# Still miss Brainshare **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [January 30, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/still-miss-brainshare/31966 "2018-01-30T23:04:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/still-miss-brainshare/31966/1 "2018-01-30T23:04:02Z")
I guess I am just feeling nostalgic, thinking of the good old days when there was a Brainshare. I think that was the highlight of my career to be able to go to SLC and spend a few days with people in the same field, get some great hands on labs, and of course the cookies in the developers lab. I was fortunate enough to attend a number of conferences and enjoyed every one of them. I felt that there was a common bond that we all shared with one another, not to say being able to meet people from all over the world. Alas, those days are gone and for me so are the days of training and conferences in lieu of books and “free” events. In short, thank you Novell! Is has been a journey and a great ride, but not over yet. ## – donaldsolberg donaldsolberg’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=10460](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=10460) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=506889](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=506889) ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/still-miss-brainshare/31966/2 "2018-01-31T00:10:22Z")
Me too. We’re a big company and there are a lot of events: [https://www.microfocus.com/resources/events/](https://www.microfocus.com/resources/events/) Perhaps the Micro Focus Universe may take over the role BrainShare once had: [https://www.mfuniverse-emea.com/ehome/200175170](https://www.mfuniverse-emea.com/ehome/200175170) I dunno. There’s still a lot of merging / consolidation going on because of the MF/HPEs merger and we’re far from having the dust settle there. I hope once it settles and the big things like merging customer databases, web sites, support offerings is complete, we’ll have a BrainShare / SUSEcon like conference where we can all meet up again. – Kim - 1/30/2018 3:06:21 PM ---
**Author:** ![AndersG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndersG](https://forums.suse.com/u/AndersG)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/still-miss-brainshare/31966/3 "2018-01-31T09:56:10Z")
Me too! – Anders Gustafsson (NKP) The Aaland Islands (N60 E20) Have an idea for a product enhancement? Please visit: [https://www.novell.com/products/enhancement-request.html](https://www.novell.com/products/enhancement-request.html) ---
**Author:** ![ScorpionSting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@ScorpionSting](https://forums.suse.com/u/ScorpionSting)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/still-miss-brainshare/31966/4 "2018-01-31T10:54:02Z")
Would be nice to have something that moves around the world…or at least something near this area at least once Some of us have never had a chance to attend a Brainshare ☹ We have some great facilities for such events and some lovely weather 😉 here in Melbourne… World class events (e.g. Grand Prix, Australian Open, ICC T20 in 2020, PAX, etc), so there’s no excuse 😛 We’ve had Peter Sianchuk and Michael Mychalczuk come down for a visit with Tom Burt planning one… And not the least reason, its easier for ‘Ed’ ([https://forums.novell.com/member.php/5862-edmaa](https://forums.novell.com/member.php/5862-edmaa)) and myself to attend ## – Visit my ‘Website’ ([https://www.isam.kiwi/](https://www.isam.kiwi/)) for links to Cool Solution articles. 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=506889](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=506889) ---
**Author:** ![ketter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@ketter](https://forums.suse.com/u/ketter)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/still-miss-brainshare/31966/5 "2018-01-31T16:01:52Z")
On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 21:04:02 GMT, donaldsolberg [donaldsolberg@no-mx.forums.microfocus.com](mailto:donaldsolberg@no-mx.forums.microfocus.com) wrote: [color=blue] > I guess I am just feeling nostalgic, thinking of the good old days when > there was a Brainshare. I think that was the highlight of my career to > be able to go to SLC and spend a few days with people in the same field, > get some great hands on labs, and of course the cookies in the > developers lab. I was fortunate enough to attend a number of > conferences and enjoyed every one of them. I felt that there was a > common bond that we all shared with one another, not to say being able > to meet people from all over the world. Alas, those days are gone and > for me so are the days of training and conferences in lieu of books and > “free” events. > > In short, thank you Novell! Is has been a journey and a great ride, but > not over yet.[/color] I only made it to two of them, but they were definitely worth it. – Ken Knowledge Partner If this post was helpful and you are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below… Thanks! Create and vote for enhancements! [https://www.microfocus.com/products/enhancement-request.html](https://www.microfocus.com/products/enhancement-request.html) ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/still-miss-brainshare/31966/6 "2018-01-31T17:40:17Z")
Hey ScorpionSting: [color=blue] > Would be nice to have something that moves around the world…or at > least something near this area at least once[/color] They tried that with BrainShare and it wasn’t terribly successful. The great thing about BrainShare in SLC, UT, USA was that it was 45 miles away from Novell’s corporate HQ so the pool of expertise we were able to throw into the conference was vast. Not so when it was in far away locations. Kind of expensive and difficult to send 5000 employees to Melbourne. You should have come to SLC. A number of folks from Australia and as far away as South Africa would come. It was a great conference in it’s day. – Kim - 1/31/2018 8:36:08 AM ---
**Author:** ![ScorpionSting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@ScorpionSting](https://forums.suse.com/u/ScorpionSting)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/still-miss-brainshare/31966/7 "2018-01-31T22:14:02Z")
I would have to take Annual Leave and fund everything myself…so not gonna happen ## – Visit my ‘Website’ ([https://www.isam.kiwi/](https://www.isam.kiwi/)) for links to Cool Solution articles. 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=506889](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=506889) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/still-miss-brainshare/31966/8 "2018-01-31T23:33:40Z")
On 1/30/2018 4:04 PM, donaldsolberg wrote:[color=blue] > I guess I am just feeling nostalgic, thinking of the good old days when > there was a Brainshare. I think that was the highlight of my career to[/color] Yep. My first one was on the university campus. We went from classroom to classroom for our seminars. Then we migrated over to the palace. Definitely learned a lot every time I went. Met good people, shared ideas and issues. Extremely well organized. Very efficient. Never made me doubt the cost. ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/still-miss-brainshare/31966/9 "2018-01-31T23:55:51Z")
Hey ScorpionSting: [color=blue] > I would have to take Annual Leave and fund everything myself.[/color] I guess your employer doesn’t realize the benefit to hiim/her. – Kim - 1/31/2018 2:55:25 PM ---
**Author:** ![Jim1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/jim1/32/9120_2.png) [@Jim1](https://forums.suse.com/u/Jim1)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 12:12am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/still-miss-brainshare/31966/10 "2018-02-01T00:12:25Z")
On Wed, 31 Jan 2018 21:33:40 +0000, Bob wrote: [color=blue] > On 1/30/2018 4:04 PM, donaldsolberg wrote:[color=green] > > > I guess I am just feeling nostalgic, thinking of the good old days when > > there was a Brainshare. I think that was the highlight of my career to[/color] > > Yep. My first one was on the university campus. We went from classroom > to classroom for our seminars. Then we migrated over to the palace. > Definitely learned a lot every time I went. Met good people, shared > ideas and issues. Extremely well organized. Very efficient. Never > made me doubt the cost.[/color] Same here. I went, I think, every year from 1994 until the last one (2011, I think?) plus one in Barcelona. Always worth the time for me, even though I didn’t always attend sessions - the networking opportunities were gold for me. ## Jim Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
**Author:** ![ScorpionSting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@ScorpionSting](https://forums.suse.com/u/ScorpionSting)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 1:24am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/still-miss-brainshare/31966/11 "2018-02-01T01:24:01Z")
State Government…they wouldn’t even pay for an inter-state “thing” let alone an international one… AU itself is pretty tight around this kind of thing…too many bad eggs in the past have spoilt it for the rest of us by ‘rorting’ ([https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rort](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rort)) it previously. ## – Visit my ‘Website’ ([https://www.isam.kiwi/](https://www.isam.kiwi/)) for links to Cool Solution articles. 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=506889](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=506889) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/still-miss-brainshare/31966/12 "2018-02-01T01:50:09Z")
ScorpionSting sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > have spoilt it for the rest of us by ‘rorting’[/color] So my response to ScorpionSting’s comment is… TIL… – Steve