An ancient piece from last April’s Comdex in Chicago, but
too entertaining a read to miss. — lt ed.
“When in Shakespeare’s As You Like It the relentlessly
melancholy Jaques insists, “All the world’s a stage,” he doesn’t
know the half of it.”
“Those who attended this year’s April meeting in Chicago’s
McCormick Place realized the event was nothing if not street
theater, with various talking heads as the leading players. The
marquee name was keynote speaker Bill Gates…”
“It was Aristotelian call and response, in which
Torvalds–having graciously acknowledged the standing ovation that
greeted him–proved deserving of the spotlight.”