If a group were zealously opensource, a group Could publically boycott the JavaOne, hold a "countersession" called "JakartaOne" at a bar or club and a certain club owner might make a killing in selling inebriation to geeks and make a very public spit in a certain corporations eye.
Hypothetically of course. It would certainly make for interesting press.. Moot for me because of my limited wealth. -Andy >On Mon, 04 Mar 2002 19:20:48 0000 Pier Fumagalli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote. >"Jon Scott Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I would love to host JakartaOne at Studio Z. I think it would be a lot of >> fun. >> >> For free. * >> >> However, I do need to know the day/time/length of the event as well as what >> other things will be needed (chairs/tables/whatever). Unless some people >> here volunteers, I can look into getting some great local >> techno/house/trance/ambient DJ's to spin music. >> >> We do have a DSL line into the space as well as ethernet drops literally >> every five feet (the space was a .bomb before we moved in) and I will have >> an open 802.11b network available in the next week or so (as soon as the >> Linksys is delivered). Bring your laptops. :-) >> >> Studio Z is not walking distance from Moscone, however, it is only about a 5 >> minute, $4-5 taxi ride. Not a big deal. >> >> >> * The only requirement is that the date/times not conflict with any other >> events that we are putting on there. >> >> >> The Covalent deal also sounds cool, but I doubt they have a large dance >> floor and a big sound system. :-) > >And I can vouch for him... The space is _fantastic_... Been there, seen >that, wanna get back! :) Go JON! :) > > Pier (for free? Where's that nice scottish spirit of yours! :) > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>