----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 8:58 AM Subject: Fair Update > Seth; > > Would you forward this to your group? > > > All; > > I manned the fair booth last night and I just want to let you know that I > was stunned at the response we received from the fairgoers. One man quipped, > "yeah, I'm getting kind of tired of [windows]." It really was fun to watch > people's reactions as we showed them Eazel and Gnome. I got a charge out of > watching their expressions when they saw Windows 2000 running inside of > VMWare. It is said that a good product sells itself. When we showed them > that, it spoke volumes to the effect that, "yes, folks, we are ALL OVER the > Windows thing; we canned it up inside of a Linux process!" > > We gave away over 50 CD's. At this pace, I expect to pass out over 200 CD's > for the event. Shannon is making iso's and burning more. > > Finally, I'd like to extend a very special "thank you" to John Sechrest, his > crew at P.E.A.K. and Shannon Dealy. If it were not for John & Co., none of > this would be as successful as it is. His booth and support of the event has > really made people take a second look as they walk by. > > Also, Shannon Dealy for his continued dedication at the booth. He worked all > day and did not stop until we closed down at 11:00 p.m. last night. Our > success at the fair is in a very large part due to his efforts. > > If you guys want to burn more CD's (Mandrake, Red Hat, and Debian), we sure > could use 'em. > > Finally, a couple of notes: > > 1) If there are no objections, we will hold our L.U.G. meeting this Saturday > at the fair booth. > > 2) I would like to have an "install fest" the next Saturday (August 12) at > P.E.A.K. > > > > > Very Truly Yours, > > > Cooper Stevenson > MWVLUG Coordinator >
