RE: Linux Demo Day

[SIMS, Paul, LCTL <nospam [at] lombard.co.uk>]

Much better idea :) Maybe John Winters would be willing to send a supply of
Cheapbytes cds - possibly sale or return for up-to-date systems or just as
giveaways for the old systems. No doubt Blackwells will be supplying a nice
display of Un*x books to drool over. Now, who's got a six-foot cutout of Tux
for the window.....

> Blackwell's have written to me from West Street and
> explained that
> they can provide a conference room for Linux Demo Day. This could
> well sort out our argument about wether to go to PCW or Meadowhall.
> There's plenty of room for parking at West Street so we can
> unload/load computers. There are some very good low cost restaurants
> just next door. Just the sort of thing to pull in the Manlug members
> eh ? :-)
>
> They say........ we could provide a stall and maybe get
> a representative from O'Reilly publications to offer info about
> Open Source material. If you could let us know what you require,
> we can get things under way.
>
> Brilliant news isn't it ? Just what I wanted :-) Dates for this
> would be the 11th or 18th of September.
>
> I'd like to have more than one day at this if it's possible. One or
>
> two days at PCW or Meadowhall as well would do all of us the world of
> good. Anyway... Paul Sims might want to promote his company a bit ?
> Perhaps two or three days at Blackwell's ?
>
> This means that we can get Sheffield University and Sheffield Hallam
>
> University involved through the Blackwell's shops. We can also
> circulate info around the local PC retail shops and local programmers
> and IT professionals.
>
> Any comments anyone ? I'm going to make a strong cup of tea and sit
>
> down for a while.
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard
> Sheffield UK
>
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