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Too many user groups? Too many conferences? Good p...

2008-04-06T17:35:00.000-07:00

Too many user groups? Too many conferences? Good points, Steve and I think that's why I see value in some consolidation and believe some form of cooperation and even amalgamation is coming.

As for "get a life" (Anonymous) - you may be right and this fit's with what Steve says in his comment. With all the options available these days, surely finding the right balance is important and just knowing where to turn for (relevant and current) information unbiased and left un-interpreted for us, is what's most important for us all. We still need avenues apart from those unique to a vendor and that’s what I continue to make sure has a sustainable business model behind it.

Yes indeed, what with all the so-called "Social Ne...

2008-04-06T15:54:00.000-07:00

Yes indeed, what with all the so-called "Social Networking" sites (MySpace, FaceBook, Second Life, etc.) I think we need one or two more new ones: "First Life", or "Get a Life".

The absurdity of "modern life" (first life) is enough to cope with without looking for even more ways to mess up oneself (or show oneself in a bad light).

Hi Richard,I'm not really a big fan of virtual lif...

2008-04-06T14:29:00.000-07:00

Hi Richard,

I'm not really a big fan of virtual life/second life and those things. I have a hard enough time for everything going on in my first life.

I am starting to wonder if perhaps there are too many users groups or too many conferences? It seems like many of the groups have a hard time getting members to contribute, or to attend functions.

Wow Marty, that was quick. First up, I don't see a...

2008-04-05T20:15:00.000-07:00

Wow Marty, that was quick.

First up, I don't see any evidence of HP de-emphasizing NonStop but rather, see NonStop infiltrating deeper into HP.

And as for career options, I personally don't want to see applications developers requiring any special training (or anything esle that might suggest a closed or proprietary architecture) but rather continue to lobby as best as I can to see better support on NonStop for industry-standard frameworks and utilities.

Cheers ... and did you vote?

Richard:Great timing for this topic! Although I’m ...

2008-04-05T18:33:00.000-07:00

Richard:

Great timing for this topic! Although I’m a member of ITUG through my current employer, I’ve recently joined the Australian Linux User’s Group (www.linux.org.au) and the Sydney Linux User’s Group (www.slug.org.au). Why you might ask, because after leaving HP in 2005 (EER) I remain convinced that no matter what they say, HP NonStop is an afterthought with HP and as such, I want to keep my (developer) bases covered and be as employable as long as possible; and quite frankly speaking, if you take a look at the Seek (http://www.seek.com.au/) websites and their ilk (Monster and such), you see far more Linux, Java, and .NET type jobs than anything that has “NonStop” or “Tandem” in it. And thus, I’d imagine that the rest of the remaining “NonStopers” (NonStop developers/support folks etc.) out there are doing the same.

It’s a real shame that HP continues to de-emphasize the most fault tolerant computing platform out there (and fun to work on/with).

Marty