Linux World / Network World 2006

[William Park]

On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 12:03:05PM -0400, John Macdonald wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 04:31:54PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> > People dragging their machines to a trade show might just cause security
> > an awful lot of annoying asking questions of people.
> > 
> > I suspect they prefer people not coming and going with expensive looking
> > computers.
> 
> In addition, anyone who is coming to a trade show is expecting
> to do a lot of walking around to booths and exhibits; they
> will not want to be carrying a computer around as they do.
> (Perhaps the check room will have to be warned that they will
> need to be able to check computers and egos as well as the
> usual coats.)
> 
> Will there be computers for sale on the floor?  That would tie
> in well with an installfest - especially if people could check
> in advance to ensure that the hardware was compatible.
> 
> Otherwise, the installfest would likely see mostly laptops
> (which people can carry around with them as they browse the
> show).  That is not a problem, just something to consider when
> planning the installfest.

I don't think people will be bringing in their laptop or tower.  Rather,
we should have machines there for them to play with.  Since install
takes 1 hour, most people won't stick around.  They come, see, touch,
chat, and leave. 

But, TLUG may not be there at all.  Stay tuned.

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