On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Smith, Jessie wrote:
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> Thanks...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raymond A. Ingles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 1:07 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [LDD] Sponsor activity
>
>
> On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Seth Cohn wrote:
>
> > Caldera: demo copies of 2.2, nothing from 2.3. A nice Shirt.
> > Not bad, but not great.
>
> Hey, in demos like this variety is helpful, too. And some visitors will
> be impressed by professional, corporate-looking stuff. The case for those
> 2.2 CDs is neat, at least.
>
> > Loki: a DEMO of the game. Wish they'd done more. A full copy
> > would have gone a long way.
>
> Well, no one's going to play a full game at LDD, are they? :-> It's
> enough to demonstrate the capabilities, and as a corporation they're just
> getting started.
>
> > Linuxcentral: a bunch of old junk [...]
>
> I agree that the older CDs aren't terribly useful, but as one list member
> pointed out, they can be used to make interesting decorations. If you look
> at it from their point of view, those CDs weren't going to do *anyone*
> *any* good where they were. Send them out and they have a *chance* of
> being useful.
>
> (I must admit to a soft spot in my heart for Linux Central. They've done
> many nice things for MDLUG, including sponsoring our website, and offering
> some full-version games and such for use in our demos.)
>
> > Suse: The GRAND PRIZE: They lavished TShirts, Caps, Full versions,
> > mouse pads and enough demo cds to choke a horse [...]
>
> Yup, that was impressive. We're doing two locations, so I guess they
> decided to send two boxes. Yeesh. We're going to hand the lesser stuff and
> use the good stuff as door prizes at our subsequent Installfest.
>
> > looking forward to raffling off most of this, and rewarding loyal and
> > helpful LUG members with the rest....
>
> Yes, indeed. :->
>
> In general, I tend to agree that the corporate sponsors haven't done
> everything they could conceivably do for LDD, but I like to think that
> they are evaluating the effectiveness of this sort of effort. After all,
> this is the first time this sort of thing's been done. I think as long as
> the demos go well, next time around will see a bit more commitment. While
> many of these corporations have oodles of cash, as a whole Linux companies
> aren't terribly large (yet) and need to optimize their efforts.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ray Ingles (248)377-7735 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Free Stereogram!
> Try to make the two "O"s in the next row look like three:
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> e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
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