Anyone who doubts that the business rules trend is one to be reckoned with should have been at the third Business Rules Forum, held in October, 2000. Practitioners and vendors, 250 in all, converged in Atlanta to share experiences in using the business rules approach and in building and managing business rule-based applications. For me, the conference was reminiscent of the very first Business Rules Summit hosted by Intelligent Enterprise's predecessor publications in 1996. The knowledge sharing among attendees during the breaks and "birds of a feather" sessions was as great as the lively interchange with the speakers during the conference sessions. One impromptu birds of a feather session on business rule archaeology went on for several hours into the night.
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