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13 Replies Last post: Oct 25, 2007 9:11 AM by Eric Siebert

ericni25

89 posts since
Sep 10, 2007

Sep 26, 2007 11:02 PM

Hard Drive with all the sessions delivered..

Hi,

We are one step closer to having all the sessions posted, the vendor shipped us a drive with all the captured sessions. We had over 280 cdroms that had to be loaded individually, and that was going too slow. Now that we have the sessions on a drive, we should be able to get them up on the site very quickly.

We also have all the pdfs now, and mp3's... which are now all on the same drive. I'm hoping to have all the content up this week.

Eric

Eric Siebert

19 posts since
Sep 27, 2007

1. Sep 27, 2007 10:26 AM

in response to: ericni25

Re: Hard Drive with all the sessions delivered..

How long before all the sessions are made available to the general public and not just attendees.

ericni25

89 posts since
Sep 10, 2007

2. Oct 2, 2007 9:53 PM

in response to: Eric Siebert

Re: Hard Drive with all the sessions delivered..

All the sessions we have are now posted, we have all the pdfs posted and about 1/2 of the MP3 audio files.

The next feature to the session service will be fun and should be out in a few weeks. Yes, we are doing more then just offering sessions. =). Stay tuned.

And, our second service ( we only have a session service right now) is being developed.

Eric

Bob Cole

1 posts since
Sep 18, 2007

3. Oct 3, 2007 8:02 AM

in response to: Eric Siebert

Re: Hard Drive with all the sessions delivered..

I would second that -

I did not attend VMworld due to my inability to convince management of its value vs more sales force-focused spending (guess that shows who can give a better sales pitch :P ) I'll joke about it because it's out of my control; but I'd be lying to say it's not extremely frustrating that I can't even DL session MP3s and study as I'm commuting between locations.

I understand VMware has a vested financial interest in getting as many people to attend VMworld as possible... but come on, already.

I would argue that the growth of the community - and the implicit R&D and support cost savings to VMware's bottom line - has demonstrated the business value of an open exchange of knowledge. VMware regularly slams MSFT for controlling exchange of information and how said information can be used.

Rubber.. road... what's it gonna be?

ericni25

89 posts since
Sep 10, 2007

4. Oct 4, 2007 12:41 AM

in response to: Bob Cole

Re: Hard Drive with all the sessions delivered..

I'm working on it... there is this little thing called VMware Europe which will have some of the content show cased there as well as content visits at various sites across the US. So we are trying to get permission as early as possible to release as much content as possible.

I know some additional sessoins will go public in the next 2 weeks, I just don't yet konw the rollout schedule.

Eric

ericni25

89 posts since
Sep 10, 2007

5. Oct 5, 2007 9:40 PM

in response to: ericni25

Re: Hard Drive with all the sessions delivered..

We are close to having a plan for sessoin release. When I have it complete, I will post the details.

Eric

braam

2 posts since
Sep 10, 2007

6. Oct 8, 2007 9:47 PM

in response to: ericni25

Re: Hard Drive with all the sessions delivered..

Hi Eric!

How about getting some hard drives, branding them with the VMware logo (so marketing can pay for them) and shipping us the content on them

Cheers!

Braam.

PS. Thanks for the content, I am doing my trip report and it's great to get so much from the site!

ericni25

89 posts since
Sep 10, 2007

7. Oct 8, 2007 10:58 PM

in response to: braam

Re: Hard Drive with all the sessions delivered..

Now that's a great idea!! Hmm... I bet we can fit all the PDF's on a chip. =). Just not sure about the all the streaming stuff, think we would need a "big" drive for that.

We were thinking about seriously putting a small store up with some stuff (VMworld Brand), would anyone want to actually "pay" for the drive ? Suppose we could do that.... or maybe when we get some of the new services up, give them away as prizes.

Glad you like the content, we are busy working on new things, should be out soon.

Eric

thkr

2 posts since
Sep 10, 2007

8. Oct 9, 2007 1:30 AM

in response to: ericni25

Re: Hard Drive with all the sessions delivered..

If the price is right - not for free of course, but a fair price, I definitely would by my own copy of the sessions with audio on a bling bling VMWorld 2007 HDD.

You get soooo much more out of the sessions with audio than just the slides..

Great Idea - I support this, and tell us if you're actually going to do this.

Thomas

braam

2 posts since
Sep 10, 2007

9. Oct 9, 2007 1:36 AM

in response to: thkr

Re: Hard Drive with all the sessions delivered..

Absolutely! You have my order for this HDD in advance!

Jay Rogers

12 posts since
Sep 10, 2007

10. Oct 9, 2007 1:37 PM

in response to: ericni25

Re: Hard Drive with all the sessions delivered..

great job with the Video, audio and slide this year from VMworld. Would be nice if we could buy instead of spending weeks downloading though.

Food for thought.

Eric Siebert

19 posts since
Sep 27, 2007

11. Oct 9, 2007 1:40 PM

in response to: ericni25

Re: Hard Drive with all the sessions delivered..

So it looks each presentation has a pdf and mp3 file that you can download as well as being able to watch it through a Flash streaming media. Is there a way to download the Macromedia Flash file for a presentation so we can view the synchronized slides/audio offline without live streaming?

Benny Hauk

2 posts since
Oct 3, 2007

12. Oct 11, 2007 5:40 AM

in response to: ericni25

Re: Hard Drive with all the sessions delivered..

In cases where the presenter has made their slides available on their own... anyone from VMWare gonna get ticked if we post links to those publically-available slides (just talking about the powerpoint here)? Even if they are presentations you yourself haven't made available yet to the general public yet?

Eric Siebert

19 posts since
Sep 27, 2007

13. Oct 25, 2007 9:11 AM

in response to: ericni25

Re: Hard Drive with all the sessions delivered..

Any updates on the public release schedule for the sessions?

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