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From: "George Fogg" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 1:37 AM
Subject: Re: z Training: IBM System z Expo - Oct. 5-9, 2009 - Orlando
but that means there are a few less of them each day. I think the
IBM conference had a half day off on Wednesday, if I remember, which
Ed said:
It's not that they won't allow non-IBM presenters. As I understand it, the
new policy is that anyone that works for an ISV or consultancy must now
buy
a VSP ("Vendor Sponsored Presentation") in order to present at zExpo. That
affects people like Cheryl Watson, Peter Enrico, Dr. Pat Artis, Tom
Conley,
etc. I can't speak for other presenters, but there's no way I could
convince
my boss to *PAY* IBM for the "privilege" of allowing me to present
something
like "Bit Bucket Highlights" at zExpo.
It just doesn't make sense...
Does that mean that "us" the customer cannot speak at z/EXPO? How about
user
experiences with some of the functions offered by IBM? That's weird if
they,
IBM is only presenting their side of the story and not us. We were invited
to talk about HCD, console consolidation, RACF, GRS, and such as far as
Boeing experience goes implementing these functions and features in the
past.
What a shame if that is true.
George Fogg
George,
Supposably, IBM will still allow "user" sessions. According to IBM, I'm an
ISV now, so I cannot present at zExpo anymore without paying a significant
and financially unsound amount of money to do so. I have no product to
sell, so paying to present is a bad business decision for me. IBM's
decision to reclassify independent speakers as ISV's was extremely
disappointing and unfortunate. I will leave it at that.
Regards,
Tom Conley
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