Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 21:57:52 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: jim@lust.geekhouse.net Cc: bsd_usr@yahoo.com (Joey Garcia), chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anyone going to Comdex? Message-ID: <200011102157.OAA01171@usr08.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <20001110132943.C734@envy.geekhouse.net> from "Jim Mock" at Nov 10, 2000 01:29:43 PM
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> Unfortunately, yes, since COMDEX is mainly a Windows weenie show. We'll > be over in the Linux Business Expo part -- which'll probably be shoved > in the back corner as usual with Microsoft sponsored events :-( [ ... ] > Our booth is huge though, you won't be able to miss it. Trade shows that are popular generally offer location choice on a tiered scale, based on points. Those with no points get first come, first serve selection. Points are generally allocated to a company based on (1) past attendance at the same tradeshow, and (2) amount of booth square footage purchased last time vs. this time, with (3) a weighted scaling of the points accrued for a given year, based on the square footage for that year. That means you can't really influence placement one year, only next year. There have actually been mergers/acquisitions of failing companies by other (usually very large) companies, merely to acquire trade show points for a particularly popular tradeshow for a startup wanting to "come on strong". If BSDI has been there before, and so has WC CDROm, there was probably an opportunity for pooling. You probably can not use this to your advantage this year, at this late date, but you can get the books straight to ensure credit for next year. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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