I am ‘giving up’ on conferences for DBAs. I agree that Collaborate is less and
less for DBAs – I attended the conference for many years and enjoyed it in the
past.
From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf
Of Tyfanie Wineriter
Sent: Monday, July 8, 2019 2:07 PM
To: oracle-l-freelist <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: IOUG and Quest Oracle Community - Merger
Out of curiosity, now that Quest swallowed IOUG, and Collaborate is
significantly less DBA-Focused (I agree with Jeff, it was already becoming less
and less for DBAs), what conferences are DBAs going to instead? Is there a
good DBA-Focused conference, besides OpenWorld?
I wanted to do a “MySQL For the Oracle RAC DBA” presentation, since that’s what
I was looking for at the last Collaborate. :D
~ Tyfanie Wineriter ~
Database Administrator
University of Oregon
1212 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97402-1212
(541) 346-1366
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<oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> On Behalf
Of Jeff Chirco
Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 5:06 PM
To: Alfredo Abate <alfredo.abate@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:alfredo.abate@xxxxxxxxx>>
Cc: oracle-l-freelist <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Subject: Re: IOUG and Quest Oracle Community - Merger
To be honest was not a fan but also doesn't matter too much as this was the
first year I decided to not renew my membership. I wasn't finding any value in
the membership, the webinars seemed to be less and less, I stopped reading the
Select Journal when it moved to an electronic format (just personal
preference), and the website had a lack of community involvement. I've
attended Collaborate 3 times, and as a DBA in a company that does not have any
Oracle "Apps" nor have any plans to use Oracle Cloud the conference was
providing less of a value. It seemed the DBA related sessions were less and
less and mostly focused on the Cloud. Which I get as that is Oracle's push, but
just not for our company until maybe one day we are forced. Also I always felt
overwhelmed by the disproportion amount of "apps" people from Quest and OAUG
versus the DBA's from IOUG. Was harder to find good conversations. I was kind
of hoping IOUG would go the other way and own its own from the conference
perspective. If I attend another conference it will probably be RMOUG or ODTUG
as those just seem to make more sense for what we focus on. But I've meet some
great people through IOUG and it could actually be better under Quest. Just my
two cents. I'll continue to keep and eye on it as it goes.
Jeff
On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 8:57 AM Alfredo Abate
<alfredo.abate@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:alfredo.abate@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
In case you haven't heard, the IOUG is now part of the Quest Oracle Community.
https://questoraclecommunity.org/better-together
Alfredo
