From: "Rick R." Received: from mxout2.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.166] verified) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 398174 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:00:58 -0400 Received: from mxin2.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.176]) by mxout2.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GTmtD-000FiU-1i for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:00:55 -0400 Received: from web60612.mail.yahoo.com ([209.73.178.195]) by mxin2.mailhop.org with smtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GTmt7-000JHP-SF for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:00:49 -0400 Received: (qmail 42203 invoked by uid 60001); 30 Sep 2006 22:00:44 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=X1XaMvkusDa31xlLc8gSiYiWTSEXbue3IvWZmC3bVwfgL0S+VlY+w0v7Z7cjCFjO56w6imVuHn7FQ996N5MA5e1K/YW2rXR00MWG/oTPvbFyy1J9K0biKx6/YQxQrIxT2MJyxX4Abqn+t7pByaC71BzciM/RFJ7UmfjniYZyoZ0= ; Message-ID: <20060930220044.42201.qmail@web60612.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [208.252.246.35] by web60612.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:00:44 PDT Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:00:44 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: Tales of my two-day Wi-Fi workshop in Milpitas, CA To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-1944279649-1159653644=:40547" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mail-Handler: MailHop by DynDNS X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) --0-1944279649-1159653644=:40547 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hey Mr. I have donated PLENTY of $ to the OS/2 cause and if Warpstock needs some cash to stay afloat, then set up a PayPal address for that. But Ontario in CANADA is over 3000 miles away from where I am now (southern CA) and I am on project work, where I don't get paid if I don't show up. With the amount of money I'd loose if I'd took of a week or two here, I could pay for my very own WarpStock event. What the heck do you expect if you choose such a far away place outside the holiday season for that event?! You could have just as well went for Bogota or Auckland! And by the way, I did attend WarpStock Europe in Dresden. Stanley Sidlov wrote: On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 23:40:17 -0700 (PDT), Rick R. wrote: >For all of us who can't attend WarpStock, will you make those session scripts available online? As usual, the presentations slides will be made available at some time after the event. However, the real issue is how is Warpstock going to continue with everyone saying that they 'can't attend' -- I'm not picking on you, but as someone who is/was involved for 9 years with Warpstock, the thinking that the information will be available and it's not important for me to attend has to change or Warpstock (in the US) is going to go away. We have this guy Sheldon on the Warpstock Public list, who has his own agenda, won't/can't attend, but keeps asking and saying that Warpstock should do this or that with something that suits him in particular, and that the information should be made freely available. It's absurd, IMHO. Warpstock has booked John Dvorak of PCMag et al, to speak this year. This is the first major speaker since John Coffee in '99. Dvorak's going to come, and a week later he's going to write, 'OS/2 must be really dead, as less than a hundred people, mostly aged over 60 and retired, attended what was billed as a worldwide conference....' and what will happen as a result is that Warpstock US will be dead. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to To subscribe (new addresses), E-mail to: and reply to the confirmation email. This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal P.O. Box 281, Deer Park, NY 11729-0281. Non- electronic communications related to content contained in these messages should be directed to the above address. (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger’s low PC-to-Phone call rates. --0-1944279649-1159653644=:40547 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Hey Mr. I have donated PLENTY of $ to the OS/2 cause and if Warpstock needs some cash to stay afloat, then set up a PayPal address for that.
 
But Ontario in CANADA is over 3000 miles away from where I am now (southern CA) and I am on project work, where I don't get paid if I don't show up.
With the amount of money I'd loose if I'd took of a week or two here, I could pay for my very own WarpStock event.
 
What the heck do you expect if you choose such a far away place outside the holiday season for that event?!
 
You could have just as well went for Bogota or Auckland!
And by the way, I did attend WarpStock Europe in Dresden.
 

Stanley Sidlov <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> wrote:
On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 23:40:17 -0700 (PDT), Rick R. wrote:

>For all of us who can't attend WarpStock, will you make those session scripts available
online?

As usual, the presentations slides will be made available at some time after the event.
However, the real issue is how is Warpstock going to continue with everyone saying that
they 'can't attend' -- I'm not picking on you, but as someone who is/was involved for 9
years with Warpstock, the thinking that the information will be available and it's not
important for me to attend has to change or Warpstock (in the US) is going to go away. We
have this guy Sheldon on the Warpstock Public list, who has his own agenda, won't/can't
attend, but keeps asking and saying that Warpstock should do this or that with something
that suits him in particular, and that the information should be made freely available.
It's absurd, IMHO.

Warpstock has booked John Dvorak of PCMag et al, to speak this year. This is the first
major speaker since John Coffee in '99. Dvorak's going to come, and a week later he's
going to write, 'OS/2 must be really dead, as less than a hundred people, mostly aged over
60 and retired, attended what was billed as a worldwide conference....' and what will
happen as a result is that Warpstock US will be dead.




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