On Fri, 25 Aug 1995 13:20:07 -0400 Isaacblake said:
>In article <[log in to unmask]>, Jeff Kell
><[log in to unmask]> writes:
>
>>Speaking of the roundtable, I guess we shouldn't worry about the 9000
>>now that Sun is "number won een wolume" according to the Sun rep [...]
>>Did anyone else find that incredibly crass, rude, and inappropriate?
>
>Yes!!!  In fact I went by the Sun booth later to express my dissatisfaction
>with her behavior.  Apparently she did the same thing in SIG/UNIX [...]
>While at the Toronto airport I talked to Jane Copeland (Interex Advocacy
>Chair) who informed me she was going to be writing to the Chairman of Sun
>Microsystems to lodge a formal complaint.
 
I started to stand and ask if the HP Recycling Program would take in Sparcs
as I had lost my appetite for our Suns, but decided not to fuel the fire.
 
>>While we're on the subject, I also think questions taken from the floor
>>should be put forth with a countdown timer running.
>That's an idea!!!  Of course if people would submit the questions in
>advance, rather than realtime...
 
In more general terms, I sensed much more "hostility" than usual in both
the SIGs and at the roundtables (from my sampling anyway, don't know if it
was pervasive).  I also thought that HP had a very high-level presence at
Interex both management and technical -- and that was wonderful.  I just
hope that the few incidents this year don't run them off next year.
 
[\] Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>