Re: The relevance of COMMON (was Penton to buy Duke - News400 magazine)

[John Earl <johnearl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric Kempter wrote:

> This user group is NOT free.  It costs David money which he is hopefully
> recouping through the midrange bookstore.  As far as what you are missing -
> new ideas, networking opporunities for your business and yourself, the
> opportunity to explore solutions that a book or list may not give you, the
> time to commit to educating yourself without the distractions of home or
> office, an opportunity to corner IBM to give them feedback,  and a cool
> handbag.

How many black hand bags does a person need?  If they gave me the option of the
hand bag or a brand new paper clip, I'd take te paper clip.

Honestly, if I never receive another hand bag from COMMON (or any other user
show) I will still die a happy man.

jte


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