Re: Informix User Conference

John Carlson wrote in message <35103D58.37A0@bellsouth.net>... >I received my info from Informix concerning the User Conference, and I'm >planning to attend (depending on the company). Informix hasn't really >said much about it. > >Could someone give me an idea about what to expect? Yeah, there will be lots of people and lots of booths. The main thing is to try to find people who are attending that you know and don't get to see on a regular basis, and catch up on conversation, gossip, and whatnot. This is really what's important, and of course guessing what Informix will talk about at the main presentation. Phil White was a classic last year. :-) >How many days to >attend? Attend all the days of the conference. The experience will last you the rest of the year. You'll get overloaded with information, and trial CDs, most which will never get tried.. :-) You may even want to take along an extra bag to put conference stuff in. Many of the T-shirts are great for washing the car, and other cleaning. >Good practical tips and tricks for the DS users? Unknown. At the XPS or ODS tutorial last year they had a couple of environment variables that were undocumented, so that was a bit interesting. >Good tips and >info about 4gl? This will probably be in a bar of your choice, or announced. But actually if you really talk about 4GL in a bar, you might thin the crowd out. :-) I hear 4GL is a daily priority right now at Informix: depending on what day it is, they either like it or hate it. >As much as I'd like to go, I'd like to make sure that >the money is well-spent. > For some of us, just showing up will be money spent well enough. :-) Tim Schaefer tschaefe@mindspring.com http://www.inxutil.com ICQ:6358805 #include <hellraiser.h> >TIA > >John Carlson >Informix DBA >WH Smith, Inc.