From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Mar 8 10:15:23 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from cheddar.netmonger.net (cheddar.netmonger.net [209.54.21.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 959E314EA4 for ; Mon, 8 Mar 1999 10:14:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris@cheddar.netmonger.net) Received: (from chris@localhost) by cheddar.netmonger.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA06642; Mon, 8 Mar 1999 13:14:37 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19990308131436.A5068@netmonger.net> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 13:14:36 -0500 From: Christopher Masto To: gummibear@we.mediaone.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: members@funy.org Subject: Re: Internet World @ LA Convention Center References: <3.0.6.32.19990308075824.007ab960@we.mediaone.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19990308075824.007ab960@we.mediaone.net>; from gummibear@we.mediaone.net on Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 07:58:24AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 07:58:24AM -0800, gummibear@we.mediaone.net wrote: > > I was wondering if anyone was going to that Internet World thing at the > Convention Center here in L.A. I missed out on it last year and I really > don't know what kind of things go on in one of thos Conventions, but it > would be interesting to check it out. Internet World is a trade show, where vendors peddle their wares. I.e. you'll find the likes of Cisco, Lucent, and a thousand little guys who make various bits of hardware and software crap. It has become traditional for companies like Caldera and Red Hat to show up and give away a few thousand CDROMs. I have manned booths in the past where we were handing them out like candy. (I have since changed my opinion of Linux's position in the free software universe, and am no longer inclined to actively promote it in such a fashion.) I think that FreeBSD would benefit from doing something similar. I am in the New York area, and I am willing to spend a day or two evangelizing FreeBSD at a trade show, particularly if I am provided with literature and/or products to give out. PC Expo is coming to town in June, and Internet World in October. The newly-formed FUNY may be able to get a space. -- Christopher Masto Director of Operations NetMonger Communications chris@netmonger.net info@netmonger.net http://www.netmonger.net Free yourself, free your machine, free the daemon -- http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message