Oracle OpenWorld - A Customers Perspective

Well, I've now read about the Dinner Party, the Band Performance, had a look at the Expo Hall and listened to Larry talk about his boat, and a little about Exadata Server, but where is the real content and why is it not available 'FREE' to all us loyal Support paying customers, a concern that I previously expressed in my forum post of the 6th October.

http://www.UKOCN.com/forums/database-dbms/dbms-business-community/oracle-openworld

Unable and now definitely unwilling to attend OpenWorld I was extremely disappointed to be learn that as a none attending Oracle Customer I would have to pay for 'OpenWorld on Demand - $700', reduced to $100 for Oracle employees. Yes, Oracle are now charging their own employees for what is effectively 'staff training'. I bet this went down well!

Imagine if all my suppliers and software vendors charged me $700 to view what is effectively their latest marketing material?

Oracle OpenWorld on-Demand for Oracle Employees

"In a dynamic company like Oracle, there’s always something new for employees to learn—and there’s nobody better to learn it from than our top execs, our product experts, our partners, industry leaders … and, of course, our customers. That means there’s no better place to learn than at Oracle OpenWorld"

"Unfortunately not all of us could make the trip—and most who did were so busy helping to run the show that they didn’t have a chance to take it all in. Never fear, we can see and hear it all with Oracle OpenWorld On Demand at the special employee rate of $100 per user"

http://blogs.oracle.com/oracleopenworld/2008/10/oracle_openworld_on_demand_for_1.html

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