Wakefield 2007 show report - RISC OS News, Software and Information

Wakefield 2007 show report

Published: 28th May 2007, 10:40:56GMT Source: drobe.co.uk
By the Drobe news desk

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Gallery
Thanks to David Ruck for the images. Click here for the rest of the show report.

	The ARM Club set up nearest the bar, those cunning chaps.
	Don't believe everything you read.
	The exhibitors set up their displays.
	Beeb emulator authors confront 8-bit hardware seller.
	The stall holder on the left is asked "is this 32bit compatible?" for the 102nd time that day.
	The charity stand, which sported an Omega for a few hours.
	PC laptop and Windows desktop dealer R-Comp rock up to the show. They're powered by the latest Intel Pentium and Celeron processors. plays the Intel jingle
	Virtual Acorn, RISCOS Ltd and APDL melded their stands together.
	Martin Wuerthner and Mike Glover outflank RISC OS Now editor Louie Smith in a pincher attack to secure interviews in future magazine issues.
	Castle's Jack Lillingston (right) with a punter.
	Photographic proof that crowds of people did turn up.
	The AdvantageSix stand.
	Vince Hudd of Soft Rock catches an invisible ball from Iconbar's Phil Mellor. This caption could have been ruder, use your imagination.
	Great, the show report Louie quota is now met.
	Oh, all right, R-Comp do RISC OS software too. See, these people are buying it all.
	The CJE Micros stand was coloured-coded blue as per usual.
	"And this video is Debbie Does Differentiation."
	The show got quite full by mid-day.
	Best show photo ever.
	Some RISC OS designed board games.
	Richard Brown stuck to demonstrating Photodesk, rather than Oregano 3.
	There were some nice boats too.
	A mighty Acorn Atom touts a usergroup.
	Archive magazine editor Paul Beverley (left).
	There was plenty of time for us to swan around the show hall.
	This swan was the only one making big waves during the event, though.
	We're out of swan puns.
	Left to right, NetSurf's Rob "ARMv5 emulator" Kendrick, Daniel Silverstone, and John-Mark Bell.
	The NS banner was great.
	Left to right, Andrew Hodgkinson, Steve Revill and Ben Avison of RISC OS Open Ltd.
	Space for one more Louie photo.

Links
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News bits and photos from the day
WROCC show photo gallery and RISC OS Open's pictures
Wakefield show website

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rjek (+1.1) 28/5/07 12:05PM	Nice write-up. Although I caught the expansion of A9wai1 as "widescreen all-in-one" not "why all-in-one."
lym (+1.5) 28/5/07 2:08PM	What a great article - really interesting. Seems like some grounds for optimism, too. I hope the ROOL initiative succeeds, and I agree completely with the comments on the website/PR angle: the ROOL team seem to understand how important a decent 'shop window' is. Let's hope that this helps things move forward.
hzn 28/5/07 3:02PM	*In reply to jc:* Nitpicking? isn't a canal simply a man-made river? As for your ROOL statement: AFAIK the money for the lawyers is from Castle who own RISC OS and not from ROOL!
hzn 28/5/07 5:13PM	*In reply to jc:* So that's why you wanted canalside?
moss (+1.0) 28/5/07 6:08PM	"censoring swearing" Aw.
markee174 (+2.0) 28/5/07 8:46PM	I think its a shame to add all the ROL v. ROOL because I saw very little of it at the show - just the most positive show in years and lots of busy stalls.... CJE had a great stand and were giving details about the update to PhotoDesk which will appear soon. And full credit to Qercus for arranging the arrival of the next edition which they were handing out to subscribers (canny saving on postage there) and as it was many people's last edition offering to sign them back up. Great to see business acumen on display in the RISCOS market!
martin (+1.0) 29/5/07 10:06AM	Neat report and the show photos give a real feel for what the new venue was like. I particularly enjoyed matching the names in the photo captions with the faces. The faces I knew. The names I knew. I've now matched several up that previously I wasn't sure about.
killermike 29/5/07 2:55PM	Brilliant report. Thanks.
adh1003 29/5/07 5:34PM	*In reply to martin:* "show photos" Particularly this one: [Link: www.drobe.co.uk] I seem to be wearing my Angry Eyes. Yikes.
VinceH 29/5/07 5:51PM	*In reply to adh1003:* The caption to go with that picture should surely be "Look into my eyes, look into my eyes, the eyes, not around the eyes, don't look around my eyes, look into my eyes... You're under." And just to clarify in this picture: [Link: www.drobe.co.uk] I was actually explaining to Phil about the size of my ex's, umm, assets. Honest.
DS1 30/5/07 8:14AM	AHA! That's who Vince H. is!
nijinsky (+1.0) 30/5/07 3:20PM	ONe thing tht is noticable from the pictures is that the age group is getting younger. A good sign surely. cheers bob; old baldy codger
aschamberlain 4/6/07 9:54PM	Did anyone else think about putting an A9Home in one of the cases in the link below after seeing the A9wai1? [Link: http://www.acorncomputers.co.uk/desktops.htm] It would make a neat marketing gimmick.
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