I've been to a number of Sybase conferences, which where really beneficial. The difference to Oracle is that they actually discourage marketing fluff (there's a business track where it's allowed, but for the technical tracks it's definitely not welcome).
I received some great trainings there, not covered by the standard curiculum. For example Replication Server internals and - trouble shooting.
I have once attended an Oracle World and that was a total waste of time, save for the presentation of an indipendent Oracle consultant.
I can't speak for other vendors and imagine that the quality of such conferences differ a lot.
Oh, and the keynote is actually always a waste of time.
I've been to a number of Sybase conferences, which where really beneficial. The difference to Oracle is that they actually discourage marketing fluff (there's a business track where it's allowed, but for the technical tracks it's definitely not welcome).
I received some great trainings there, not covered by the standard curiculum. For example Replication Server internals and - trouble shooting.
I have once attended an Oracle World and that was a total waste of time, save for the presentation of an indipendent Oracle consultant.
I can't speak for other vendors and imagine that the quality of such conferences differ a lot.
Oh, and the keynote is actually always a waste of time.