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> On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 09:14:35AM -0800, Gill, Kathy wrote:
> > BTW -- anyone here going to the LINUX expo/trade show event in
> > San Jose the first of March? I got promo materials yesterday ....
I will probably be there. I live nearby.
> If I were going to any of them, I'd go to that one. But it's hard for
> me to imagine why anyone would bother with the incredible expense,
> hassle, and time to put on or attend a trade show/expo/conference when
> the whole thing can be done over the 'net at a fraction of the cost
> and with several orders of magnitude more convenience. I gotta admit it:
> I just don't get it. I mean, I read these articles about the incredible
> snafus at Comdex, and it sounds like the fifth circle of hell -- I can't
> imagine why anyone would go there voluntarily.
1. The Freebees
2. No download wait (Save you three days of mouse groping!)
3. Good excuse for taking the day off.
> Oh sure, you don't get the showbiz aspect of it -- but hopefully
> everyone reading this realizes that (a) it's pure garbage and (b) you're
> paying for it because the vendors that are unethical enough to try to
> sell their products that way are also passing along the costs to
> their customers.
All expenses are always passed to customers. Even Billy The Kid does
that. And some DO sell, if they have local sales permits. Why not???
Selling, or getting leads to folks who want to buy, is the whole purpose
of the shows. They want wholesalers, retailers, corporate buyers, and
end-user customers. (Mostly, they would prefer the corporate volume
buyers.)
> This is something that puzzles me in general though: as far as I'm
> concerned, "business" travel is dead, obsolete, useless, a has-been.
> Yet people still insist on this archaic practice. I think it's just
> a way for a lot of them to get out of the office, or to attempt
> to justify their do-nothing jobs, or to rack up frequent flyer miles.
1. The seminars, where you can talk to experts.
2. The booths, where you can talk to vendors,
some (many) of whom have actual developers at their booth.
3. The people who came to the show, many of them who have similar
interests and experiences with products you are interested in.
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