[foxboro] San Antonio Wrap Up Final

Hello everyone,

The dust has settled, and I had a few reflections on the User Group 
Conference before I move on to other things.

1) Always great to see everybody.  Too bad a few of you couldn't make it, 
but the overall turnout was very good.  I don't know the exact numbers, but 
looked to be one of the better attended conferences.

2) Foxboro has gotten its act together.  You may, or may not, like all of 
the platform decisions that have been made, but at least they appear to be 
final.  Foxboro people were on the same page on technologies going forward. 
(XP rulz!)

3) Foxboro had some real products, that were really there, that really 
worked (CP270s, FSDIs, IACC2, Foxdraw 10, etc).  Now, how we get our 
systems to a rev level where we can use them is another problem.

4) ArchestrA took it's rightful spot in the background, as little more than 
some middleware for Invensys products. Way too much emphasis was placed on 
this in Orlando in 2002. ArchestrA may be the best thing ever, but I don't 
think other vendors are going to rush out and adopt it anytime soon.

5) Security is going to be an ongoing concern, and before it's all over 
there will be some minimum government guidelines that will have to be met.

6) It's fun to watch the Red Sox with a bunch of drunks from Foxboro.

Good job to the event organizers, Trish Davenport, Kathleen Quinlisk, Terry 
Deo and the steering committee, et. al.  Well planned and executed!

Good job to the poor folks from Foxboro who had to take the customer 
abuse.  Too many to mention, but if you were there, thanks.

I now return you to your religious war, already in progress.

Regards,
David

"Quote me as saying I was misquoted."
Groucho Marx 

 
 
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