Re: IT Expo?

Steve Stich wrote:

>Expo was pretty lame (no snub to the aklug guys). Was the first time I'd =
>been down, but seemed to be a bunch of vendors pitching products to =
>other vendors...not a very profitable or exciting endeavor if you ask =
>me. There needs to be a much stronger push to pull real (i.e. end user) =
>customers and the public into the show if they want to continue to do =
>it. Just my $.02.
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>Steve Stich
>steve@ssealaska.com
>http://www.ssealaska.com
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Greg Madden [mailto:pabi@gci.net]
>Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 7:41 AM
>To: aklug@aklug.org
>Subject: Re: IT Expo?
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>On Wednesday 20 October 2004 06:14 pm, KSchneider wrote:
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>>Hey guys --
>>
>>So how was the IT Expo? Tried to make it down there this afternoon
>>but apparently I locked myself out of my garage...
>>
>>Success? Good turn out? Fun??
>>
>>Sorry I missed meeting you good folks this year,
>>Kate
>>
>>
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>The Aklug booth was in the lobby. Most of the folks who stopped by knew=20
>about Linux. We gave away fewer dvd/cd-r's this year.=20
>
>The Expo was smaller this year, they didn't use all the floor space,=20
>seemed less folks were there.=20
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>Greg Madden
>Precision Air Balance, Inc.
>Phone: 907-276-0461
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Actually, vendor to vendor, or more correctly, vendor to businesses is
exactly what it's intended for. That's why it runs during business hours
on what are normally workdays. It isn't intended for the casual retail
consumer.

Jim Gribbin

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