ITEC: Missing CDs, general thoughts

[Philip Dorr]

I do not know if it is too late but fedora has live CD ISOs avalable
for download if you had blank disks and a burner
> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 05:40:21 -0800 (PST)
> From: Leo Mauler <webgiant at yahoo.com>
> Subject: ITEC: Missing CDs, general thoughts
> To: kclug at kclug.org
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> We didn't have any Linux CDs yesterday, so we have
> been telling people to go to shipit.ubuntu.com.  I
> just checked ShipIt this morning and the turnaround
> time for a free Ubuntu Linux CD is up to ten weeks, so
> anyone who came by our booth on Wednesday is in for a
> bit of a shock if they want to try out Linux.
>
> I'll see if I can find some paper sleeves and burn a
> dozen or two Ubuntu Linux CDs, but the official Ubuntu
> CDs we had last year would look a lot better.
>
> In general ITEC's new management is a mixed bag.  They
> don't seem to have charged regular IT people for
> admission, not even to attend the conference lectures,
> but to compensate for this they have raised exhibitor
> booth rates.  Even with free admission to everything,
> attendance wasn't as high as last year.
>
> OTOH, they did hand out free box lunches to everyone,
> exhibitors and attendees, including choice of soda or
> bottled water.  They also didn't mind giving you a
> second box lunch if the first one wasn't quite enough.
>  If word gets around about the free box lunches they
> hand out around noon, Thursday attendance may be a lot
> higher than Wednesday.
>