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On Wed, 31 Jan 1996, Mike Bilow wrote: > I am really appalled by the idea of turning the Megameeting over to a > professional trade show producer. I go to that crap all the time. My God, I > even had free passes to "E-Mail World" a couple of months ago! We do not need > yet another one of these things. The BCS should not be in the business of > playing a captive audience. I'm appalled, too. Not that I have anything against commercial shows; I attend some of them. But the Megameeting served a different need, and I think that the community we served with it will be ill served by a commercial venture. Some key differences between the Megameeting and a typical commercial convention: 1. Lots of space, and good space, was available for BCS groups to show their stuff. At a commercial gathering, we typically have one small table in the worst location in the hall. 2. Costs for the vendors were low compared to a commercial gathering. This made it possible for emerging companies to exhibit. 3. You didn't have to pay hundreds of dollars extra to attend the seminars.
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