Vern,
The article says the email was from "IBM i DevCon staff"...this isn't from
IBM. But frankly, this decline in people interested and using the product
line is really no surprise and we have Lou and the rest of the fine folks in
Armonk to thank for it....
I long ago predicted that the LOCAL LUG's would be the last ones standing
after the COMMON's, etc., had died off...and it doesn't look like there's
many of them even left any more.
My guess is that Jon & Susan's conference, OCEAN, NEIBM, Wisconsin will be
the surviving non-IBM conferences. IBM has already been pushing more AIX
under the "power" moniker than i/os at their conference and good luck(!!)
finding much of anything at the IBM conference for a developer that's
non-AIX/Linux/Windows centric....
That kinda tell you something that people have been preaching was going to
happen for a while now????
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vern Hamberg
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 11:42 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Adios, DevCon
Actually, according to the IT Jungle article, in the paragraph following
this one, it says that IBM recommended that DEVCON attendees go to RPG/DB2
Summit, so as not to leave a hole in training opportunities.
----- Original Message -----
I thought I read something about Jon Paris and his group encouraging DevCon
interested parties to attend their conference. Things are just moving in
different directions and indeed a 'sign of the times'.
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Nelson
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 6:20 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: Adios, DevCon
http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh061013-story07.html
"Times are tough in the IT conference business. Last week, the annual IBM i
application development conference known as DevCon said that it is folding
its tent as a result of declining attendance rates in recent years. Less
than a month ago, COMMON Europe pulled the plug on its annual Power Systems
conference. Disappointing pre-event registration totals and the loss of IBM
support were cited as the cause. In April, the COMMON Annual Meeting and
Exposition had its lightest attendance ever. Declining conference attendance
is widespread throughout many industries. It is another sign of the times."
Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 512-392-2577
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
midrange.com
