AW: Cognos user conference and ADT

[elis]

Lucky you!

Being left out in the dark (read: Germany), I couldn't even think of
going to a user conference with the big guys - attending the "German" uc
last year (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) I was the only representative
for PowerHouse among roughly 500 BI-ers. And asking a question n the
forum (concerning the availability of PH Web / MPE) got me some raised
eyebrows from the Cognos sales representative and "well, yes, I seem to
recall we had a product ... what was the name ... Powerhouse...".

Not to mention the first blow some years ago when PH was re-classified
from "programming language" to "ADT" - remember, english is a foreign
language here - so what the heck is ADT?

End of lament
Elisabeth


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> Von: 	Bill D Michael[SMTP:Bill.Michael@ipaper.com]
> Gesendet: 	Freitag, 16. Juni 2000 18:51
> An: 	powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> Betreff: 	RE: Cognos user conference and ADT
> 
> 
> Absolutely! I haven't been to one in years, since they became "mostly
> BI".
> They've frankly been just too depressing, annoying,
> <insert-own-adjective>.
> If there was an "all PowerHouse" conference, even if my employer
> wouldn't
> pay for me to attend, if they'd give me the time off I'd pay my own
> way!
> (Um. Assuming the cost was reasonable, and not the utterly ridiculous
> $950.
> Maybe $250. Which should be plenty for a much smaller conference,
> needing
> less space...)
> 
> Ottawa vs. US? Not that big a difference, unless you held it here in
> Dallas. :-)  Anywhere "central" would be perfect, maybe Chicago? L.A.
> or
> New York are too expensive to fly to. Boston would be marginal but OK.
> Stay
> away from tourist cities like Vegas and stay away from the coasts if
> possible... look at airfare costs from all over and hotel costs when
> deciding.
> 
> A $250 ADT-only conference at a Holiday Inn in Chicago or Ottawa will
> get a
> _lot_ more attendance than a $950 mostly-irrelevant conference at a
> fancy
> hotel in L.A.! A little publicity other than on the listserv would
> help,
> too - I haven't seen anything about this year _except_ what I've read
> here.
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> "Deskin, Bob" <Bob.Deskin@Cognos.COM>@sphere.swau.edu said:
> 
> What do other people think? And don't get excited about this because I
> doubt
> there's much chance, but I'm curious. How much content would justify
> attendance? As I write this there's already a message from Brian
> Schalme
> expressing interest.
> 
> 
> 
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