> > The technical speakers at PalmSource99 where quite exceptional in both
> > content and delivery and the conference was well worth attending. I came
> >
>
> I would second that (if we are talking about PalmSource99 Europe) -
Without wanting to do a "Me Too!", I would agree with that. Content was
pitched at the right level of detail, speakers came across well,
presentations (at least the ones I saw) weren't dry or amateurish.
Particular credit goes to David Fedor who presented some of technical
sessions covering 3.5 - I can't wait to get POSE and OS 3.5 running on
this Linux box :-)
> The best keynote session to my mind was the one on 'The Competition' and the
> booby
> prize goes to the Handspring session - no product to show except a long view
> at
> one the speaker had in his pocket, no Springboards at all and the speaker
> went off
> on a highly technical tangent (remember this was a key note session not a
> technical
I missed "The Competition", but I must confess I was a little disappointed
with Handspring's presentation. Being of a technical mind, I managed to
get through the hardware information (despite hardware not being my forte)
- but it did seem inappropriate for a keynote. Perhaps it was due to the
clash with the Java & Palm presentation in the other room? (Which I'm
annoyed about missing)
> one). Then to top it off we had a few words from the new VP in charge of
> Europe. All
> he did was drop names; 'Donna and I go back a long way' 'Geoff and I' etc. I
> felt like
> asking who the heck was Donna.... One the other hand I did fell sorry for
You and me both :-) One of the rest of our company's delegation filled me
in later. Plus there were his stock responses: "Don't Know, Can't Say, See
me Later" (or something like that)
ho hum :-(
> the main
> speaker (the VP was noticebly quiet when the questions were asked), who I
> believe
> was from Tech Support, when a couple of delegates/journalist(?) asked some
> probing
> questions about the distribution problems in the US and 'how did they feel
> about TRG as
> a competitor'. There should have been someone else present to handle that
> type of
> question.
Yep, he really wasn't sure how to answer that one - I don't think he
actually answered it properly, looking back.
> David Fedor's technical sessions were excellent and all in all though it was
> an
> excellent conference and well worth the time and money. I'm looking forward
> to next
> years.
Me too :-) Was I right in saying they said the next one was in a "year
and a bit"? I don't think I can wait... anyone fancy an "Unofficial UK
PalmSource 2000"?
Regards,
John
(who really needs to get a .sig sorted out sometime)
