OracleWorld 2009 Not OracleWorld of Past..

Registration snafus, Golf Fairway takes over Exhibit Hall, More Conference Sessions Actually Sales Pitches.. These are some of the Headlines that purused through the Halls Monday Morning at OracleWorld 2009. Attendance seems to be down - not suprising given the economy. Many open parking spots late into the morning at our favorite 5th Street Garage.

Back to headlines.. Many bloggers who registered online in advance were able to spend hours building their session schedules online along with other conference preparation tasks only to find out after attempting to check-in at Registration that their application as a Blogger had not been 'approved' - no reason given -".. we may drop you a email later explaining..".... per the Blogger/Press Registration Desk. It should be interesting reading those Blogs.. evidently Oracle not interested in good Blogger relations.

In the West Building Exhibit Hall about 20% of the Hall is taken over by a Golf Fairway.. fun for many - but was that to fill in for unsold Exhibit Hall spaces? Like last year many grumblings about Oracle Speaker led conference sessions thin on content but rich on sales pitches.