Art Alexion on 13 Jun 2010 08:24:00 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] Vendor interested in giving a talk to PLUG


On Saturday 12 June 2010 15:53:21 Sean M. Collins wrote:
> On 6/3/10 2:04 PM, Amul Shah wrote:
> > The technology looks interesting, but I don't want to attend an
> > infomercial.
> 
> Then don't come. We shouldn't be so rude to a company that is *moving*
> into Philadelphia and keeping the IT economy alive.

I've been attending some "user groups" on the proprietary side of our world.  
After participating in PLUG for nearly a decade, I was surprised to find that 
they are almost always hosted by businesses trying to sell them something.  
That never stopped me from picking up a few ideas that made the trip 
worthwhile.

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Art Alexion
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