Squeak BOF at OOPSLA

Stephen Pair spair at advantive.com
Tue Sep 25 17:18:01 UTC 2001


Me too...thanks!  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: squeak-dev-admin at lists.squeakfoundation.org 
> [mailto:squeak-dev-admin at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On 
> Behalf Of Donald MacQueen
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 9:03 PM
> To: Doug Way
> Cc: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> Subject: Re[2]: Squeak BOF at OOPSLA
> 
> 
> Doug,
> 
> Great tip! I got the same deal!
> 
> $250 sure beats the heck out of the $800+ reservation I got 
> through the unresponsive Tampa Housing Bureau.
> 
> Monday, September 24, 2001, 1:11:08 AM, you wrote:
> 
> > Just a quick suggestion to anyone going to OOPSLA who 
> hasn't booked a 
> > hotel room yet:  I was originally going to try to find a somewhat 
> > cheaper hotel downtown than the suggested ones (which had "special" 
> > OOPSLA rates of $140-$150 per night), such as the Holiday 
> Inn several 
> > blocks away for about $100.  But then I happened to try 
> priceline.com, 
> > and set a price of $50/night for any 3-star hotel, and it actually 
> > reserved the Marriott Waterside (adjacent to the conference, 
> > originally $150)!  (This was for Sat.-Wed.)
> 
> > - Doug Way
> >   dway at riskmetrics.com
> 
> 
> -- 
> Donald                           
> 
> Donald M. MacQueen
> Registered Smalltalk Bigot, [|]
> 
> 
> 
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