Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 18:31:55 -0700
From: Tim Hanson <tjhanson@home.com>
To: lwn@lwn.net
Subject: Creating Digital Dividends


  On Oct. 16 - 18 in Seattle, the "Creating Digital Dividends"
Conference will be hosted by the World Resources Institute. It's purpose
is to bridge the technology gap between First and Third World countries.
It is sponsored by 3Com, Compaq, Ericsson, HP, iGeneration, Intel,
Lucent, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Weyerhaeuser, Worldcom, and
RealNetworks. Its media sponsor will be Business Week. 

  The Institute has not yet seen fit to include the only companies which
market products and services many in the Third World can actually
afford, the Linux companies. 

  This is your chance to make a little noise, promote Linux, and have a
good time, too! If you'll be in Seattle on Monday, October 16, 2000 come
down and hobnob with the rich and famous, and give them a few CDs. 

  For the details, check out our website at: 

  http://www.workspot.net/~chavan/digdiv/ 

  Hope to see you there! 

  Thanks Abhijeet for the site, Dan Wilder and Don Martl of Linux
Journal for putting up our list and helping plan strategy.