** Reply to message from Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 07 May 2008 23:54:16 -0700
> Wow. I had totally forgot about the Pomona computer show. it was a great place to get deals on hardware and software. You could tell what the hot items were because you'd see those products all over the show and each vendor was priced to compete with the others. From what I heard, alot of the small PC vendors in the LA to Riverside areas got together and purchased a particular product in bulk from over seas and at great discount. So you might normally have seen large 17" monitors in the $500 range at previous shows and at any local PC vendor. But then, a couple of dozen vendors at the Pamona show would have Viewsonic 17's in the $300 range. The next show that deal was gone and it was 386/40 mobo's or Fahrenheit video cards. It was a blast but very expensive. Oh, and with the popularity of the CDROM and cheap readers, the porn section ballooned and eventually was segmented off behind a curtain. But so grew the open source market with Hobbes and Linux CDs at good prices. Because downloading so much over 2400baud was still a pain, often failed, and time consuming. Doug -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
