RE: NOLA/COMMON S06

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Al,

in some areas of IBM you're actually seeing them goto a 24 month 
announcement cycle...and I think other areas will follow suite.



On Thu, 8 Sep 2005, Al Barsa wrote:

> Regarding spring COMMON.
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> There's a lot of speculation in the press that COMMON will go to one
> conference per year, with NOLA forcing it's hand.  IMHO, if COMMON were to
> change, no one should force their hand.
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> Currently (this week) IBM is on an 18 month cycle between releases, which
> means that every third COMMON is strategic for IBM.  If COMMON were to go
> to one conference per year, this might be bad for IBM.
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> In all likelihood (if you believe what you read) spring COMMON will be a
> biggie (a technical term) for IBM.
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> Al
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> I'd be up for that.
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