The Groove developers was a case of Great Expectations (met!)

From the developers point of view they were in fact exceeded, as all of Groove turned out to welcome those who have believed in it from the earliest pre 1.0 days. wonderfull feeling. no other words to describe it.

For Groove too, we believe, it was an eye opener - the tools that the developer community have created add much value, extending the native groove experience and empowering their sales force with real life solutions to their client needs.

But most important was the putting of faces to names, of meeting those (from Management to core development to support) who have been distant friends for so long. This consolidation of a bond between Groove and it's believers and the deep trust that has been established has galvanised the community - it was palpable.

So much so that the follow on PGPA conference never happened, i am not joking. There was no need, as partners, overwhelmend by the flow of imformation and ideas from groove, sat holding bursting heads for a couple of hours, then literally packed up to get back to their systems - time for talk over, time for real work to begin.

Groove and the Partner team deserves all praise for making this anything but one more 'conference' - it was a true meeting of hearts and minds and we cannot express our thanks adequately. maybe another 100,000 seats sold will be the best way. :)

cheers and thanks

to the partners who made the effort to fly in from as far as Japan
and groove for making it truly worth the while.