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by Tim DiChiara, Site Editor
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Last week, I predicted information and sensory overload for my week at OracleWorld in San Francisco. I was right, fortunately or unfortunately.
The hundreds of technical sessions were useful and educational, of course, and every guru worth his or her salt was there and available to answer questions. The keynotes ranged from relatively sober (Michael Dell and Larry Ellison, for example) to over-the-top ("Infrastructure Jeopardy" and Senior VP Sohaib Abbasi's "BI-onic man") Meanwhile in the vendor exhibit hall, the gimmicks seem to be getting sillier every year: Besides the usual laser lights, throbbing techno music, and free trinkets, there were jugglers, race cars, planes, talking robots, marketing staff dressed like convicts from Alcatraz, and even one presentation involving somebody wearing a strait jacket while riding a unicycle, the point of which eluded me. It all smacked of desperation -- not too surprising given the horrible IT economy.
Thankfully, I missed the sight of 23,000 database geeks rocking out to Cheap Trick's "I want you to want me" on Wednesday. My nervous system does have its limits. If anybody was there, I'd love to hear your opinion (email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]).
In case you missed it, here is our original coverage of the show:
Thanks, and have a great week, Tim
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Featured Expert Ian Abramson,
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Categories: Data warehousing
Ian is the founder of IAS, Inc, which has built a fourteen year reputation for delivering high quality Data Warehouse and Oracle systems to clients around the world. Ian is also the co-author of several Oracle books, is currently the Director of Education Programming for the International Oracle User Group, and is well-known for his seminars and technical training classes. Ask Ian your tough data warehousing questions!
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This Week: In the forums
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CLOB from Perl
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