I've talked to the HP folks and gone by their booth at the last 2
LinuxWorlds and a more clueless big company about Linux there never was, at
least one that is taking up floor space.  HP is so clueless at these shows
it just boggles the mind.  I don't even know why they were there.  They
have *nothing*, they offer *nothing* other than employing Bruce Perens for
some odd reason.

At 10:05 AM 8/14/2002, F. Alfredo Rego wrote:
>Granted, HP (or is it "hp"?) is a "cornerstone sponsor" of
>LinuxWorld whereas Sun and IBM are merely "platinum sponsors"
>(in conventionspeak, this just means that HP shelled out more
>protection money to the conference organizers :-)  HP has the
>inside front cover and the back front cover of the show guide
>but, somehow, Sun managed to get the back cover.  Apparently,
>the advertisement manager did not speak to the "sponsor level"
>manager.  Ads from IBM were relegated to inside pages.  Of
>course, none of these "status" things will matter in a couple
>of days, when all this material gets duly recycled (or simply
>thrown into the garbage dumps).  In the end, the folks from
>IDG (the conference organizers) will laugh all the way to the
>bank as all of these "Linux leaders" fight with each other.


Regards,

Shawn Gordon
President
theKompany.com
www.thekompany.com
949-713-3276

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