OT: Netpliance at InternetWorld

From: Aaron Christopher Finney <af-list_at_wfi-inc.com>
Date: Thu Apr 6 18:26:03 2000

Hi,

I'm just back from InternetWorld, where I had a funny iOpener
experience...

They had a unit embedded in the front face of a refrigerator
(touch-screen) at their display booth. At the end of the spokesmodel's
little presentation (and I emphasize the word model - what all those
beautiful women have to do with computers is beyond me), I couldn't resist
tossing out, "Yeah, that's cool, but can you hack it to run Linux?" I must
have been the 10,000th person to ask that day because she just snapped and
started yelling at me, "will you people leave us alone about this! Jesus!"

But it was too late...some other guy yelled, "yeah, but hurry and buy one
before they pour epoxy in the back of it..."


Cheers,

Aaron
Received on Thu Apr 06 2000 - 18:26:03 BST