> I was not being combative, I was being defensive.
Using your own auto-negative interpretive method, I understand that to mean
"I was being combative, I was not being defensive.", and with that I agree.
Now I'm finding you offensive, too: make up your mind whether we're on- or
off-list, sir.
Tracy (unarmed vs bill clinton english) Pierce
The way
> your sentence read, I understood it to mean that the Sol Symp AND HP
> World only had a few HP3000-relevant presentations.
>
> That point of view really irked me, as we (Interex) are quite
> proud of the excellent content that has been put together for the Sol
> Symposia. In order to serve the greatest number of people
> and to help lower the costs and travel time for the attendees, we are
> holding two events, one on the east coast and one on the west
> coast. We have made the two events virtual copies of each other and
> just about all the speakers have committed to be at both
> events. We are trying very hard to serve the HP e3000 community by
> providing some of the top speakers on three tracks: migration
> planning; migration implementation and system fundamentals, networking
> & homesteading information. Just taking a single example of
> the tremendous opportunities to learn at these events, my good friend
> Michael Marxmeier, Mr. Eloquence himself, is going to be there.
>
> These events represent the very essence of the users group,
> were it enables the interaction between attendees, speakers
> and HP. The
> nice thing with the Solutions Symposia is the fact they are
> small events and totally focused on the HP e3000. If you want to talk
> 3000, this is the place.
>
> I was sort of hoping that Jon Backus would chime in on this
> issue, because he will be holding
>
>
> .
>
> Denys
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Tracy Pierce
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 11:36 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Membership
>
> Denys, I can't understand why you're misunderstanding my
> original statement,
> which includes "...Sol Symp & HPWorld, at which there
> actually ARE at least
> a few HP3000-relevant presentations".
>
> Yes, the SolSymp really IS HP3000 related, and IMHO has far
> greater value
> that HPWorld, which vendors are obligated to attend if only due to
> tradition.
>
> Thanks for airing this year's SolSymp agenda, but please
> desist with the
> combative stance?
>
> TIA
>
> Tracy Pierce
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Denys Beauchemin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 9:31 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Membership
> >
> >
> > I posted the following message on HP3000-L and realized that
> > it was originally posted on this list. Sorry for the duplication.
> >
> > A week or so back, Tracy Pierce was complaining about:
> > "...BTW I'm also an Interex member, which actually costs
> > money. Other than
> > getting me a better entry price for the Solutions Symposium
> > and HPWorld, at which there actually ARE at least a few
> > HP3000-relevant
> > presentations, it's pretty hard to justify, as we (the
> > GGBHTD) thus I don't stand to benefit from anything positive
> > about Interex,
> > specifically the SIG-to-HP relationships.
> > Tracy Pierce"
> >
> > I looked at the agenda for the upcoming Solutions Symposium
> > in Valley Forge later this month and in San Jose next
> month. I should
> > say there are a few "HP3000-relevant presentations," in fact,
> > there are a lot. All of the agenda is dedicated to the HP e3000.
> > There is information there for people who are considering
> > migrating or are in the process of migrating and there is
> > also a lot of
> > information for the folks who are homesteading, especially on
> > how to set up for the long term.
> >
> > Here is a list of the speakers who will be there.
> >
> > >From HP:
> > Dave Wilde
> > Alvina Nishimoto
> > Jeff Vance
> > Jeff Bandle
> > Kevin Cooper
> > Mark Bixby
> > Marty Poniatowski
> > Ross McDonald
> >
> > And here is a list of the non-HP speaker
> > Alan Yeo
> > Birket Foster
> > Chuck Edgin
> > David Thatcher
> > Dirk Steyaert
> > Donna Faudree
> > Duane Percox
> > Gunnar Fredlund
> > Ira Baxter
> > Jeanette Nutsford
> > Jeff Kubler
> > John Middleveen
> > John Murphy
> > Joy Crenshaw
> > John Paolello
> > Jon Backus
> > Ken Robertson
> > Lee Tsai
> > Les Johnson
> > Michael Dixon
> > Michael Marxmeir
> > Nick Fortin
> > Paul Edwards
> > Rich Trapp
> > Scott Pierson
> > Sven Akkermans
> > Wm. Matthew Street
> >
> > Look at that list and tell me again there is no HP e3000
> > content here. These people will be covering all future
> > options for the HP
> > 3000 users. If you want to find out more, I would suggest
> > you go to www.interex.org. Certainly if Interex has missed
> something,
> > you still have time to tell them.
> >
> >
> > Denys
> >
>
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