Oracle Closed World<\/a>, an alternative event organised by Kyle Hailey with assistance from various Oak Table types and sponsored by a number of the best-known Oracle consulting companies. As well as an agenda featuring some of the best speakers around, check out Marco Gralike’s cool video on the home page 😉<\/p>\nThis year my main task seems to be as a Party Planner, though. That’s something I never thought would happen which has given me a new-found respect for all of those poor people who organise the myriad parties that will be going on that week! Still, the great thing about it is that there is a Party at the end 😉<\/p>\n
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… well it is for me, anyway. I know this isn’t a universal feeling, but I always look forward to going over to San Francisco for Openworld. 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