[ale] comdex

Fulton Green ale at FultonGreen.com
Wed Aug 21 14:52:21 EDT 2002


Actually, Wasabi Systems will be there. They sell NetBSD support.

On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 02:41:07PM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> marct wrote:
> > On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Geoffrey wrote:
> > 
> >>Although I'm sure there will be the usual Linux dists. showing up, I'm
> >>thinking of burning a couple sets of disks and taking them with me for
> >>give aways as well.
> >>
> >>It's a good opportunity to evangelize.
> > 
> > 
> > I wouldn't attend looking for linux...  You won't be able to find Redhat,
> > Caldera, or SuSE.  They just don't throw there money down that black hole
> > anymore.  The attende demographics are miserable for a "systems" company
> > at Comdex.  Even IBM and HP have decided there are better things to do
> > with there time and money.  (Though Compaq was listed, so I guess HP will
> > have the merged booth setup there.)
> > 
> > Remember that the subtitle-tagline for Comdex for the past 5 years was
> > "Comdex/Windows World"  Its a show for PC resellers and the press.
> 
> All the more reason to go. :)

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