RE: openworld [ACTUAL USERS!!! & "Los Gigantes"]

Folks,

I hate to be mundane, but there is a sysadmn here that might be interested in finding out if there is going to be anything introductory (but useful) on building a classic client-server Linux/Oracle8 database at the conference. Does anyone know?

If you have a chance (I don't know if the baseball season will still be on at the time, sorry), go see a Giants baseball game at their new ball park. Even if the season is over, or you can't get tickets for any playoffs games that are going on at the time, a (hopefully free) tour might be worthwhile, there are great views of the bay and downtown from the upper decks.

http://collab1.truelook.com/photoalbum/ignite.pacbell.pa/showimage.jsp?picID=ignite.pacbell.pa967253167503.jpg
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http://216.33.70.174/photoalbum/ignite.pacbell.pa/photoalbum.jsp
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http://collab1.truelook.com/photoalbum/ignite.pacbell.pa/showimage.jsp?picID=ignite.pacbell.pa967253352501.jpg
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http://216.33.70.166/ignite/pacbell.jsp?name=ignite.pacbell.1&pan=31.26&tilt=-3.93&zoom=12.0
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http://216.33.70.166/ignite/pacbell.jsp?name=ignite.pacbell.1&pan=16.6&tilt=-0.29&zoom=12.0

For Dodgers fans:

http://collab1.truelook.com/photoalbum/ignite.pacbell.pa/showimage.jsp?picID=ignite.pacbell.pa958435227746.jpg

Very cool guys (Dusty can spit sunflower seeds with a toothpick on his mouth) : http://sfgiants.com/team/staff/sfg_dbaker.cfm , http://sfgiants.com/team/players/sfg_playerpage.cfm?player_id=16741

(The muni train runs right in front of the ball park. )

Anyway, has anyone else heard rumors that Larry Ellison will personally do a "hands on" seminar on how to virtually decapitate industry competitors in cyberspace, samurai style? Apparently they want OCP people to get in the right mood for job interviews or something. :)

http://www.oracle.com/openworld/conference_info/index.html?educationsessions.html

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excerpt:

   The Power of OLN

   You'll never know how much useful information your brain can hold    until you experience the Oracle Learning Network (OLN). At this    year's OpenWorld, Oracle University will introduce OLN, a content    rich, on-line training program.

   If you are interested in migrating your system to the next level    or leveraging the speed of Oracle's software to ***flatten your    competition***, OLN will empower you with the knowledge you need to    be ***king of the hill***. Attend OpenWorld and be one of the    first to
   experience it! Limited offer: Free OLN trial subscriptions will be    available to conference attendees.

...
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Perhaps your big chance to say how much you think Metalink sucks and get a free Oracle golf club (can be used to iBash your iCompetition) at the same time:

http://www.oracle.com/openworld/conference_info/index.html?supportservices.html

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excerpt:

   OracleMetaLink
   Take a TEST-DRIVE!

[WOW!!!! AN *ACTUAL TEST DRIVE* OF THE ***FABULOUS*** METALINK!!!]    Swing by the Oracle Support Services station in the OpenWorld    campground for a professional tour of OracleMetaLink... and you    could win a limited edition Oracle Driving Iron! Par for the    course...OracleMetaLink.
...                     

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On a slightly serious note, there might be a great chance to see some of the outstanding illuminati in the Oracle community (including a list member or two!) on friday:

  http://www.oracle.com/openworld/conference_info/index.html?ioug.html

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excerpt:

   IOUG-A Forum: Experts, Answers, Education

   After attending a week of presentations on the full range of    Oracle products, you will probably have more questions than when    you arrived!

[I guess the breathless perveyors of PR-speak think this is good?!]

   Here's your chance to close the loop and get the    answers you need from the people who have been there -- fellow    users.

[WOW! ACTUAL USERS
  -SOME OF WHOM MIGHT EVEN BE *SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS*-  not marketing/PR droids!!!]

   Featuring panels of leading user experts presented in an    open Q&A forum, these sessions are designed to give you the    opportunity to ask the questions YOU need answers to AND to    benefit from those posed by your peers. ...

   8:30-9:30am - Keynote Presentation

   Dot.COM Instead of Dot.BOMB: A Successful Oracle Implementation of    e-Commerce Technology
   Jeremiah Wilton, Amazon.com

   9:45-10:45am - Concurrent Expert Panels                     

   DBA Expert Panel

   Moderator:       Karen Langley, SAIC- Science Applications
                    International Corp.
   Panelists:       John Beresniewicz, Savant Corporation 
********            Ari Kaplan, Independent Consultant 
********            Gaja Krishna Vaidyanatha, Quest Software 
                    JJ Ecker, Amazoncom. 
                    
   iDBA Expert Panel 
   Moderator:       Bill Burke, Burke Consulting Services, Inc.
   Panelists:       Willard Baird, Florida Power Company
(--->)              Kevin Loney, Kevin Loney Consulting, L.L.C.
                    Roger Schrag, Database Specialists, Inc.
                    Kevin Miller, Amazon.com

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BTW, the "demographics" given on the Openworld web page seem interesting if they at all reflect productive elements of Oracle's actual customer base. if I'm reading right, the workplace sectors represented (by attendees) at the top are:

  consulting&education + retail&services = 44% Received on Thu Aug 31 2000 - 14:15:22 CDT