[Gllug] Ahh back at last.

[David Irvine]

--- john.hearns at framestore.co.uk wrote:
> bredroll at nereus.host4u.net wrote:
> > 
> > Did everyone consider expo a success for gllug ? 
> 
> I thought it was a great success.
> 
> Though can I say that if we do similar things in the
> future
> we should get some good demos together first?
> 
> Richard and I brought along iPaqs, which were a
> great hit,
> and drew a lot of people to the stand.
> People like to see new things.
> If I'm doing this again, I'll make sure to get some
> good demos
> running on it first, and a prepared spiel on how to
> put Linux on
> them, and where to get more info.
> 
> Another for instance for a demo would have been the
> cluster ideas.
> IBM upstairs had a whole rack-mount cluster running,
> ho-hum,
> PVM-POVRAY. We could have done just as good, if not
> better.

Agreed, although theirs was quite cute, i think an
array of beowulfed laptops would have been quite
impressive.  Can you run MOSIX/Beowulf on PDA's?

> Maybe what we should do for next time is call for
> volunteers,
> and have a quick 'demo-planning' meeting?
> 

Probably a good idea.  When is next time? Expo in
Birmingham or as in next year?

And is anybody going to the one at the NEC?



> 
> And of course NEXT TIME I will not bring a rapidly
> deflating Tux.
> 
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