On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 17:02:44 -0700 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Notably absent this year was Google. Granted they're not really selling > anything that is Linux specific, but they were there last year, and were > quite popular. This is a down time for most companies. If they aren't planning on some serious revenue coming from it, many companies are skipping trade-shows altogether. NetScreen is taking to the road on a Semi with all their gear in the trailer for demos... > > > HP was once again rude. I wanted to play with their dual Opteron box, and > the sales drone scolded me for touching the hardware without permission. I > guess i missed the point of a trade show, if you can't actually play with > the products being offered. Must have recognized you :p Probably the sales guy new that his techno-weenie was inept enough that this uberhacker (who they could tell knew what he was doing) might do something that they couldn't undo... -- Matthew Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.eisgr.com/ Enterprise Information Systems *Network Consulting, Integration & Support *Web Development and E-Business _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
