Xerox Daybreak

From: George Currie <g_at_kurico.com>
Date: Wed Jun 24 12:32:38 1998

I don't suppose that anyone (Xerox?) taped this presentation did they? I know I
would love to see the demo and wouldn't mind paying to get a copy.

George

> The Star presentation was certainly well attended -- it was packed to
> overflowing! I was out in the lobby watching the presentation on a
> monitor, and apparently there were other folks watching other monitors in
> the cafeteria. Anyway, that is why I gave up on notes -- couldn't
> concentrate on the palmtop keyboard and the monitor at the same time.
>
> Afterward a bunch of us did get together outside the auditorium lobby,
> Uncle Roger tried to make me hold up a classiccmp sign, I tried waving my
> appendages a bit whenever I saw someone I recognized, and somehow I think
> we completely missed Rax. Sorry about that, Rax. I will try to plan
> better next time.
>
> So who was there? Roger Sinasohn, Rachel ? (Uncle Roger's girlfriend --
> the schoolteacher who is always on the lookout for Macs), Doug Yowza, Doug
> Coward, Paul Coad, Sam Ismail, Edwin El-Kareh, and y'r humble narrator.
> Stuff was swapped, stories were exchanged, we moved to the parking lot,
> yakked some more, then security came around, someone made the mistake of
> asking me where to go and I suggested the El Paso Cafe in Mountain View.
> (Hey, I know *I* can get some good cheap eats there.)
>
> Notes:
>
> (a) At least some of us seem to want to do this get-together
> thing again. Of course we did not reach any consensus w/r/t time and
> date as Roger now wants to check and see whether his tap dancing
> lessons collide.
>
> (b) We need to start earlier, 9:00 PM is late for dinner and
> the El Paso closes at 10:00. Other places close earlier than
> that.
>
> (c) So...fine, here's a time and place for all us Bay Areans to
> argue over: Second Thursday, 09 July 1998, 7:00 PM, El Paso Cafe, 1407
> W El Camino Real, Mountain View. Y'all can flame me about this in
> public or private, and I'm still open to change, but I want to
> announce the real time and place on 30 June.
>
> -Frank McConnell
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