Read the article. It said the expo was sold out but the number of
delegates actually going was very low.
http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh052013-story03.html
Is European travel (for Europeans) more expensive than North American
travel is for Americans? I would think that everything so tightly packed
together would make it easier. But perhaps that's countered by you can't
swing a cat without crossing some country's boarders and perhaps that adds
an expense. Maybe the location, while nice, was expensive. COMMON
America has been battling this occasionally.
Are European's more inclined to not travel and rely more upon other
methods of getting educated?
Or is the economy really tanked over there?
Let's not blame IBM for all of this. If IBM refused to send a team to
your local user group when the only people attending it were your board of
directors would that be a sign that IBM is dropping support for a broad
product line or just an economic decision? After all, if it was your
marketing money for your company and it cost just as much to physically
market to some kid with a banjo on a bridge in some backwater rural area
than it was to target electric or printed media reaching a much larger
audience wouldn't you rather you get more bang for your buck?
Rob Berendt
midrange.com
