The REAL World Conference is a valuable education and networking tool. Back in my mainframe days (pre-email days), Univac had 2 conferences per year -- one in the Spring and one in the Fall -- east coast, then west coast. These conferences were my only contact with colleagues. I made some great friends, learned about various procedures and new hardware, made hardware deals with vendors, solved software problems I was having, and so forth. These conferences were incredibly valuable. Today, with the NUG list server, nobody works in a vacuum anymore. But the conferences are still valuable for networking, meeting people you only talk with via email, and learning new software and techniques.
My 2 cents worth. TJ _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
