilton, go to the Star > Trek Experience, great fun and great pleasure > (http://www.startrekexp.com/). > This will certainly cheer you up after some stressing work session... > > Finally, the work stuff: > See more details on: > http://www.iiug.org/news/insider/insider_19sep03.html#2. > Highlights: > - IIUG negotiated a 150 USD discount with IBM. > - Get IBM Informix Certified for free. Sure certifications are not that > popular in Europe, that's why it is even better to have some on your > Resume > / Curriculum Vitae. > - The "Meet the IBM Informix Executives" is always fun (last year, it was > certainly the equivalent of the Star Trek Experience, I leave to you to > choose who were the Borgs). > - Much more... including meeting the IIUG board, including President > elect, > Stuart Litel... > > Among other things, see "Informix Success Story on Linux for Central > Government: a battle won against Microsoft" by Brunello Bonanni and > Raffaella Caldarella, "Informix in the Brave New Linux World" by Srini > Bhagavan. > > This selection was simply done by browsing the agenda (see > http://www-3.ibm.com/services/learning/conf/us/dm/). It does not reflect > anything else, there are other good sessions which I have missed... > > Regards, > > Jean Georges Perrin > > DISCLAIMER: > I am sending this mail as a IIUG Director, however, some of the opinions > expressed in this mail are personal and do not reflect the Board's view, > so > if you are not happy or if you are offended by the content of the mail, > blame me, not the Board. On the other hand, my lawyer is a lot richer than > me, so there is no need for him to give him some more money. > > > sending to informix-list sending to informix-list