Re: Thank you

From: Joel Garry <joel-garry_at_home.com>
Date: 26 Sep 2005 14:14:22 -0700
Message-ID: <1127769262.595829.25670@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>

hpuxrac wrote:
> Sybrand Bakker wrote:
> > On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 22:48:40 -0700, "Jim Kennedy"
> > <kennedy-downwithspammersfamily_at_attbi.net> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message
> > >news:1127518706.159385_at_yasure...
> > >> To everyone from the c.d.o. groups that came by and introduced
> > >> themselves at OpenWorld. It was great to meet you.
> > >>
> > >> A special thanks to Mark Townsend for hosting dinner and drinks
> > >> for those who responded to his invitation. It was great to meet
> > >> face-to-face.
> > >>
> > >> One day and I am off to Hawaii for a long awaited vacation ...
> > >> 5 days with the US Army. ;-)
> > >> --
> > >> Daniel A. Morgan
> > >> http://www.psoug.org
> > >> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> > >> (replace x with u to respond)
> > >
> > >It was a lot of fun and we didn't break the number 1 rule of conventions.
> > >(remember the time, don't be memorable.<grin>)
> > >Jim
> > >
> >
> > Thank you both for pointing out this isn't a worldwide forum.
> >
> > --
> > Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

> Mr. Bakker, what are you talking about?

> Oracle Open World is an event that is sponsored by Oracle Corporation.
> If you pay to attend it, everyone can attend.

> There were many participants from Latin America, Europe, Africa, and
> the Far East, Australia, everywhere.

>
> The cdos forum is also worldwide.

Actually, the hosted event in question was a cdos gathering, at least one person present was not an OOW participant. Any meatworld event having to do with a worldwide forum is likely to discriminate against those who are geographically undesireable. Anyone can call for a cdos event anywhere they want, although it is unlikely that too many will show up unless there is some other event to attract out-of-area attendees (or maybe near a LUG...).

That was a tasty banana-strawberry margarita, I must say. Thanks Mark!

Not so sure if I'll be going to Vegas for the next OOW, I was a bit hungry for more meatier sessions. There was at least one session in every time slot that I wanted to go to, most were good, but only a couple were the intense "whoa, I'll need to go back to the cd to cram all this stuff into my head" that I crave at this point. I got the impression that the Peoplesoft people were really upset at a lot of things, including how they had so many schedule changes. Non-apps people were a very small minority and kinda got lost in the shuffle. To be clear, I think it was worth the money. Dana Carvey and Berlin, gravy!

Also, nearly all the relatives I had in Vegas have moved elsewhere, so if I have to get a hotel, I might as well go to hotsos. Been to Vegas a bazillion times, used to have a condo there when my parents lived there.

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