[ale] comdex

[rhiannen]

It's a mega-combo offering this year. Too bad it happens so soon on the
heels of Dragon*Con.  After working behind the scenes at both (on the
floor at a Comdex, Vegas and helping EFF out at Dragon*Con), I much
prefer the bazaar style fun and fantasy commercialism of Dragon*Con's
dealers room over the glitzy hyper-megacorporation chrome and plastic
commercialism of NetWorld+Interop-Comdex.  

We're working staff for the EFF panels (down in the basement next to the
electronic gaming) or we couldn't afford Dragon*Con this year.  On one
income, I very seriously doubt being able to attend
NetWorld+Interop-Comdex so soon afterwards.   So, it looks like for this
year I'll have to do my penguin evangelizing amongst the dragons. ;)  


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rhia
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Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> Keith R. Watson wrote:
> > Geoffrey,
> >
> > I'm going but it's NetWorld+Interop. The confusion is because the group
> > promoting it uses the name "NetWorld+Interop and COMDEX" in their press
> > material.
> 
> Well, I don't know how it all came about, but there was at one time two
> different shows, NetWorld+Interop and Comdex.  Apparently they have
> combined them, so I don't know that I would refer to it as
> NetWorld+Interop.  Then again NetWorld+Interop-Comdex (as they show on
> the web site is a hell of a mouthful.
> 
> http://www.interop-comdex.com/
> 
> Checking out the specifics, they refer to each as separate conferences
> and you can choose to attend one, the other or both. (or actually three
> conferences)  Here's more verbiage:
> 
>   Register now for Strategic Interop, the Interop Conference, COMDEX
> Business Technology Conference, or COMDEX Hard-Core Technology Conference.
> 
> >
> > keith
> >
> > -------------
> >
> > Keith R. Watson                        GTRI/ITD
> > Systems Support Specialist III         Georgia Tech Research Institute
> > keith.watson at gtri.gatech.edu           Atlanta, GA  30332-0816
> > 404-894-0836
> >
> >
> > At 22:53 8/20/2002 -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> >
> >> Anyone planning on going to Comdex this year?  It's back in Atlanta,
> >> September 9-13.  I've not seen a lot of press about it though.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Until later: Geoffrey           esoteric at 3times25.net
> >>
> >> I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
> >> to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?

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