SemiOT: Mourning for Classic Computing

From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
Date: Wed Aug 22 17:29:35 2001

> Douglas Quebbeman skrev:
>
> >> You still don't get it. Demos have no marketing relevance whatsoever.
They're
> >> done just for the fun of it, and the prestige. They don't fulfill any
needs
> >> and don't claim to do it. I don't even see why I'm trying to explain to
> >> you, you don't even seem to read what I write.
>
> >No, I trying very hard to grok this. Is this in the United States?
>
> I don't know, but I haven't seen any USA demos. You'll have to ask someone
> from the NTSC world.
>
> >What part of the country? It doesn't happen around here (Louisville,
> >KY metro area), I'd have heard of it. Given the Internet, I suppose
> >my world shouldn't be limited to a 150-mile radius, but in a way, it
> >is.
>
> There are parties in all of Scandinavia each year, as well as Poland and
> France. Don't know about the scene beyond there.

Ok... what was throwing me for a loop here, was that you seemed surprised
that I was unaware of them, but they turn out to be something we don't
have around here, so my absence of familiarity shouldn't be such a
surprise...

Regards,
-dq
Received on Wed Aug 22 2001 - 17:29:35 BST