Unisys Smoking Hot Demo at Linux World Boston

This year's LinuxWorld Boston started off with a bang...and a fair amount of smoke. Unisys apparently had a few problems launching their first demo, as our own Robin "Roblimo" Miller reports over at Newsforge (also owned by VA Software). From the article: "Less than an hour after the show floor opened at the 2006 edition of the Boston LinuxWorld Expo today, fire alarms went off and a plume of smoke arose from the server cabinet in the Unisys display. "I knew we had a magician scheduled," said one rattled Unisys employee,"but this isn't what I expected." Indeed, this was an unexpected event. It was a real fire -- or at least a considerable smolder, complete with firemen, evacuation orders (soon rescinded), and other hoopla. Photos and a video clip included."

Re:NOT a server cabinet

[naelurec]

I asked google [google.com].. and it told me [blogspot.com].. Brilliant!

Re:NOT a server cabinet

[dpaton.net]

There wasn't a whole lot to it, except that the broken sprinkler pipe soaked 4 projectors worth a combined $270k US while they were running. The real story was that the guys from Christie turned them off, mopped up, dried them out, and flipped them back on for the rest of the show. Pro gear is cool. It was also interesting when they mistakenly routed the bob scare evac notice to our exhibition hall, instead of the empty one the staff were using for evac drills on the other end of the building. There were some pictures taken as it was happening (the waterfall that is) that were posted, but I can't seem to find them now. If I dig them up I'll post a link for /.to break.