ah, although to be honest I meant in terms of maturity/depth of presentation, not quantity! On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Robert Freeman <robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Much smaller than OOW. There are 14 sessions running in parallel. There are > about 4 of these parallel tracks during the day. > > Robert G. Freeman > Oracle ACE > Ask me about on-site Oracle Training! RMAN, DBA, Tuning, you name it! > Author: > Oracle Database 11g RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press) - ON IT'S WAY > SOON! > OCP: Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional Study Guide > (Sybex) > Oracle Database 11g New Features (Oracle Press) > Oracle Database 10g New Features (Oracle Press) > Other various titles > Blog: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.com > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx> > To: robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx; "oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" < > oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wed, November 4, 2009 11:58:20 AM > Subject: Re: Slightly OT: SQL Server conference vs. Oracle conferences... > > How does it compare to OOW? If i recall correctly there is a big > vendor effort behind the show. > > On 11/4/09, Robert Freeman <robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'm in Seattle this week attending SQL Pass (anyone else in Oracle-L > here?). > > I'd liken SQL Pass, somewhat, to Collaborate though it is very database > > specific. I'd say there are maybe 1500 to 2000 attending here (I've seen > no > > numbers, this is only a guess). Yes, I'm a man who is visiting a foreign > > country. I wear my Oracle shirt proudly and got a few interesting looks > in > > the process yesterday. > > > > One thing I've noticed (thus far) is the maturity at this conference (and > > fairly I've been one day only so far) is NOTHING like those at the bigger > > Oracle conferences such as Collaborate, RMOUG or HOTSOS. The level and > depth > > of the speaking at the Oracle conferences is much better than what I've > seen > > here. I've yet to see a presentation that wows me as I have from the > likes > > of Tom Kyte, Tim Gorman, Cary Millsap and the like. There is a level of > > maturity that is missing here I think, both in presentations, style and > > content. Anyway, I fully recognize that my Oracle bigotry might be > showing, > > but I'm not all that impressed. Let's see how I feel at the end of the > week. > > > > Just thought I'd share. > > > > Cheers! > > > > RF > > > > Robert G. Freeman > > Oracle ACE > > Ask me about on-site Oracle Training! RMAN, DBA, Tuning, you name it! > > Author: > > Oracle Database 11g RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press) - ON IT'S WAY > > SOON! > > OCP: Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional Study Guide > > (Sybex) > > Oracle Database 11g New Features (Oracle Press) > > Oracle Database 10g New Features (Oracle Press) > > Other various titles > > Blog: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.com > > -- > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > > > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > Niall Litchfield > Oracle DBA > http://www.orawin.info > > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info