Re: Win a SAAB at COMMON !

I couldn't agree more.  I attended my first COMMON 
conference in 1974.  Since then, *user* involvement 
has diminished to the point that the organization 
has become little more than another marketing tool 
for IBM.  Sorry to see it go this way, but it was 
probably inevitable.

Joe Frank
Synapse Communications, Inc.



Charles L. Massoglia wrote:
> 
> Does anyone else have a problem with this or am I out in left field.  I'm
> not sure this is the image I want associated with a user group for which I
> volunteer to speak. It sounds more and more like a commercial enterprise.
> 
> I have attended every COMMON since April 1977 in Chicago and have spoken at
> every COMMON since October 1977 in Boston.  I am debating whether September
> 1998 in Anaheim will be my last conference as a speaker.
> 
> Am I overreacting?
>
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