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From: "Jordan" <jordan@cruzio.com>
Subject: Re: PPD Desperation?
Organization: Object Productions
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 21:25:47 GMT
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My feeling is, this kind of vital information should be posted by PPD for
FREE
on the internet using their 'state-of-the-art' Internet Tools.

Regardless of cost, most developers don't have the time to attend these
conferences;
the time lost (opportunity cost) is triple the cost in $ for the
conference.

I feel that PPD needs to be more sensitive to the time as well as monetary
constraints of
their customer base, and keep them informed and up-to-date in a variety of
formats,
not just trade shows.

	Jordan


Marten Feldtmann <marten@feki.toppoint.de> wrote in article
<32297dc2.46454b49@feki.toppoint.de>...
> In article <507dbo$3j64@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>,
> Bill Felton <bfelton@ibm.net> wrote:
> >Is there any sane reason for PPD to have placed at least 4 calls to me
> >regarding their "user's conference", which I have declined to
> >attend?  [At nearly 3 times the cost of OOPSLA, I have a great deal
> >of difficulty seeing the value add -- especially after last year's
> >marketing hype fun-fair].
> 
>  If you're developing for PPD and you want to know, what you have to
> throw away and what is supported in the merger ... then you should visit
> the "User's Conference". 
> 
>  Marten
> 
> 
