Denys,
Your reply brought back some memories, so bear with me while I digress
from the subject at hand. The Montreal conference in '83 was my first,
and what a great one it was! Isaac Asimov as the keynote speaker, the
banquet at the Olympic Velodrome, excellent technical content, and a
beautiful city. As I recall, Denys was the chairman of the host committee.
I just wanted to acknowledge your excellent efforts, and thak you for
getting me "hooked" on Interex conferences.
>>> Denys Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]> 06/11/98 11:48am >>>
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Ferenc, I am not on the HP World committee this year. I did 4 years in a
row and I retired after the Chicago show last year.
However, I can answer your question, but let me digress a little bit.
The original conferences were held every year around the continent,
under
the auspices of the HP3000IUG. They even ran European conferences,
up
until the 1986 Madrid conference. At that point, the Europeans decided to
go it alone. The North American Conferences were held, as I said, every
year. Up until 1988, these conferences were HP 3000 only. The only
non-US
conference was in Montreal, in 1983 and I was on the committee for that
one.
In 1987, DEC (now a subsidiary of Compaq), held an open house at the
hotel
across the street from the Interex conference. They tried to attract HP
3000 customers to the DEC (dark) side with the slogan, DEC has it now!
At the Orlando 88 conference, a separate vendor area for HP-UX
vendors was
set up. It was the first time something other than HP 3000 was at the
conference. Even the PC technology was only showing a way to use
the PC to
access the HP3000, via emulators.
In subsequent conferences, the Interex conference has attracted more
and
more competitors (IBM, SUN, etc...) and a growing list of HP computers.
After the Interex conference in Toronto '95, it was decided to change the
name to HP World, to more accurately reflect the fact the conference
now
covered every computer produced by HP. This includes RTE, MPE,
HP-UX, NT,
and Windows.
HP World is now ranked as one of the top three conferences in the
industry,
which puts HP World right in the spotlight on the one hand, and the
crosshairs on the other hand. Conferences come and go and right now,
some
big name conferences have disappeared and others are struggling for
survival. It has always been my contention that as long as Interex
focuses
on all things HP, and only HP, HP World would do well. It seems to be
working well. As such, the conference covers MPE, HP-UX and NT as
separate
issues. Sure, there are other conferences which do that, IPROF for MPE,
UNIX Expo, Comdex Enterprise, and others, but the strength, appeal and
uniqueness of HP World come from the various talks and presentations
which
cover interoperability and migration issues.
There is no other conference that can showcase MPE, HP-UX and NT
working
together or migrating from one to the other and back.
MPE, HP-UX and NT have their strengths and weaknesses and all have a
place
in the enterprise. At HP World you can learn, or teach/show, how to
make
them work together.
As I am not on the conference committee, I do not know the quantitative
answers to your specific questions. You can count the various
presentations and come up with a percentage yourself. However, let me
assure you that NT will be well covered, as will HP-UX and MPE.
Next year, HP World 99 will be in San Francisco. 1999 marks the 60th
anniversary for HP and the 25th for Interex. I have been asked, and have
agreed, to come back as the chairman for that conference. I can tell you
now that I will be interested in papers covering the subject you are
mentioning and I hope you will submit an abstract.
As for your immediate needs, well there are several hotels with more
economical rates which can save you money. Airfare is a big ticket item,
and I realize that, but I do not know what to tell you there. I do hope to
see you in San Diego.
Kind regards,
Denys. . .
Denys Beauchemin
HICOMP America, Inc.
(800) 323-8863 (281) 288-7438 Fax: (281) 355-6879
denys at hicomp.com www.hicomp.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Dr. Ferenc Nagy [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, 11 June, 1998 8:33 AM
To: Denys Beauchemin
Cc: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Windows NT on HPWORLD
Hi Denys,
Respected Conference Committe,
This year I have not thought about visiting HPWORD, because our shop
has
to leave HP and TurboImage for Win NT and MS Access. I have got
however,
the program where the lectures and tutorials about Win NT and migration
and its security fill a specially colored stripe along all days of the
conference.
I know that I have waken up late, but
please -
count me, how much hours and what percent of the total conference
time fill the above topics;
if anybody knows a trick to get me there cheaply, and is interested my
migration trial, write me.
Best regards
Frank
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