Re: Results of my poll so far... User conferences... are they too expensive?
- From: Tim Gorman <tim@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:08:22 -0700
Hmmmmm...
Whoever responded that way doesn't know about the Rocky Mtn Oracle
Users Group (www.rmoug.org) "Training Days" conference, usually held
in the 2nd week of February each year (next on Wed-Thu 14-15 Feb
2008), which provides 2 solid days of training with top-notch material
for less than US$250.00.
Being held on a Wed-Thu means that the following Fri-Sun can be used
for a quick personal ski trip, if you wish. And, based on my
experience in the early-season snow these past few weeks, where I've
already had to dig out of waist-deep powder, this is a good thing...
Shameless plug? Nope -- I'm not involved at all with RMOUG (except as
a speaker) for the first time in 17 years. Well, maybe a little, for
old times sake... ;-)
In general, "grass-roots" users groups (like RMOUG) produce
conferences that are priced similarly, providing similar value. The
major conferences (i.e. OOW, Collaborate, etc) last 4+ days and cost
over $1,000 and thousands of attendees, but the local users groups are
smaller, briefer, with great quality, and much cheaper.
If these are the "user conferences" that are considered "overpriced",
then I'd challenge anyone to do them more cheaply. Quoting Derek Bok,
former president of Harvard (compliments of Carel-Jan's email
trailer): "Think education is expensive? Try ignorance"...
Quoting Robert Freeman <robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>:
Well the results of my poll (which can be reached from my Blog) seem
very interesting. I'll share one result with you right now:
The question is:
1. Which of the following (if any) Oracle DBA conferences do you feel
you get the most benefit out of?
The front running answer, which surprised me a bit, is:
User conferences? Who has the money?
Out in front at 24% of the respondents!!
So, we user conferences really overly priced? If so, what do we do
about that?
Cheers!!
Robert G. Freeman
Author:
Oracle Database 11g New Features (Oracle Press)
Portable DBA: Oracle (Oracle Press)
Oracle Database 10g New Features (Oracle Press)
Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press)
Oracle9i New Feature
Blog: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.com (Oracle Press)
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