Re:

Chuck C writes:
> Larry Barnes said:
>> "I thought going to HP World was for improving your skills with the HPe3k?
>> Has the HP world become so political that they need a political humorist to
>> break the ice?
...
> The following sessions, in the MPE tract,  are currently scheduled.  Sorry to
> see that Larry won't be
> there to learn from the best in our industry.  This is only one of several

...

> [a list of 27 talks/panels, and 16 SIGs, and 3 BOFs]

I was curious about something, so I grabbed the first conference proceedings
that came to hand (1988 Orlando), and counted:

192 talks by non-HP employees
 87 talks by HP employees
  ? SIG/BOF meetings (not listed in the proceedings, so I don't know the number)
---
279+

For comparison, the approximate total of all events at HP WORLD 2000
(i.e., the number of "<LI>"s on
http://www.interex.org/conference/hpworld2000/agendadetail.html)
is 312 (this includes separately paid-for activities on Saturday and Sunday).

Thus, they're apparently comparable size conferences, as far as programming
goes.

Of course, nearly every talk at Orlando was MPE oriented :)

Perhaps that difference is what Larry referred to?

P.s.: I have no idea how Orlando (1988) compared to other conferences...
I did not try to choose it as the biggest/smallest/whatever ... it
was simply close at hand.


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