RE: Conference other than COMMON

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Jon Paris
> 
> For application development you have:
> 
> <commercial_interest>
> 
> RPG World (www.rpgworld.com) - which focuses on RPG - and is clearly
the
> best <grin>.
> 
> </commercial_interest>
> 
> DevCon (http://devcon.iseries400experts.com)- also application
development
> but less RPG and a lot of Java and WebSphere.

Ahem.  And while Jon may list both of these conferences, please note
that he and Susan appear at both, while many speakers appear ONLY at
iSeries DevCon <g>.

Seriously, I don't attend RPG World so I can't tell you much about it,
but I do know that DevCon kicks butt.  To be honest, it reminds me of
COMMON back in the 80's; smaller, but with tons of energy.  Lots of
hands on labs, and the group that runs it wants to be sure that you are
working with the latest stuff.  I'll be teaching a bunch of sessions and
labs on JSP Model II, George Farr will be there with the latest from
IBM; it's an incredible show and worth every penny.

And I love the RIO Hotel.

Joe