I'm in, even if I have to take vacation and pay for it myself. Jan Broucinek, System Manager Arthur Rutenberg Homes, Inc. (727) 536-5900 voice (727) 536-7168 x245 direct (727) 538-9089 fax www.arhomes.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Madden" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 12:23 PM Subject: [THIN] An Independent iForum-like Conference? > Hi All, > > > At the THIN list dinner at Shula's at iForum last year, a bunch of us > guys and gals sat around and talked about all sorts of things. > > > > One thing we discussed was that we felt that iForum was turning into an > "industry event" as opposed to a good old fashioned tech conference. We > discussed creating our own vendor-neutral server-based computing > technical conference. > > > > I've been busily working on this idea for several months now. I've > talked to a lot of you offline about it, and to vendors, hotels, and > management companies. I live in Washington DC, and we've even brought > this idea to the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority. Fairfax > county is the home of "Silicon Alley" which is the DC-area home to many > huge tech companies. (They love the idea, BTW.) > > > > So, here's what I'm thinking. I have a meeting with the FCEDA on Friday, > and I'd like to get your opinions on stuff: > > > > Independent Server-Based Computing Tech Conference, Washington DC, April > 2005 > > > > This is our event. We can talk about whatever we want. I talked to the > TS product group at Microsoft, and they seemed interested. I think we > could get some of the TS developers at this event. Also, we could talk > about MetaFrame, New Moon, Jetro, HOB, DAT, etc, etc.. plus all the > third-party tools. We could invite all the people from this LIST to > speak, and we can get together online to vote on the agenda, polls, etc. > > > > My idea is for this to be a technical event. I'd also like to make it > much cheaper than iForum, maybe around $500 or so. > > > > So, thoughts, ideas, suggestions? > > > > Remember that I don't have a job, so I can basically spend all day > working on putting this thing together. > > > > Brian > > > > Brian Madden > > brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > +1.202.302.3657 > > Visit www.brianmadden.com <http://www.brianmadden.com> for in-depth > Citrix, Terminal Server, and server-based computing news and analysis, > white papers, downloadable videos, and product reviews. > > > > > ******************************************************** > This Week's Sponsor - RTO Software / TScale > What's keeping you from getting more from your terminal servers? Did you > know, in most cases, CPU Utilization IS NOT the single biggest > constraint to scaling up?! Get this free white paper to understand the > real constraints & how to overcome them. SAVE MONEY by scaling-up rather > than buying more servers. > http://www.rtosoft.com/Enter.asp?ID=147 > ********************************************************** > Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: > http://thin.net/links.cfm > *********************************************************** > For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or > set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: > http://thin.net/citrixlist.cfm > ******************************************************** This Week's Sponsor - RTO Software / TScale What's keeping you from getting more from your terminal servers? Did you know, in most cases, CPU Utilization IS NOT the single biggest constraint to scaling up?! Get this free white paper to understand the real constraints & how to overcome them. SAVE MONEY by scaling-up rather than buying more servers. http://www.rtosoft.com/Enter.asp?ID=147 ********************************************************** Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: http://thin.net/links.cfm *********************************************************** For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thin.net/citrixlist.cfm