# Brainshare? **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [July 12, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/brainshare/28413 "2016-07-12T19:26:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/brainshare/28413/1 "2016-07-12T19:26:01Z")
Is Brainshare or something in a similar spirit of it but presented by Micro Focus version of it ever going to come back? This is one of the few conferences that I can request to go to and it gets approved without any question. Its been about a couple of years now so I was curious or if I should look for a new conference to try to go to. Thanks! ## – marklar23 marklar23’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=5123](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=5123) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=499369](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=499369) ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/brainshare/28413/2 "2016-07-12T19:41:31Z")
BrainShare was a Novell conference that, as far as I know, didn’t get traction with the new Micro Focus company when Novell/TAG was merged into Micro Focus. Micro Focus has what is called “Dev Days” and I’ve heard some talk about taking aspects of the old BrainShare conference and merging it into Dev Days, but it’s all just talk right now. I’ve not heard of any specific plans. You may want to keep an eye out with this events query: [https://www.microfocus.com/search?term=events](https://www.microfocus.com/search?term=events) The web integration project has been under way for quite a while now…with thousands of web pages to be updated and merged so the web is a little behind the times on events, but from that query you can see the events each product segment has. – Kim - 7/12/2016 10:35:24 AM ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/brainshare/28413/3 "2016-07-12T20:36:02Z")
Thanks, thats good to know. I just liked the format of Brainshare where you have the few days to get away from the office, focus on learning something new, direct contact with the devs (and fix some ongoing issues in some cases), etc… Shoot, I’d still try to attend even if I had to hop a plane and head to the UK for a conference of the same caliber. ## – marklar23 marklar23’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=5123](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=5123) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=499369](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=499369) ---
**Author:** ![ab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@ab1](https://forums.suse.com/u/ab1)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/brainshare/28413/4 "2016-07-12T21:37:25Z")
There was some chat yesterday saying that the Dev Days stuff may happen all around the world at different times, for a couple of days each time, and have a strong focus on the techy stuff, kind of like BrainShare’s roots, so I’m hopeful for that to expand to cover the (new) full line of Micro Focus stuff, particularly including the stuff that came from Novell. – Good luck. If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, show your appreciation and click on the star below… ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/brainshare/28413/5 "2016-07-12T23:20:36Z")
And if you’re a SUSE user, there’s always SUSECON. [http://www.susecon.com/](http://www.susecon.com/) – Kim - 7/12/2016 2:19:57 PM ---
**Author:** ![ScorpionSting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@ScorpionSting](https://forums.suse.com/u/ScorpionSting)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/brainshare/28413/6 "2016-07-13T01:36:02Z")
Despite working with the products since late 1990’s, I’ve never been to a Brainshare…looks like I never will now too More local oriented “Dev Days” could be good, but my fear is that they won’t have the same knowledge or networking available as the Brainshare sessions would have… _sighs_ ## – -“Also now available in ‘G+’ ([http://plus.google.com/+BenWalter-Kiwi](http://plus.google.com/+BenWalter-Kiwi)) and ‘Website’ ([https://www.isam.kiwi/](https://www.isam.kiwi/)) format”.- 😉 ScorpionSting’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=1663](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=1663) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=499369](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=499369) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/brainshare/28413/7 "2016-07-13T08:56:43Z")
On 7/12/2016 6:36 PM, ScorpionSting wrote:[color=blue] > Despite working with the products since late 1990’s, I’ve never been to > a Brainshare…looks like I never will now too > > More local oriented “Dev Days” could be good, but my fear is that they > won’t have the same knowledge or networking available as the Brainshare > sessions would have… > > _sighs_ > > [/color] > Yea, I started out going when they were at the university and we were > going from classroom to classroom. Then we moved to the Palace. One > week of fantastic learning with no work distractions. Quality products > and very educated people to make those products sing. The idea is > great. Unfortunately, who ever came up with the idea of stealth > marketing, wish they had been working for a different company. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/brainshare/28413/8 "2016-07-13T14:26:01Z")
Yep, one of the nice things about Brainshare was the variety of sessions at different levels so you could start light and dive deep into a new product you were thinking about deploying, or look at several products that you were looking for more knowledge in. Not to mention the developer night… the last Brainshare I was able to pull out my laptop, connect to my systems back at the office and in short order the guys were able to fix a couple of issues that I was having a long back an forth on in a support ticket. ## – marklar23 marklar23’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=5123](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=5123) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=499369](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=499369) ---
**Author:** ![ketter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@ketter](https://forums.suse.com/u/ketter)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/brainshare/28413/9 "2016-07-13T15:30:16Z")
On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 22:36:02 GMT, ScorpionSting [ScorpionSting@no-mx.forums.microfocus.com](mailto:ScorpionSting@no-mx.forums.microfocus.com) wrote: [color=blue] > Despite working with the products since late 1990’s, I’ve never been to > a Brainshare…looks like I never will now too > > More local oriented “Dev Days” could be good, but my fear is that they > won’t have the same knowledge or networking available as the Brainshare > sessions would have… > > _sighs_[/color] I only made it to two Brainshares, but they were worth it. Ken * * * Create and vote for enhancements! [https://www.novell.com/products/enhancement-request.html](https://www.novell.com/products/enhancement-request.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/brainshare/28413/10 "2016-07-13T19:30:01Z")
Marklar23, I miss presenting at BrainShare… – Shaun Pond in my “day job” I work for ENGL; our aim is to make Windows deployment easy ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/brainshare/28413/11 "2016-07-14T00:11:45Z")
On 13/07/2016 12:26, marklar23 wrote:[color=blue] > Yep, one of the nice things about Brainshare was the variety of sessions > at different levels so you could start light and dive deep into a new > product you were thinking about deploying, or look at several products > that you were looking for more knowledge in. Not to mention the > developer night… the last Brainshare I was able to pull out my laptop, > connect to my systems back at the office and in short order the guys > were able to fix a couple of issues that I was having a long back an > forth on in a support ticket.[/color] I miss Brainshare - must be 11 years now ☹ ## Cheers Michael “I’ve got the key to the gates of paradise, but I’ve got too many legs!” * * * This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. [https://www.avast.com/antivirus](https://www.avast.com/antivirus) ---
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On 12/07/2016 18:36, marklar23 wrote: [color=blue] > Thanks, thats good to know. I just liked the format of Brainshare where > you have the few days to get away from the office, focus on learning > something new, direct contact with the devs (and fix some ongoing issues > in some cases), etc… Shoot, I’d still try to attend even if I had to > hop a plane and head to the UK for a conference of the same caliber.[/color] Where in the world are you based? How long would an event have to be elsewhere for it to be worth your while travelling to it? ## HTH. Simon Micro Focus (Novell/NetIQ) Knowledge Partner * * * ## If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below. Thanks. ---
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On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 16:30:01 +0000, Shaun Pond wrote: [color=blue] > Marklar23, > > I miss presenting at BrainShare…[/color] As do I. – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
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On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 21:11:45 +0000, MichaelC wrote: [color=blue] > On 13/07/2016 12:26, marklar23 wrote:[color=green] > > > Yep, one of the nice things about Brainshare was the variety of > > sessions at different levels so you could start light and dive deep > > into a new product you were thinking about deploying, or look at > > several products that you were looking for more knowledge in. Not to > > mention the developer night… the last Brainshare I was able to pull > > out my laptop, > > connect to my systems back at the office and in short order the guys > > were able to fix a couple of issues that I was having a long back an > > forth on in a support ticket.[/color] > > I miss Brainshare - must be 11 years now :([/color] Has it been that long? Sheesh, you guys need to at least come over for a visit. Of course, I’m not in Utah any more, but Washington’s nice this time of the year, especially on our island. 🙂 – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
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Jim[color=blue] > Has it been that long? Sheesh, you guys need to at least come over for a > visit. Of course, I’m not in Utah any more, but Washington’s nice this > time of the year, especially on our island. :)[/color] Yup, it’s been that long ☹ Would love to come over for a visit - might not be very practical at the moment as the kiddies are 4 & 2, but that will get less of an obstacle in the next year or so 🙂 ## Cheers Michael “I’ve got the key to the gates of paradise, but I’ve got too many legs!” * * * This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. [https://www.avast.com/antivirus](https://www.avast.com/antivirus) ---
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2016 06:21:34 +0000, MichaelC wrote: [color=blue] > Jim[color=green] > > > Has it been that long? Sheesh, you guys need to at least come over for > > a visit. Of course, I’m not in Utah any more, but Washington’s nice > > this time of the year, especially on our island. :)[/color] > > Yup, it’s been that long ☹ > > Would love to come over for a visit - might not be very practical at the > moment as the kiddies are 4 & 2, but that will get less of an obstacle > in the next year or so :)[/color] That would be fun. 🙂 ## Jim Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
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Speaking of Brainshare. I greatly enjoyed the ones I went to and all of the things I learned and was able to take back with me. Even the swag, especially the best fitting cap I’ve ever had. At the Brainshare 2000, Novell gave out the best cap ever. I’ve often thought/wondered over the years if any still exist ([https://wiki.microfocus.com/index.php/File:Novell\_Hats\_007.jpg](https://wiki.microfocus.com/index.php/File:Novell_Hats_007.jpg)) that a person could even pay for, as the one I have, has seen better days, but I still ware it. I realize this is a reach, but does anyone know if any still exist? tBM 🙂 On 07/12/2016 12:26 PM, marklar23 wrote:[color=blue] > Is Brainshare or something in a similar spirit of it but presented by > Micro Focus version of it ever going to come back? This is one of the > few conferences that I can request to go to and it gets approved without > any question. Its been about a couple of years now so I was curious or > if I should look for a new conference to try to go to. Thanks! > [/color] ---
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I had one but gave it away last year to a charity collecting hats for people in Africa. :-\ – Kim - 7/26/2016 7:48:56 AM ---
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Jim[color=blue] > That would be fun. :)[/color] It certainly would 🙂 ## Cheers Michael “I’ve got the key to the gates of paradise, but I’ve got too many legs!” * * * This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. [https://www.avast.com/antivirus](https://www.avast.com/antivirus) [Next page](https://forums.suse.com/t/brainshare/28413.md?page=2)