TLUG at the LinuxWorld Canada Show

[David Thornton]

Matt Cahill wrote:

>On March 17, 2005 09:52 pm, Franco Saliola wrote:
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>>Mike,
>>
>>The President of The Future wrote:
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>>>I'm a little bit disappointed that there isn't a discount for
>>>students. Perhaps there is and I'm just missing it?
>>>      
>>>
>>I feel the same way. I scoured the website, but found nothing. The
>>registration fees take a big chunk out of a student's stipend. (But I
>>find most webpages are useless for distributing information because
>>the bit I need is always hidden in some wrong space.) Let me know if
>>you figure something out, and I'll do the same.
>>
>>Franco
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>
>  I have to say, I find the whole LinuxWorld 'network' to be a little mickey 
>mouse:  if you go to linuxworld.com, it's as if the Conferences and Expo's 
>never existed.  If you go to linuxworldexpo.com, you'd think it was strictly 
>an American convention...but...if you wince, you'll see the word 'Canada', 
>under 'Global Events', as if it were an anomaly.  Notice that they only say 
>'Canada', not 'Toronto, Canada' which is how they notate every single 
>convention in every country on the list.  Clicking this link takes you to yet 
>another domain, 'linuxworldcanada.com'.
>  For  Toronto being 'the third largest region in North America for IT 
>activity', they sure don't go out of their way to advertise it.
>
>  I mean, would it kill them to consider integrating everything so that 
>LinuxWorld actually looked like the international effort it purports to be?
>
>  Sorry for the rant.
>
>Matt
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>  
>
Here Hear. I agree. If you want to be taken seriously, you have to act 
like it.

david
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