You hit the nail on the head, Dan. It is encouraging to see BMC recommit to one of their cornerstone products. All the reasons you put out for attending are solid.
Don't take this in a negative tone, please! But the reality for some is that a junket to Florida is a hard-sell when the holidays are coming up and the last solid chunks of productive project time are winding down. I'd love to see a future virtual version of these kind of events, a series of wide-availability live virtual conferences held so that people can attend portions while still monitoring their problematic projects and/or systems back at home office. One-off webinars are good, but a conference-like concentration of events would be even better and in 2014, I'd think it would be relatively simple to coordinate and put some server/pipe resources behind. There is no substitute for the bonds and contacts made at a live event to be sure, followed by good times and knocking back a few. The reality, though, is the luxury of such travel isn't aligned with a big cross-section of the customer base but we'd still value the content being delivered. I was there at the Swan in 2001. My now-ex drug me off to the theme park half the time anyway. Enjoy the conference and know some of us are green with envy but just can't get away. _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
