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It's a one day announcement rah-rah briefing and it's free with lots of the kinda free stuff and samples, food, coffee, etc., that we used to see at S/38 and AS/400 announcements... On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Booth Martin wrote: > How much will the Windows 2003 Announcement meeting cost? How many days > long is it? > > Yes, Windows is everywhere, and yes Windows knows how to draw people and yes > Windows knows how to build a strong and bleedingly loyal fan base. They > even build half way decent software. > > IBM needs competition. IBM people are struggling to get the message, so > lets help them. > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Booth Martin http://www.MartinVT.com > Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------- > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion > Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 20:13:02 > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion > Subject: Re: COMMON rates (was RE: Congrads John Earl!) > > > On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Paul Nelson wrote: > > > > > <rant on> > > The fact of the matter is that costs simply keep going up, and that the > > attendance keeps going down. If people would just remember that COMMON is > a > > user group and not a capitalistic venture like other conferences, perhaps > > they'd have a different perspective. Whether we are self managed or hire > an > > > Paul, > > I think the attendance dynamics we're seeing are only in a VERY SMALL part > due to any effect from COMMON, the organization. > > I think the BIG reasons for the dynamic we're seeing is a function of: > > 1- o/s > application emphasis > 2- LACK of interest in the AS/400 > 3- a VERY saturated education market for o/s400 related education > 4- a growing LACK of interest in the AS/400.... > 5- the current economic conditions in the US > 6- the growing LACK of interest in the AS/400.... > 7- IT shoppes becoming very heterogenous in their systems and educational > requirements > 8- (see #6) > > Common is just a leading indicator dude. Heck, I'm going to the Win 2003 > announcement here in DC next week and I expect it to be standing room > only. Now WHEN was the last time you heard that for a OS/400 release or > announcement?????? > > Hey, I like this cheese, but..... > > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > > .
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