Re: IBM Tech Conf vs. Common Conference

I've attended both, a few times.  Often you have the same instructors with
the same materials.  COMMON gives you more sessions and choices.  However,
if you are physically challenged you may find hustling from building to
building more of a struggle and may appreciate the IBM conference better -
less spread out.
COMMON used to be a lot cheaper also but I think they're closing the gap.
They started losing money and raising prices after adding things to
generate revenue - capitalism in reverse.

Rob Berendt

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Hello All,

I am a junior programmer with 1 year in the field. I have been given
a choice to attend either an upcoming Common conference or the IBM
as400 conference in palm springs. I have looked at the Common session
grids and thought that their classes sounded good because one seems to
build
on another. But was told by a senior programmer that the IBM technical
conferences are actually better
because they are more technical in scope. I went to their site but they did
not have class sessions up yet. If anyone out there has input your opinion
would be greatly
appreciated. I use RPG400, SQL400, CL, and will be using JAVA in the near
future.
Thank you.


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