Ellison doesn't make it, room clears out
Poor Hasan Rizvi.
I arrived to the keynote a few minutes late only to walk right into a flood of people who were leaving the Hall and watched as they pounced on the drinks & snacks which were still being set up. It turns out that Larry Ellison had the flu and Oracle VP Rizvi was stuck with delivering the keynote.
For all Hasan's charm the audience still wasn't willing to sit through an Oracle product demo they could get at the Oracle booth in the Expo hall, unless it was Larry doing the driving.
I've never seen a room clear out so quickly only to watch it fill up again as people headed back into the hall to listen to CA's John Swainson.
Best keynote of the day? Ray Kurzwell. His book..
..started flying off the shelf in the RSA Conference bookstore just seconds after he finished up. I know this as I was standing in line to buy a copy. His keynote was inspiring stuff.
