Actually yes, SQL Server has a dedicated conference

http://www.sqlpass.org/events/summit06/index.cfm

2006 PASS Community Summit
November 14-17, 2006
Washington State Convention & Trade Center
Seattle, Washington
The LARGEST Microsoft SQL Server event heads back to Seattle in
2006!





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From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org
[mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Serge Rielau
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 5:27 PM
To: informix-list@iiug.org
Subject: Re: Insider #75: Highlights: IBM Information On Demand 2006,
The NextInformix IDS Release...

Double Echo wrote:
> If Informix only had one code base like the other database engines
more
> people would buy it and the conference attendance would be higher.
> Microsoft == one code base == high conference attendance. Same for
> Oracle and DB2.
Pre-emptive strike: DB2 has three code bases (iSeries, zOS and
Linux/Unix/Windows).

I don't believe in this correlation.... Does MS have a dedicated SQL
Server conference to begin with?

Cheers
serge



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Serge Rielau
DB2 Solutions Development
IBM Toronto Lab

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