> Every once in a while I decide to attend one of these shows and conferences > and end up feeling like it was a complete waste of time. HOPE has been the > best technical conference I've been to so I'm not exactly going to shed a > tear over these tradeshows dying.
Yeah, I remember the last time I went to either PC Expo or LinuxWorld Expo in NYC. I had gone there with the intent of gathering information for a project I was working on, and not to collect as much "bling" as I could get (honest, I was finding I had too much crap around the house as it is). So I managed to avoid all the dust-collecting trinkets, but found I went home with no more information for my efforts than I went there with. For that matter, it was probably one of the last times (if not *the* last) I went into Manhattan. Probably 2001 or 2002. _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Dec 3 - Lightning Talks & Swap Session
