Is it360 the death of the linux show in TO?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 08:42:30PM -0400, tleslie wrote:
> I reg. for it360 and only just now went to check out this years
> exhibitors,
> no novell, no hp, no vmware, no 3ware, no redhat, ....
> not a lot,
> now i don't know whether to go to the it360 now ?....
> except maybe to go because this will be the last show?
> 
> I thought it wasn't half bad the last two-three years,
> I am almost wondering if I am reading 
> the wrong exhibitor list?
> 
> You would think with Linux growth it would be increasing with respect to
> exhibitors.
> 
> f%$^ing depressing.

I think computer shows in general are dying.  People get all the news
instantly on the internet, without having to go to a computer show to
see all the new stuff announced.  After all the stuff that came out 6
months ago is hardly news worth going to an anual computer show for.

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