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CeBIT importance?
by she on Tuesday 11/Mar/2008, @14:56
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Hope you guys dont mind me when I ask something about CeBIT.
In the german news, it was rather said that CeBIT loses importance.
I.e. got smaller, less bouts and exhibitions and also less visitors.
The report here also "feels" a little bit isolated... like disconnected from
the CeBIT somehow, dunno. Maybe CeBIT is more hardware-oriented?
Or lets ask in another way, what *should* KDE focus on to *feel* more central to something like CeBIT? (I know, its not the goal, but i think its not a bad thought if you continue it, because "showing off" means to incite interest of people in something too) |
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Re: CeBIT importance?
by Michael on Tuesday 11/Mar/2008, @15:14
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I havent been to CeBIT this year, but drove the 300km over the last years to go there. IMHO CeBIT somehow doesnt feel like one of the largest IT-fairs in the world. It is really large, but perhaps because of that, I found that even large companies like Adobe or Microsoft occupy a comparatively small space. It's its disadvantage and advantage at the same time. Disadvantage, because sometimes you dont get that big-presentation feeling as a consumer like say on the IFA. Advantage, because you can often have interesting one-on-one talks with developers etc. The KDE booth intergrates well with that IMO. If you want a large consumer-oriented fair, perhaps CeBIT isnt the place to go, but there aren't that many large IT fairs within driving distance so you dont have a choice unfortunately.
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Re: CeBIT importance?
by Allan on Wednesday 12/Mar/2008, @02:07
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Then there is the issue that so many things at CeBIT are in German only. It gives the fair a really provincial and small town feel.
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Re: CeBIT importance?
by Moritz Moeller-Herrmann on Thursday 13/Mar/2008, @04:31
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Germany is by far the most important market in Europe (80 million inhabitants) and the fair is in Germany. In addition, all Austrians speak German, as well as a large part of the Swiss (and a minute portion of the Belgians). It is actually the most common native language in Europe. Why would some things not be done German in Germany? Unless you want to address customers who do not speak foreign languages, it makes sense to use the language that one knows best.
I assume you speak fluent German, so this article may interest you: Porsche has a strict German-only policy internally:
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/artikel/331/162877/
Or is your comment only reflecting your small town inability to speak any language besides that strange melange between Romanic and Germanic without a proper grammar, that seems to have become the new lingua franca (how ironic).
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Re: CeBIT importance?
by Tom on Thursday 13/Mar/2008, @07:34
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Pretty funny, coming from a German, very impartial opinion, congratulations!
But yes, I really thought it was quite rude to have it all in German, even though, yes, I speak German and am married to a Swiss-German person.
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Re: CeBIT importance?
by MichaelSD on Sunday 23/Mar/2008, @14:12
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So? Who cares what Porsche does? Besides, Germany dwarves in comparison to the rest of Europe.
And yes, I expect my fellow Germans to speak English at an international IT exhibition.
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