Re: Post IOUG impressions

    Actually, they did give out CD's. If you stayed for the entire closing ceremony and were one of the last 50 - 100 people networking (eating candy) out in the hall, you got a CD. I got one. All the presentations and papers are on it, by day.

    This was the first IOUG that I have attended. I was impressed by the technical information that was made available. I have already used some of what I learned, along with passing it along to my co-workers. I was disappointed in everything else. I've been to other conferences (OAUG, BSR) that include breakfast and have sit-down lunches, not box lunches. Walking around looking for a table that holds 2 or 3 people isn't networking. Sitting at a table with 5 or 6 other people is.

Joe Testa wrote:

> No CD this year? my 2 cents worth, this was the 1st IOUG i missed
> since '97(ems class took priority) but I must say, i used the CD quite
> often from previous conferences. Seems like a small amount of money
> to save. What happened to the concept of no more paper, seems that
> would have made more sense.
>
> Joe
>
>
> Babette Turner-Underwood wrote:
>
>> I attended many wonderful sessions at IOUG
>> including Dan's ORA-1555 demo and I must point out
>> that he gave full credit for the idea to Connor.
>> He did tell us the original included alcohol but
>> was hesitatant to use it at our venue.
>>
>> I want to remind everyone to go online and
>> fill in their IOUG Conference evaluation and
>> let them know how you really feel about not
>> getting a CD ... or at least a single ZIP file to
>> download :-)
>>
>> I guess if I had the choice of hand-outs or CDs
>> I certainly would have picked the hand-outs so
>> they helped in the decision to attend a session
>> once or twice :-)
>>
>> I am really looking forward to seeing all of
>> you again next year in Toronto!!!
>>
>> Babette
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> McDonald
>> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 9:22 AM
>> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>>
>>
>> Chewy Bars, Cookies and Trail Mix? Dear oh dear Dan!
>>
>>
>> My ORA-1555 demo in the UK was beer, gin and
>> whiskey...Now thats *REAL* snapshot too old
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> Cheers
>> Connor
>>
>> --- "Deshpande, Kirti" <kirti.deshpande_at_verizon.com>
>> wrote: > I would say that this year's IOUG Conf was
>> probably
>>
>>
>>> the best that I have been to. This was my 5th since
>>> 1998 (missed the one in 1999). It was really nice to
>>> meet the people from the list, as well as others I
>>> knew.
>>>
>>> Great presentations by Tim Gorman, Jonathan Lewis,
>>> Cary Millsap, Anjo Kolk, Richmond Shee, Wolfgang
>>> Breitling, Roger Schrag, Rachel and many others.
>>>
>>> Dan Fink's presentation was really wonderful...
>>> simulating ORA-1555 with Chewy Bars, Cookies and
>>> Trail Mix! The audience and I played the new Undo
>>> Segments, David Kurtz (UKOUG) was the small
>>> transaction and Rachel was the long running
>>> transaction!! It was a lot of fun, and folks walked
>>> out with clear understanding of ORA-1555. Ran into
>>> two of the attendees on the airport on my way back.
>>> They said that they would never forget this
>>> presentation and, of course, the true cause of
>>> ORA-1555. Great job, Dan.
>>>
>>> Looking forward to the next IOUG Conf :)
>>>
>>> - Kirti
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 4:52 PM
>>> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Though I have only been to three IOUG conferences
>>> prior to this year's, I would have to say that this
>>> has
>>> been one of the best, if not *the* best, IOUG I have
>>> attended.
>>>
>>> Great technical content, more than one person could
>>> possibly take in during the course of one week.
>>>
>>> Even better though, I finally was able to meet many
>>> more folks that I have known only through email.
>>> It's
>>> nice to be able to put a face to a name, makes this
>>> feel more like a community.
>>>
>>> Some of the people from the list I was privileged to
>>>
>>> meet for the first time in person:
>>> Stephen Andert, Rui Marreiro, Jonathan Lewis, Paula
>>> Stankus,
>>> Ruth Gramolini, April Wells, Dan Fink, Wolfgang
>>> Breitling, Steve Orr,
>>> Cary Millsap, Gary Goodman, Anjo Kolk and probably
>>> others that
>>> I can't recall at the moment
>>>
>>> If I forgot to mention you, or spelled your name
>>> incorrectly, sorry!
>>> It wasn't intentional!
>>>
>>> There were many others as well. David Kurtz and
>>> several other folks from
>>> the UK, Richmond Shee, John Kelly, David Scott, Todd
>>> Hanson. Some of
>>> these may be familiar, maybe not.
>>>
>>> And of course, there many of us that have met
>>> before, but it was
>>> good to get together again.
>>>
>>> Anyway, it was a great conference.
>>>
>>> If you wish to reply to this, I ask that you limit
>>> yourself to one post so
>>> that we don't get a wildly off topic never-ending
>>> thread that refuses
>>> to die. :)
>>>
>>> Jared
>>>
>>>
>>>
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