It's far away and long ago -- so long ago, in fact, that there are still IT trade shows where vendors can show off their wares, says a pilot fish working at just such a show."I was on hand to set up a demo machine," fish says.
"The equipment arrived at a loading dock on one floor, but needed placement on a mezzanine area half a flight of stairs down."The person in charge of the demo was anxious to load the software and ensure everything was ready.
But after moving some of the equipment down a ramp, the folks responsible for moving the 19-inch racks disappeared and were nowhere to be foundfor a long time."A marketing guy returned from his liquid lunch, and conspired with me -- I was, somewhat sadly, naive -- to make the exhibitor happier by moving a rack down to the mezzanine.