I wonder if the current financial climate is just an excuse not to have it. Howard
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Sanford, Claire < [email protected]> wrote: > ** Heck... Cisco just shut down it's Houston TAC for Support and sent it > to India! > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Wallace, Kelvin > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:32 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Other shoe just fell, no UserWorld 2009, so on with the > ARSlist Awards > > ** > > Has anyone else heard rumors of a Cisco buyout of parts or all of BMC > Software – resulting from the "California" blade server rollout? > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Guillaume Rheault > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:54 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Other shoe just fell, no UserWorld 2009, so on with the > ARSlist Awards > > > > Not only that, but the market had crashed too, and even worse, peregrine > acquired Remedy, which initially questioned peregrine's commitment to ARS. > That in itself put many implementation projects on hold back then. > > -Guillaume > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) on behalf of Rick Cook > Sent: Tue 01/06/09 12:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Other shoe just fell, no UserWorld 2009, so on with the > ARSlist Awards > > As I recall, 1300 people attended the rug after the dot com bust. The > market wasn't any worse then than now. Did any BMC customer or partner get > asked whether they would attend? > > Rick > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: "VanSickle, James W" <[email protected]> > > Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 11:27:18 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Other shoe just fell, no UserWorld 2009, so on with the > ARSlist Awards > > > There is also another side to this as well. > > How many companies in the current financial climate can or are willing > to send some or all of their Remedy teams to such a conference? If I > was a manager trying to keep costs down, I might have a difficult time > justifying plane tickets, hotel fees, car rental, and other travel > expenses for such a conference. BMC could have some very justified > fears that attendance would be too low to be worth the effort, and that > a number of third-party vendors may also keep their staff away in > efforts to save costs. > > James Van Sickle > Remedy Developer > Office: 972-409-4902 > Mobile: 214-263-9340 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > html___ > __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > html___ > __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > html___ > -- Howard Richter Red Hat Certified Technician CompTIA Linux+ Certified ITIL Foundation Certified E-Mail = [email protected] LinkedIn Profile = http://www.linkedin.com/in/hbr4270 _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
