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Hello Paul, I went to the Expo yesterday(Weds 4th). Thursday, July 05, 2001, 4:46:20 PM, you wrote: >>===== Original Message From list@xxxxxxxxxxxx ===== >>I for one found day one of LinuxExpo a tad disappointing. >> >>Still all clouds have a silver lining, and I bumped into >>various Devon and Cornwall LUG members. Although it may have >>been quicker not to go to London for this. Telsa Cox was there on Weds. I didn't have the courage to talk to her though :(. She has written up what she thought of the day at http://www.linux.org.uk/~telsa/Trips/london-expo01.html >> PW> [...] >>A few highlights from day one did catch my attention..... >>IBM has a rather dull exhibit - but a wonderful video of a >>wristwatch running Linux and X Windows... The IBM Research >>logo was very prominent, so It may be a while before this >>one hits Dixons. >> I was quite impressed by the bloke with the thin client in a wooden box, I think he was from GBDirect. Apparently they us thin X clients with no cases and no fans so they have a hum-less office! >> >>It was hot, and Olympia doesn't have (or it wasn't working) PW> And I was carrying a coat in my bag, just in case! Oh for a pair of shorts and PW> a shower. I spent most of the time downstairs, it seemed a lot cooler there. >>The Expo registration seems to have gone to pot. Getting >>home I found an e-mail to "Mr Osbourne"<sic> saying "We hope PW> I had a badge sent to my home (thought they would get suspicious sending it to PW> the Uni when theres big signs saying "NO STUDENTS", just picked up a badge PW> holder and went about my merry way. ha, yes I got that email this morning too. A work mate got his id delivered in advance but I had to get mine on the door. I think the reason he got his in advance was that he had claimed to have a spending power of 100 grand!! PW> I liked the borland talks about kylix, and I there was a nice stand with PW> yellow hubs and switches. Got suckered in to buying alpha centauri from tux PW> games, but the bag was worth it, it survived an overnight coach journey back PW> up to mancheser with a couple of heavey boks and stuff in. PW> I got a free bottle opener from linux magazine too :) hmm those hubs did look very tempting. PW> 1PM coach back to manchester, changing at brum, got back home at 6:45 this PW> morning. PW> I'm afriad the great linux debate was overflowing so I couldnt hear anything, PW> and I never did manage to ask a question about sage alternatives for linux. Yeah I couldn't get near either, I was a bit disapointed at the size of the auditorium^Wbox that they were doing the talks in. They should have provided a bit more capacity. PW> Verdict: not a bad day out for £50, even if I went through 5 bottles of £1 PW> mineral water! I was a bit dissapointed by the lack of freebies! but then I'm just a guiltless scrounger. -- Regards, Martin mailto:mglistmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.